L'OCTANT

L'OCTANT — 15.60m Neel multihull, 2018 Fifty-one feet of sailing multihull built by Neel in 2018 and refitted in 2022: L'OCTANT belongs to a category that has quietly won over a certain kind of charter guest — those who want the space and stability of a multihull without the formality that comes with a larger crewed yacht. Three cabins accommodate six guests. The owner's cabin sits alongside two further cabins, each with a queen-size bed; detailed bed configuration is available on request. A crew of two runs the yacht — a scale of service that keeps things personal rather than staged. You are close to the people who cook for you and close to the water, which is rather the point of a boat like this. Under way she cruises at 9 knots, with 12 knots available when the conditions invite it. Speeds that suit her programme: unhurried passages, short hops between anchorages, and the freedom to shift plans with the wind. Her season follows the sun. Summers in the Western Mediterranean — Naples and Sicily, the Riviera, Corsica and Sardinia — and winters in the Caribbean, across the Leeward and Windward Islands.