SERENİSSİMA 48

A flybridge motor yacht working the Aegean coast. The hull is white with a varnished timber caprail running its full length, and the decks are laid in teak — the look of Italian production yards of the period. Size and layout suit day charters between bays as readily as cruises of several nights.

The aft deck carries a dining table under the overhang of the flybridge, with a cushioned bench along the rail behind it. A short flight of steps leads up to the flybridge, where a bimini shades the upper helm and its seating. Sliding glass doors open into the saloon: two curved leather sofas set opposite each other, low tables between them, a timber-fronted bar further forward, and long windows down both sides. The wheelhouse sits half a level above, its helm station next to a U-shaped settee and two tables. Below deck are four cabins — two with double berths, two with twin singles. Forward there is a sunpad on the foredeck; aft, a swim platform and a tender towed on a line.

The four-cabin arrangement works for families and for two or three couples travelling together, either at anchor for the day or moving along the coast.