SQUIRTLE

SQUIRTLE — Fjord 10.80m / 35ft, 2013 — Balearic Islands Fjord builds a very particular kind of dayboat: plumb bow, low freeboard, wide open deck, nothing decorative for the sake of it. SQUIRTLE, launched in 2013, is that philosophy in 10.80 metres — a yacht designed around the water rather than around a saloon. The appeal is immediate and quite specific. You spend the day outside, in the sun, close enough to the surface to feel the Mediterranean rather than watch it through glass. For the Balearics — Formentera's sandbanks, the calas of Ibiza's east coast, a long lunch at anchor before the run home — that format is hard to improve on. She takes up to 11 guests on a day charter, with one professional crew member aboard to handle the yacht, the itinerary and the details, so the day belongs entirely to you. Below, a single cabin serves the practical needs of a day out: changing, shade, somewhere to leave your things. Bed configuration on request. A straightforward proposition, well executed: a compact, capable Fjord for island days in Spain, with the confidence of a crewed charter behind it.