Twelve guests at sixty metres is a deliberately generous ratio. Charter rules cap the guest list at twelve whatever the size of the yacht, so on a hull of roughly one hundred and ninety seven feet the extra volume goes into the yacht rather than into more berths. Corridors widen, the sun deck becomes a floor of its own, and a crew of sixteen to twenty looks after the same dozen people.
Seventy yachts sit in this bracket. Benetti leads with eleven hulls, ahead of Amels with seven, then Trinity Yachts and Feadship with five each. Forty nine carry six cabins and seventeen carry seven, so a second full beam VIP is normal rather than a luxury. Forty nine have a gym, thirty seven a beach club, thirty two a cinema and eight a certified helipad.
Weekly rates run from one hundred and thirty thousand euros to six hundred and eighty thousand, with the median near three hundred and fifty thousand and most of the fleet between two hundred and ninety and four hundred and thirty thousand. An advance provisioning allowance of roughly thirty percent covers fuel, food, berthing and drinks. Build year moves the number more than length does.
Sixty metres asks for sea room. Summer runs the Riviera, Sardinia, the Amalfi coast and the Ionian, usually at anchor with tenders working rather than stern to in the old harbours. From December the fleet crosses for Saint Barths, Antigua and the Grenadines. Tell us your dates.
