FREEDOM

M/Y FREEDOM — Croatia Few yachts on the Croatian coast can seat twenty-four guests at the same table, let alone put them all to bed in private cabins. FREEDOM does both, and that single fact shapes everything about the way she charters: this is a yacht for a full extended family, a group of friends travelling together, or a company that wants its people in one place rather than scattered across three hotels in Split. Accommodation runs to eleven cabins for up to 24 guests, arranged around two owner's cabins and a VIP cabin, with three further cabins and a group of five more completing the layout. Detailed bed configurations are available on request, and we'll walk you through them properly before you commit — with a guest list this size, who sleeps where is worth getting right in advance rather than sorting out on embarkation day. A refit completed in 2022 keeps her current, and the interior volume is put to genuine use rather than left as empty square metres. There is a cinema for the long evenings at anchor, a gym, a sauna, and a beauty and massage room — the kind of facilities that matter on a two-week itinerary, when the appetite for another shoreside excursion starts to fade and the appeal of an hour of quiet on board grows accordingly. The sundeck is where the yacht makes its case most directly: a swimming pool and a jacuzzi, open to the light and the islands passing on either side. Croatia rewards this sort of deck — the Kornati archipelago, the channels around Hvar and Vis, the approaches to Dubrovnik all read differently from a lounger above the water than from a quay. Cuisine on board is treated as part of the itinerary rather than a service to be got through, with menus built around what the crew find in the local markets and what the guests actually want to eat. The team is used to running a full boat, which is a specific skill: keeping the rhythm of service unhurried when there are twenty-four people aboard takes experience, not simply numbers. A comprehensive selection of water toys is carried for the hours at anchor.