WATERLILY

A 40-footer that thinks bigger than its length suggests — that is the whole point of the Catspace label, given to this newest model in the range precisely because the volume has been pushed to the limit of what forty feet can hold. On a catamaran, that extra width pays off everywhere: in the walkable side decks, in the width of the saloon, in the simple fact that people can move around each other without negotiating. Below, four cabins each take a double bed, and the yacht welcomes up to ten guests — a configuration that suits families and groups of friends who want their own door to close at the end of the day rather than a berth in a corridor. Greece is her cruising ground, and it plays to her strengths. Shallow draft and twin hulls open up the anchorages that deeper monohulls have to admire from a distance: the shelter behind a Cycladic headland, the sandy bay reached in the late afternoon, the short hop between islands that becomes the natural rhythm of the week. She lies flat at anchor, which changes everything about lunch on board and about how quickly children get back in the water. Chartered with crew, so the navigation, the provisioning and the choice of the next bay are handled while you decide only how long to stay.