SEA DREAMS

SEA DREAMS is a Sunreef Yachts catamaran of 18.30m / 60ft, chartering in Croatia — a hull form and a cruising ground that suit each other unusually well. The Dalmatian coast is a matter of short hops between islands, shallow bays and anchorages where a monohull rolls and a catamaran simply sits still. Sunreef built their name on exactly this kind of yacht: wide, stable, generous underfoot, with living space measured across the beam rather than squeezed along a corridor. Accommodation is arranged in four cabins for eight guests, comprising the owner's cabin and three guest cabins. Detailed bed configuration is available on request. The layout works as readily for a single family as for two couples travelling together, with the volume of a 60-foot catamaran giving everyone somewhere to retreat to. Life aboard tends to organise itself around the cockpit and the flybridge — the natural gathering points on a yacht of this configuration, shaded when the Adriatic sun is high, open to the breeze under way. She cruises at 10 knots, an honest pace for island-hopping between Hvar, Vis and the Kornati, where the distances are short and the point is to arrive with time left in the day. A crew of three — captain, chef and stewardess — looks after the yacht and her guests. It is the right number for eight people on a catamaran of this size: attentive service and proper cooking, without ever feeling crowded. The captain's local knowledge is worth as much as any equipment list along this coast, where the best anchorages are rarely the obvious ones.