VALINOR

VALINOR — Lagoon 55, 2023, cruising Greece Launched in 2023, VALINOR is a Lagoon 55 — naval architecture by VPLP Design, built by Lagoon — and she makes the case for the modern charter catamaran better than most. Nearly 29 feet of beam translate into living space you feel rather than read about: a level, unhurried platform where a full table at lunch and a quiet corner to read in the afternoon can coexist without anyone negotiating for room. Accommodation runs to five cabins for ten guests. Four are arranged with a double bed; the fifth is fitted with twin beds, which gives families and mixed groups the flexibility to sort themselves out without compromise. The air-conditioned salon anchors the interior and stays usable in the heat of a Cycladic August — a detail that matters more than brochures tend to admit. Topside, the composite bimini carries flexible solar panels, feeding the yacht silently and keeping generator hours down. Twin watermakers remove the daily question of fresh water, and in eco-mode consumption drops to around 12 litres per hour at a relaxed 7-knot cruise. The result is a yacht that moves between anchorages quietly and arrives without fuss. A professional crew of three runs the boat: cooking aboard, handling the navigation, and reading the day well enough to suggest the bay that will be empty at six when the others are still crowded. The water toys are genuinely well chosen rather than merely numerous — a Fliteboard eFoil, two SeaBobs, waterskis, wakeboard and towables for the energetic, with an inflatable swimming platform, paddleboards, kayaks and Aqualung snorkelling gear for the long, slow afternoons that tend to define a Greek charter.