NIKA I is a brand new Fountaine Pajot sailing catamaran, delivered in 2025 and one of the freshest and most comfortable ways to sail the Croatian coast at her size. A cruising catamaran carries the space and the steadiness of a much bigger monohull across two slender hulls, and the appeal here is plain: she sleeps eight guests across four cabins, gives them a level, quiet platform under sail, wide decks and a bright, open main deck wrapped in glass. For a family or a group of friends who want to sail without giving up room or comfort, she is a welcoming and current choice.
Her point of difference is simply how new and how well judged she is. Delivered in 2025, she is finished throughout in pale timber and soft neutrals with clean, modern lines, and every space aboard feels bright and unhurried. The twin hull layout gives her a planted, level feel at anchor and under way that a single hull cannot match, so meals, conversation and nights aboard stay comfortable even when the anchorage is busy, and it frees a great deal of deck and interior room for the party.
She is a calm and forgiving boat under way. The two hulls give her an easy, steady motion, so a passage between islands is a pleasure rather than an ordeal, and she can sail quietly through the afternoon or motor gently on a still day. Her real gift is that steadiness, the quality that keeps a group settled and comfortable whatever the water is doing outside, from a lazy morning at anchor to a longer run across open water toward the next island.
Inside, the main deck is one bright, open room. The saloon carries a deep blue sofa and low tables under a run of glass that keeps the sea in view all round, with the galley set into the same open space so the crew chef works among the party. The whole room opens straight out to the shaded aft cockpit the moment she settles at anchor, and the finish throughout is soft and modern, warm wood and pale upholstery kept calm so the sea and the light do the work.
Accommodation is for eight guests across four cabins, each with its own bathroom. The master is a bright double set in one hull with its own ensuite, and three further doubles carry the same warm wood and soft palette with blue accents, each with a hull window close to the water and a bathroom close at hand. The layout suits four couples travelling together as easily as a family who want the children comfortable in cabins of their own, spread for privacy across the two hulls.
Her home water is Croatia, and she is well matched to it. From Split and the Dalmatian coast out through the islands of Hvar, Brac and Vis, the anchorages sit close together, the water is a clean blue and the walled harbour towns come alive after dark for dinner ashore, while her shallow draft and steady twin hulls let her lie in close to the beach. She carries a spread of water toys for the days spent swimming and playing off the yacht, and with her open saloon, her wide decks and a crew of three, NIKA I offers a fresh, roomy and sociable way to sail the Adriatic with the whole party aboard.
