N7 YACHT

N7 — 30m / 98ft, Maldives Some yachts are built for a coastline. N7 was built for an archipelago. At 30 metres and launched in 2020, she cruises the Maldives full-time — a program that shapes everything about her, from her unhurried 10-knot cruising pace to the way she is set up to carry a large party across long stretches of open water between atolls. Seven cabins accommodate eighteen guests, an unusually generous count for a yacht of this length and a clear indication of her purpose: extended family groups, diving parties, or several couples travelling together without anyone drawing the short straw. Detailed bed configurations are confirmed at the time of booking, so the layout can be matched to the composition of your group rather than the reverse. A refit completed in 2021 brought her back into service shortly after delivery, and she is maintained to the standard that year-round tropical cruising demands. Eleven crew for eighteen guests is the number that matters most here. In the Maldives, where the distance between an anchorage and anything resembling a shoreside service is measured in hours, that ratio is what makes the difference between a yacht that hosts and a yacht that merely floats. Meals, dive logistics, tender movements, the quiet resetting of a deck between one swim and the next — all of it happens without being asked for. Her cruising speed of 10 knots, with 14 available, is the honest rhythm of island-hopping: you move between atolls overnight or over a long morning, and you arrive with the day still ahead of you. For those who want the Maldives at anchor rather than from a resort jetty — the same reefs, the same light, but on your own schedule — N7 is built precisely for that.