The fifty metre band is where Amels made its name in charter. Seven hulls sit here, between forty nine and fifty four metres, spanning a quarter century of production at Vlissingen. These are the boats that built the yard’s reputation for full displacement steel hulls that cross oceans quietly, and most have been refitted at least once.
Seahorse, from 1999, is the oldest and Spirit, a fifty four metre delivered in 2011, the youngest. Between them sit Deja Too and Vibrance from the early two thousands, then Deniki, La Mirage and Grace from 2007 to 2009. Five take twelve guests, Deniki ten and Spirit nine. Cabin counts split between five and six. Four carry a gym, two a spa and two a cinema.
Weekly rates run from one hundred and ninety thousand euros for Seahorse to two hundred and ninety five thousand for Spirit, with the median at two hundred and fifty five thousand. Grace, Deja Too and La Mirage sit within five thousand euros of each other, which makes the choice a question of layout and water toys rather than price. Provisioning adds roughly thirty percent for fuel, food, berthing and drinks.
Four of the seven stay in the Mediterranean all year, which is useful if you want a yacht in Sardinia or Greece in May rather than June. Spirit, Grace and Deja Too cross to the Caribbean for the winter. At around fifty two metres the yacht still comes alongside in Porto Cervo, Bonifacio and Gustavia rather than working from the anchorage. Tell us your dates.
