TABUNG

TABUNG — Sunseeker, 9.50m / 31ft, Balearic Islands A 1990 Sunseeker, compact and purposeful, working the Balearic coastline the way this stretch of the Mediterranean is best enjoyed: one anchorage at a time, without ceremony. At 9.50 metres, TABUNG belongs to a category that rewards spontaneity. She is quick to move, easy to tuck into the smaller calas that larger yachts have to admire from a distance, and sized for the kind of day where the itinerary is decided over breakfast rather than weeks in advance. Sunseeker's reputation was built on exactly this — hulls that behave predictably at speed and remain composed when the afternoon breeze fills in across the channels. She charters with a skipper aboard, which is the meaningful part. Local knowledge decides whether a day in the Balearics is good or exceptional: which bay stays sheltered when the tramontana pushes through, when to leave a popular anchorage before it fills, where the water is clearest at that particular hour. That judgement comes with the yacht, and it is worth more than any equipment list. A straightforward, well-proportioned yacht for exploring the islands properly — Formentera's sandbanks, the quiet north of Mallorca, the coves between them — and returning to port at the end of the day having actually seen something.