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A catamaran for the Seychelles, on island time The Seychelles reward those who move slowly. Granite boulders, water that shifts from jade to deep blue within a few boat lengths, anchorages you reach in the morning and see no reason to leave — this is cruising ground that suits a catamaran perfectly. Shallow draught, easy access to bays a deeper-hulled yacht would have to admire from a distance, and the kind of stability that lets you eat, sleep and swim without ever thinking about it. Accommodation runs to five cabins, each with a queen-size bed, sleeping ten guests. Consistent throughout, with no consolation-prize cabin at the end of the corridor — a rare and genuinely useful thing when two or three families share a yacht. Below and on deck, the layout leans towards living rather than passage-making: a modern galley, a dishwasher, Wi-Fi on board. The practical details that let a week aboard feel unhurried rather than improvised, and that make it easy to stay out at anchor far from any road or reception desk. The days shape themselves. Snorkelling before breakfast, a line trailed astern in the afternoon, a beach to yourselves, or simply the sun and nothing on the agenda. Nobody sets the rhythm but you.