DIAMS is a 21.2 metre Astondoa, a Spanish-built motor yacht with a deep navy hull and a classic white superstructure, refitted throughout in 2025. She is a handsome, characterful yacht of the old school, with a proper pilothouse, warm timber inside and a low, sea-kindly profile, and she comes with a full spread of water toys for a family that wants to spend its days in the sea. For a couple or a family who want to cruise the French Riviera and its islands in comfort, with eight guests across four cabins, she is an easy and good value size.
Her point of difference is her character. A navy hull and a pilothouse give her the look of a classic motor yacht rather than a modern sports boat, and inside she carries that through with warm timber joinery and a calm, comfortable feel. She is run by a close crew of two who know the coast well, and she is set up to be lived in rather than admired, an unpretentious yacht that puts the days on the water ahead of everything else.
For a yacht of her size she carries a generous spread of toys, and it shapes the way a week aboard unfolds. Jet skis, a Seabob, paddleboards, water skis, an e-foil and snorkelling gear all come with her, launched from the swim platform the moment the anchor is down, so the hours at anchor turn into time in the water rather than beside it. For an active family or a group of friends, it is much of what makes her fun, and it is rare to find so complete a kit on a yacht at this price.
Inside, the mood is warm and easy. The main salon runs in timber with a pale sofa gathered under wide windows and the galley set just forward, and it opens aft to the deck at anchor. Forward, a round dining table sits beside the lower helm in the pilothouse, its windows wrapping around a wide view over the bow, an unusual and characterful room where the party can eat together underway or at rest, while a second seating area gathers around a sofa beneath the ladder to the flybridge.
Accommodation is for eight guests across four cabins, all with their own bathrooms. The master is a wide double with a soft tufted headboard and a leather settee to one side, the VIP takes a generous double with a mirrored bulkhead that opens the room out, and the further cabins carry the same warm, pale palette with their own ensuites. The layout suits two couples with children, or four friends sharing, with the master and VIP giving the two lead cabins real space of their own.
Her home water is the French Riviera, Corsica and Sardinia, and her crew know it well. From the bays of Cannes and the pine-clad Lerins islands along the coast to the granite anchorages of Corsica and Sardinia across the water, the cruising is some of the finest in the Mediterranean, the anchorages sit close together and the towns come alive after dark. With her characterful pilothouse, her full spread of toys and a crew of two who know the coast, DIAMS offers a relaxed and good value way to cruise the Riviera and its islands.
