NINA SPIRIT OF THE WIND is a rare piece of maritime history, a 28 metre Costaguta motor yacht built in 1964 and carefully refitted in 2020. Few charter yachts carry this kind of pedigree. She was launched by one of Italy’s classic Genoese yards in an era when hulls were drawn by hand and built to cross oceans, and six decades on she still turns heads in every harbour she enters. For guests who want character over gloss, she offers something the modern fleet cannot: genuine provenance.
Her lines tell the story. A long, low white hull, a raked bow and timber decks give her the unmistakable silhouette of a mid-century motor yacht, while the 2020 refit brought her systems and comfort up to date without erasing her soul. Time aboard moves at a gentler pace. She cruises at around 11 knots, unhurried and sure, the way a classic is meant to travel.
Life happens outside. The aft deck sits under a shade awning with a lounge and a dining table, the heart of the yacht for long lunches and slow evenings watching the light change over the water. Teak side decks lead forward to a foredeck that catches the breeze, and a tender is always ready to run guests ashore to a village quay or a hidden cove. Every surface is warm wood and honest craftsmanship rather than gloss and glass. On a warm evening the aft deck becomes an open air dining room, the sea lapping quietly below and the lights of a harbour town scattered across the bay.
Inside, NINA is all warmth. The main salon pairs a formal dining table with a comfortable lounge of deep upholstery and rich timber joinery, a room that feels like the drawing room of a well loved country house. Brass, varnished wood and soft light give her interiors a character that new yachts spend fortunes trying to imitate. It is a space for conversation, cards and good wine rather than screens.
Accommodation is arranged across four cabins for eight guests, each finished in the same warm timber and classic detailing. The master is a restful retreat with framed art and generous light, while the guest cabins offer double and twin configurations to suit families or groups of friends. A crew of four keeps the yacht running with the quiet attentiveness a classic deserves, from the galley to the helm. Meals are served wherever the day leads, on deck at anchor or in the salon when the weather turns, always with the ease of a small and dedicated team.
NINA SPIRIT OF THE WIND is not for everyone, and that is the point. She is for guests who understand that a charter can be about atmosphere and story, not only square metres and gadgets. A week aboard is a slower, richer kind of luxury: mornings at anchor in a quiet bay, afternoons on deck under the awning, evenings dining beneath the stars on a yacht with real history in her bones.
Available for charter from EUR 40,000 per week, she cruises the Mediterranean as a genuine classic, a rare chance to travel the coast the way it was done before the age of the production yacht.
