PALADINO

A Fairline 55 Fly is the kind of yacht that rewards people who actually spend time on the water. Seventeen metres, a proper flybridge, and twin 715 hp Volvo Penta D-12s below — enough to make a passage at pace when the day calls for it, and quiet enough to settle into an easy cruising rhythm when it doesn't. The hull and layout have aged well precisely because nothing about them was fashionable to begin with. A refit completed in 2017 keeps her current. Accommodation is arranged over three cabins for six guests: an owner's cabin, a VIP cabin with a double bed, and a third cabin with twin beds. Each has its own ensuite and its own individually controlled climate zone — a small detail that matters a great deal in August off Sicily, when one guest wants cool air and another doesn't. Detailed bed configuration is available on request. The crew has separate quarters, so service stays discreet and the guest areas remain yours. Life on board organises itself naturally around three spaces. The aft deck, with its large table, is where breakfast happens — coffee, the water still flat, the day undecided. The bow sunpad, fitted with a folding table, is the quieter option: sun, a book, no conversation required. And the flybridge is generous for a yacht of this size, with room to lounge, to eat, to sunbathe, and to take in the coastline from the best seat available. Her cruising grounds suit that easy, unhurried way of using a yacht. Sicily and the Aeolian approaches, Taormina under Etna, the Gulf of Naples and the Amalfi Coast, Calabria, Sardinia, Malta — all within comfortable reach, and all better seen from the water than from a road. A capable, well-proportioned flybridge yacht for a family or a small group who want the Tyrrhenian at their own tempo, with a crew taking care of the rest.