ACAPELLA is a forty-nine metre sailing superyacht launched in 2021 by a well-respected Croatian family with a long charter reputation, and that ownership shows in every detail. She was built to the highest standard with comfort as the first priority, from the additional hull insulation that gives her an almost silent ride to the high-grade mast, rigging and sails that make her a genuine sailing yacht rather than a motorsailer dressed as one. She is a rare thing: a large sailing yacht that a group can live aboard as easily as a motor yacht, without giving up the pleasure of being under sail.
She sleeps twelve guests across five spacious staterooms, three master cabins and two triples, each finished to the same considered standard. The interior is calm and contemporary, decorated in a sophisticated range of neutrals that brings a quiet, restful atmosphere to the spaces. The master cabins carry king beds, sculpted seating and large ensuite bathrooms with generous walk-in showers, and every cabin is bright, private and designed for a comfortable week rather than a single night aboard.
The main salon sets the tone. With a ceiling height of well over two metres, it is accessed from the aft deck through floor-to-ceiling glass doors, and the large windows that wrap the space fill it with natural light. Inside there is an abundance of seating and a dining area, arranged as one open living space that gathers the whole party for dinner yet leaves quiet corners to settle with a book. It is a genuinely grand room for a yacht of her size, and it stays cool and calm through the hottest part of the day.
Her top deck is built for entertaining. A broad sunpad area sits aft for lazy afternoons, an amidships space can be set with loungers or cleared for morning yoga and pilates, and a circular spa pool with a curved seating area forms the social centre of the deck. On the lower aft deck, a large dining table seats all twelve guests for al fresco meals, sheltered from the sun by the deck overhang above. There is room here for a large group to spread out or come together as the day dictates.
She is a Croatian yacht through and through, and the Adriatic is her home water. Split, Hvar, Vis and the scattered Kornati islands sit within short, sheltered hops, so a day can start with a swim at anchor, move to a quiet cove for lunch and end with dinner in a stone harbour town. She sails cleanly when the wind is there and motors comfortably when it is not, steady under way with the range to explore the whole coast at an unhurried pace.
Service is where she truly stands apart. A dedicated crew of nine, led by an owning family who take a personal interest in every charter, look after twelve guests, a high ratio that shows in the cooking, the deck work and the water sports. The seabobs, water skis, towables and snorkelling gear come out through the day, and returning guests write about the food and the crew as often as the yacht itself.
ACAPELLA suits families and groups who want a real sailing yacht without compromise on comfort: twelve guests in five ensuite staterooms, a grand light-filled salon, a spa pool and gym space on deck, and a crew who treat the charter as their own. She is refined, capable and quietly generous, a considered base for a summer under sail along the Croatian coast.
