Cheeky Tiger is a Leopard from the Arno yard, and she is built for people who want to cover ground. Delivered in 2005 and styled inside by Tara Bernard of Target Living, she pairs the low, athletic profile of an open sportyacht with a warm, modern interior, and her triple engines give her the pace to turn a coastline into a day trip rather than a passage.
At 34 metres she carries eight guests in four cabins with a crew of six, a comfortable ratio for a family or a group of friends who want the run of the yacht. Her whole character is about movement and light. The aft cockpit opens straight onto the sea, set for long dinners under the stars with sofas wrapped around a central table, while the foredeck offers a private sunbathing lounge away from the harbour. Between them sits a hull that will hold a genuine cruising speed and reach toward the mid thirties when the mood takes her.
Inside, the design by Tara Bernard gives the yacht real personality. The main salon runs open plan, a bar and formal dining table at one end and a deep, sociable seating area at the other, finished in pale timber, soft leather and textured detailing. A separate media room sits lower in the yacht, a proper cinema and games space with a large screen, generous sofas and a playful, contemporary art collection, ideal for children in the afternoon or a film after dinner.
Accommodation is arranged for comfort and privacy. The master cabin is calm and tactile, dressed in warm woods and soft throws, while the guest cabins mix a double with a rich accent wall and a bright twin, each individually styled and served by its own bathroom. It is an interior with a point of view, which sets Cheeky Tiger apart from the many sportyachts of her size that play it safe.
Her cruising grounds are the classic Riviera and beyond. She works the coast of France and Monaco, drops down to Italy and reaches across to Malta, and her speed is the point: lunch in one harbour and dinner in another is an easy plan aboard this yacht. She anchors off the beach clubs, ducks into the smaller ports that larger yachts cannot, and gets guests where they want to be before the day slips away.
A capable crew of six run her with the ease of people who know the coast, handling everything from a fast tender run ashore to a table set on the aft deck as the lights come up along the shore. The toy inventory keeps the watersports going through the day, and the layout means guests are never far from the water.
Cheeky Tiger is an easy yacht to recommend to a group who value pace, style and a coastline full of options. She has the looks, the speed and an interior with genuine character, offered at a price that reads well for a well kept Leopard on the French Riviera. For a week built around movement rather than staying put, she is exactly the right tool.
