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Aura 51 — Greece At 15.54 metres, the Aura 51 is the largest sailing catamaran in our fleet to do without a flybridge, and that choice tells you a good deal about her. Rather than stacking a further deck skyward, she puts her volume where it is actually lived in: at sea level, close to the water, in the shade of the cockpit. Her hulls carry a configuration flexibility that is genuinely uncommon on a sailing catamaran of this size — including the option of two owner's cabins, each with its own direct access from the stern. As chartered here, she sleeps ten guests across five cabins, every one of them fitted with a double bed. It is a rare balance: no compromise cabin, no guest tucked into an afterthought. The main deck is where the design argument is won. Cockpit and saloon read as a single space, and can be opened up completely, so morning coffee at anchor in the Cyclades and dinner underway happen in the same room — one that happens to have no walls when you want it that way. In the Aegean, where the meltemi decides the rhythm of the day, that ability to move between shelter and open air matters more than any brochure feature. She is built around current energy management technology, and in the Smart Electric version an innovative propulsion system, which suits a yacht meant for long, quiet passages between islands. Aboard, a professional crew handles navigation, provisioning and the daily logistics of Greek cruising — port formalities, the right bay for the wind that day, the timing that keeps you ahead of the crowd. Your part is to decide how far you feel like going.