NITA K II has the two names that matter on a yacht of this vintage: Terence Disdale drew her outside, Alberto Pinto did her inside, and Amels built her in steel in 2004. Twenty years on that combination reads better than it did new. Disdale’s profile has aged into something quietly confident rather than of its moment, and Pinto’s rooms, warm timber, generous seating, no shortage of daylight, are exactly what a family of twelve wants for a fortnight.
She has also been kept properly. A run of refits, the most recent completed for 2026, has held her to a standard that a lot of early-2000s yachts have quietly let slip, and the practical upgrades matter more than the cosmetic ones: stabilisers that work at anchor as well as underway, and Starlink Maritime fitted throughout, which has stopped being a luxury and started being the reason a charter week is possible at all for some guests.
What she does best is water. A slide runs off the upper deck straight into the sea, the crew rig a floating dock with jetskis and paddleboards alongside, and an 11.6-metre Boston Whaler is towed behind for fishing and for running to a beach. In the Bahamas, where she winters, that combination is close to ideal, shallow bays, short hops, and a tender big enough to make a day out of an island.
Her deck spaces stack neatly over three levels. The sundeck carries a jacuzzi with a bar and stools alongside and turquoise cushions that have become something of a signature. Below it a shaded deck holds a long table for outdoor dining. Aft, the main deck opens to the platform and the toys. There is enough separation between the three that guests can genuinely spread out.
Inside, the sky lounge is the room most people use: a large screen forward, deep sofas either side, and glass down both sides so it never feels enclosed. The bar sits in its own space with blue leather stools facing the bottles, and the formal dining room forward is the one properly traditional room aboard, panelled and oval-tabled under a domed ceiling light.
Five cabins sleep twelve. The master runs across the beam with a textured headboard wall, a sitting area with armchairs beyond and windows on both sides. A second full-width stateroom below serves as the VIP, and the guest doubles are lighter in tone, finished in pale timber with poster art and good stowage. It is an arrangement that works for two families travelling together as easily as it does for one.
A crew of thirteen runs her, which is generous for 52 metres and shows in the service. She splits her year between the Mediterranean in summer and St Maarten and the Bahamas in winter, with rates from €250,000 per week.
She is not the newest yacht on the market and she does not pretend to be. What she offers instead is provenance, maintenance and a layout that has been tested by twenty years of charter, which for a lot of groups is the better trade.
