VARIETY VOYAGER

At 68 metres, VARIETY VOYAGER sits in a category of her own: a motor yacht built to the scale of a small cruise ship, yet run with the attentiveness of a private charter. Delivered in 2012, she was conceived for extended itineraries rather than short hops — the kind of programme that starts in one country and ends in another without anyone having to repack. Accommodation runs to 36 cabins for 71 guests, each with its own en-suite. Detailed bed configurations are available on request. That capacity opens up charters that simply aren't possible on a conventional yacht: full-ship bookings for corporate groups, families travelling several generations deep, incentive programmes, or celebrations where the guest list refuses to shrink. She is also offered on a cabin charter basis, which makes her one of the more accessible ways to experience yachting at this scale. A crew of 32 is what makes the arithmetic work. On a yacht carrying this many guests, service standards live or die on staffing levels, and the ratio here allows for proper dining service, housekeeping and deck operations to run in parallel rather than in compromise. Her cruising grounds read like a Mediterranean shortlist worth taking seriously: Croatia and the Dalmatian islands, the Turkish coast, Sardinia and Corsica, the South of France, Sicily and the Bay of Naples, and the Greek islands. With her range and volume, she is well suited to itineraries that cover real distance overnight and deliver a new anchorage at breakfast.