PRESTIGE 520 ODYSSEE

## PRESTIGE 520 — 16.10m of French coastal ease There is a particular kind of yachting that doesn't require a hundred feet of hull to feel complete: a well-drawn 52-footer, two professional crew aboard, and a coastline worth taking slowly. The PRESTIGE 520 belongs to that category. Built by Prestige Yachts, she is a motor yacht of sensible proportions — 16.10 metres, easy to place in the small ports along the French coast where larger boats simply cannot go. That accessibility is her real argument: mooring in the heart of a village rather than at the far end of a commercial quay changes the rhythm of a day on the water. Accommodation. Three cabins, six guests. Detailed berth configuration available on request. Underway. She cruises at 22 knots, a genuinely useful figure on this stretch of coast. It means a lunch anchorage two bays further along is a decision made at breakfast, not a logistical exercise — and that an afternoon breeze filling in doesn't dictate where you spend the evening. Crew. Two professional crew aboard, which is the right number for a yacht of this size: enough to handle navigation, service and the practicalities of the day without the boat ever feeling crowded. Their presence is what separates a charter from a rental — provisioning, itinerary suggestions, the tender, the timing of things. Cruising ground. France. The Riviera and its neighbouring coastline reward a yacht built to this scale, where the pleasure lies in short passages, familiar anchorages and the freedom to change plans. A straightforward, well-judged yacht for a week on the French coast — appreciated by charterers who prefer the intimacy of a small crew and the ability to go where the fleet doesn't.