OKINAWA

OKINAWA is a 2024 Fountaine Pajot catamaran of 18.78m, based in the British Virgin Islands — a yacht built for exactly the kind of cruising those islands invite: short hops between anchorages, shallow draft, and long hours spent at deck level rather than below. The layout carries ten guests across five cabins, each with a double bed and its own ensuite. That is an unusually even distribution for a catamaran of this size: no cabin is the compromise cabin, which makes OKINAWA equally straightforward for two families sharing a week or a group of couples travelling together. Life aboard a modern Fountaine Pajot happens outdoors. The width of the platform gives you a cockpit and a flybridge that function as genuine living spaces rather than passages, with the shade, seating and stability that monohull guests often notice immediately — a catamaran at anchor simply stays put, and meals, sleep and swimming all benefit from it. A crew of three looks after the yacht and its guests, handling navigation, cooking and service. On a BVI itinerary — the Baths, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke — that local knowledge shapes the week as much as the yacht itself: knowing which anchorage to take at which hour is the difference between a good charter and a seamless one.