Twelve guests on a forty metre yacht is the busiest ratio in charter, and it is usually chosen deliberately. At around one hundred and thirty one feet the yacht is small enough to keep the whole group in one conversation and large enough that nobody is stepping over anybody. It is the configuration families and friend groups pick when the point of the week is being together.
Thirty seven yachts hold twelve at this length. Benetti and Heesen lead with four hulls each, ahead of Mondomarine, and the range runs from Seawolf X and Cada Dia at the new end to Tosca and Maxita for groups watching the number. Twenty two carry six cabins and twelve carry five, so a pullman or a convertible twin is common here rather than exceptional.
Weekly rates run from twenty seven thousand euros at the older end to two hundred and eighty thousand for the newest, with the median around one hundred and fifty five thousand and most of the fleet between one hundred and twenty five and one hundred and eighty thousand. An advance provisioning allowance near thirty percent covers fuel, food, berthing and drinks. Build year moves the price more than length does.
Forty metres is the easiest size to move around a coast. From Antibes a week takes in Saint Tropez, Porquerolles and Corsica without a night passage, Palma opens Ibiza and Formentera, and Naples puts Capri and the Aeolian islands within reach. Draft keeps the Croatian and Greek harbours open all season. Send us your dates and group size.
