50 SHADES OF PLAY is a different kind of charter yacht, and that is the whole point. Delivered in 2025 by the Italian yard AB Yachts, she is a 33.7-metre performance yacht built around speed: three 2,000hp MAN engines drive her to a cruise of 30 knots and a top end of 42, figures that belong to a sports boat rather than a yacht of her size. In the Bahamas, where the distance between islands is the enemy of a good itinerary, that pace changes everything.
She turns island hopping into something spontaneous. A run that would take a conventional yacht half a day she covers in an hour, which means a five-day cruising ground can be explored properly in two or three. Guests wake in one anchorage, lunch off a sandbar an hour away and watch the sunset somewhere new, without losing the day to the passage. For active charterers who want to keep moving, she is purpose-built.
Her styling is sleek, modern and low, and her interior follows the same logic: uncluttered, contemporary and arranged for easy movement between the water and the living spaces. The main deck is a single, flexible environment. A dining and lounge area flows into a relaxed lounge, with a galley and a wheelhouse close at hand, so the yacht feels open and connected rather than divided into formal rooms. Wide glazing keeps the sea present throughout. AB Yachts builds light, fast composite yachts with a distinctive low, plumb-bow profile, and as brand-new 2025 inventory she arrives with the latest systems, finishes and connectivity, a fresh option in a cruising ground that rewards speed and shallow draft.
Below, she accommodates ten guests in four cabins, built around a full-beam owner’s suite that makes the most of her width at the waterline. A VIP and further cabins complete the layout, all finished in the same crisp, modern style with en suite shower rooms. With berths for up to ten and a light-footed, informal feel, she suits a family or a group of friends who want performance without pretension.
Topside, the sun deck and its sun pads are the social centre, open to the breeze and the light at speed or at rest. The main deck aft carries lounging and an easy connection to the water, and with a shallow 1.3-metre draft she noses into the pale, shallow anchorages that define Bahamian cruising, places larger yachts simply cannot reach.
Her toy inventory is chosen to match the yacht: a tender, a waverunner, a SeaBob, paddleboards, snorkelling and fishing gear, everything needed for a fast, water-focused week without the complication of a large crew. She runs with a crew of three, which keeps the atmosphere relaxed and private, closer to a fast private yacht than a formal charter operation.
50 SHADES OF PLAY is for guests who measure a charter in experiences rather than square metres: brand new, seriously quick and built for a specific kind of freedom in warm, shallow water. In the right cruising ground she does something almost no other yacht her size can.
She cruises the Bahamas year-round, chartering from USD 105,000 per week.
