Lex is a Maiora 26, an Italian flybridge motor yacht that has become a familiar and much loved sight around the Balearic islands. Built in 2007 and refitted in 2018, she is based in Ibiza and spends her summers running between the beach clubs and quiet calas of Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca, carrying up to ten guests in four cabins with a crew of four. She is the kind of yacht that suits the islands perfectly, quick enough to island hop before lunch and comfortable enough to make a full week feel effortless.
The Maiora yards have always understood that a charter yacht of this size lives outdoors, and Lex is arranged around that idea. Her flybridge is expansive for the length, with a dining table, a bar, sunpads and a second helm, so guests can spend the whole day up top while the yacht moves from one anchorage to the next. The main aft deck is shaded and set for dining, and the foredeck carries a further run of sunpads for anyone chasing a quiet spot. A swim platform and a generous toy locker keep the watersports going from breakfast to sundowners.
Her planing hull gives her real pace. She cruises comfortably at twenty knots and will run close to thirty when the plan calls for covering ground, which turns a long transfer into a short hop and keeps the days flexible. That performance, combined with her shallow draft, lets her tuck into the shallow turquoise bays that the Balearics do so well.
Inside, the main salon is bright and welcoming, finished in warm timber with pale seating, a formal dining table and a comfortable lounge wrapped in large windows. It is a relaxed, sociable space that flows straight out to the aft deck, and it gives guests a cool, calm retreat from the midday sun. The layout is classic Italian, easy to live in and full of light.
Accommodation is arranged across four cabins on the lower deck. The master is a calm, full beam space finished in warm wood, while the guest cabins mix doubles and twins, several convertible, with a pair of Pullman berths that let the yacht flex up to ten guests when a group or a family needs the extra beds. Each cabin has its own bathroom, and the finish throughout is warm and unfussy.
Lex is set up for an active, sociable charter. Her crew of four know the Balearics intimately and run the yacht with the easy, personal service that keeps guests coming back, planning each day around the weather, the parties and the best anchorages for a swim. A week aboard tends to settle into a rhythm of morning swims, long lunches at anchor and evenings ashore in Ibiza or Formentera.
For a family or a group of friends who want speed, space and a crew who know the islands, Lex offers an unusually complete package in one of the Mediterranean’s most sought after cruising grounds, at a price that leaves plenty over for the beach clubs.
