ELTON II is a Mangusta, and that single word sets the tone. The Overmarine yard built its name on fast open sport yachts with long sunlit decks and a sliding hard top, and this 23 metre, delivered in 2004 and refreshed in 2022, is a compact and well judged example. For six guests who want performance and privacy rather than volume, she is a sharp, purposeful choice.
Her defining feature is the main deck. A large sliding roof opens the whole central seating area to the sky, so the lounge becomes an open air room in fine weather and a sheltered one when the breeze gets up. The result is a single, flexible social space at the heart of the yacht, framed in warm timber and pale upholstery, with the sea always close on both sides.
Below, a separate lower deck salon gives a cooler, more private retreat, complete with its own bar. It is the quiet counterpoint to the bright main deck, the place for a film or a late drink once the sun has gone. Having two distinct interior lounges on a yacht of this size is unusual and genuinely useful across a week aboard.
Outside, the decks are built for the sun. Sun pads run across both the foredeck and the aft, so a small party can always find a private patch, and the layout keeps the crew of two efficient and unobtrusive. The aft platform drops the group straight to the water for swimming and the toys.
Accommodation is intimate and well finished. The master suite is the full width of the hull, with a double guest cabin alongside, each with its own bathroom. Six guests is the natural number, which makes ELTON II ideal for two couples with children or a close group of friends who value space to themselves over a long guest list.
Performance is where she comes alive. Twin MAN engines push her to a top speed near 34 knots and a fast cruise around 32, the kind of pace that turns a coastline into a playground. A morning can start in one marina and finish at a beach club an hour down the coast, with the sliding roof open and the wind through the salon. Few yachts of this size move with such intent.
Based on the Italian coast, ELTON II suits charterers drawn to the western Mediterranean who want to cover ground and arrive in style. The Tuscan and Ligurian shore, the islands off the mainland and the smart harbours of the Riviera are all within easy reach at her cruising speed.
Service stays easy throughout. With just six guests and a crew of two, the atmosphere aboard is personal rather than formal, closer to a private boat among friends than a staffed charter, and that intimacy is part of what makes her so well suited to a couple of families travelling together.
She is a yacht with a clear point of view: quick, open and intimate, built for people who would rather feel the sea than look at it through glass. For a short, spirited charter with a small party, ELTON II delivers the Mangusta promise in a size that stays easy and personal from the first day to the last.
