BLACK SHIVER

Novamarine built its reputation on rigid inflatables, and the Blackshiver 140 EGO Series shows what that expertise looks like once it is applied to a day boat with genuine ambition. Launched in 2023, this 15-metre yacht is built around a simple premise: cover distance quickly, and do it without the compromises usually attached to speed. The teak deck sets the tone. It is the detail that separates a fast tender from a yacht you actually want to spend the day on — underfoot, in the sun, with the sea running past. Everything above the waterline is laid out for that: sunbathing, swimming, moving between anchorages without ceremony. Performance is the other half of the story. With a top speed of 40 knots, the Blackshiver 140 compresses the Costa Smeralda into an afternoon. Cala di Volpe for lunch, the Maddalena archipelago after, Porto Cervo by early evening — the kind of itinerary that normally requires choosing. Here it does not. Below, a single cabin provides shelter and privacy away from the deck. Bed configuration is confirmed on request. Based in Sardinia, she is at her best precisely where she was designed to operate: short hops between granite coves, clear water, and the string of anchorages that make this coastline the reference point in the Mediterranean. The crew handle the timing, the tender work and the table reservations ashore, leaving you to decide only where the day should end.