ALMOSTA ROAD

ALMOSTA ROAD — Lagoon catamaran, 16.80m, Greece Launched in 2025 by Lagoon, a builder that needs little introduction among multihull sailors, ALMOSTA ROAD brings the practical intelligence of a modern 55-footer to the Greek islands. Catamaran geometry does something monohulls cannot: it spreads life out horizontally, keeps the platform flat at anchor, and lets shallow draft take you into the coves the bigger yachts watch from a distance. Accommodation is unusually even-handed. Four cabins, each with a queen-size bed and its own en-suite, sleep eight guests — no compromise berth, no lesser cabin to negotiate over. For two couples, two families or a group of friends travelling together, that symmetry removes the one conversation nobody enjoys having on arrival. Under way she cruises at 8 knots with 10 knots available, a rhythm suited to the Cyclades and the Ionian, where the point is rarely to arrive quickly. Days settle into a natural sequence: an early passage while the meltemi sleeps, a long anchorage, the flybridge and cockpit trading shade for sun as the afternoon turns. A crew of two runs the yacht — one hand on the sailing and the itinerary, the other on the galley and the day-to-day of life aboard. On a yacht this size that ratio works in the guest's favour: service stays personal and unhurried, and the shape of each day is decided over breakfast rather than fixed in advance.