THETIS

The Lagoon 450F is a catamaran built around a simple idea: that the line between inside and outside should barely exist. The saloon opens directly onto the cockpit, and with light coming from every angle, you stop noticing which side of the threshold you are on. Breakfast drifts into mid-morning, the Aegean slides past a few metres away, and nobody feels any urgency to move. Accommodation is arranged across six cabins for up to twelve guests. Four cabins are fitted with a double bed, while two further cabins each offer a single bed — a layout that suits larger groups and families cruising together, with genuine flexibility in how the party is divided. Greece is her cruising ground, and few yachts are better matched to it. A catamaran of this type sits shallow enough to tuck into the coves the larger boats have to admire from a distance, and stable enough that the passage between islands is spent on deck rather than below. She is offered with crew, so the navigation, the provisioning and the choice of the next anchorage are handled for you.