FIRST SIGHT

Excess 11 makes her intentions clear from the first look. Her lines break deliberately with the conventions of traditional sailing yachts — a design language that is modern, sporty and unapologetically contemporary, without ever tipping into styling for its own sake. Below, the layout is unusually generous for a yacht of this character: six cabins accommodating up to ten guests. Four of them are arranged with a double bed, the two remaining offering a single bed each — a configuration that suits extended families and groups of friends who would rather sail together than split across two yachts. Croatia is her territory, and it suits her. The Dalmatian coast rewards a yacht that sails properly: short hops between islands, long afternoons at anchor in a bay reached under sail rather than engine, evenings within walking distance of a stone-paved harbour town. The programme writes itself, and the yacht is built for that rhythm rather than against it. Aboard, service is handled by a professional crew who know these waters and adjust the itinerary to the wind and to your pace — the quiet, practical kind of expertise that makes the difference between a good week and a memorable one.