EVANGELOS

EVANGELOS — 13.21m Jeanneau sailing yacht, Greece A 43-foot Jeanneau launched in 2001, EVANGELOS belongs to a familiar and reassuring category: the sailing yacht built to be lived on rather than admired from the dock. Jeanneau's reputation rests on exactly this kind of boat — sensible, well-proportioned, straightforward under sail — and the Greek islands are the natural habitat for one. Accommodation is arranged across four cabins for up to ten guests. Three cabins are fitted with a double bed, the fourth with bunk beds, and each has its own en-suite facilities — a genuinely practical layout for a yacht of this size, and the reason EVANGELOS suits family groups and friends travelling together rather than a single couple. She cruises at six knots, which is the honest pace of Aegean sailing: enough to make a comfortable passage between islands in a morning, slow enough that the coastline stays worth watching. Anchorages in the Cyclades, Saronic or Ionian are within easy reach, and her modest draft and dimensions open up the smaller harbours that larger yachts have to admire from a distance. The crew handles the sailing, the provisioning and the day-to-day rhythm on board, leaving guests to decide little more than where to swim next.