BLESSED is a 2024 Sunreef 80 power catamaran, a yacht designed around the water rather than the horizon. Her wide twin hulls carry ten guests across five cabins with the deck volume of a far larger motor yacht, and every part of her layout points back to the sea: the low swim platform, the shaded lounges a step above it, the sun deck that runs the length of the superstructure. For a charter built around swimming, water sports and warm anchorages, she is purpose made.
The aft swim platform is the heart of the yacht. It sits just above the waterline as a broad beach area, with lounging space, easy access to the tenders and toys, and steps that make getting in and out of the sea something guests do without thinking. Above it the main deck opens to a shaded cockpit, and an exterior galley and bar means lunch and drinks can be prepared and served in the open air without anyone leaving the party. The sun deck adds a second world of sunpads and loungers for the hours when the sun is high.
Inside, the main deck is bright and contemporary. A full beam salon runs in pale tones under large windows, flowing from a lounge to a bar and on to a dining area, so the social life of the yacht moves easily from one space to the next. The finish is modern and uncluttered, with natural materials and clean lines that let the light and the sea views do the work.
Accommodation centres on a generous owner’s suite, finished with striking marble in the bathroom and wide windows that bring the water into the room. Further cabins across the hulls complete the layout for ten guests, each bright and well proportioned, with the easy natural light that the catamaran form allows. The result is a yacht where the owner’s party and their guests are all well looked after.
A crew of four run her with quiet efficiency, covering the deck, the galley and an extensive water toy inventory. Her twin MAN engines give a relaxed cruise of around ten knots and a maximum near fifteen, enough to move between islands at an easy pace and to reach further afield when the itinerary asks for it. The catamaran hull holds a steady, comfortable platform under way and at anchor.
She is at her best in the clear water of the Bahamas and the wider Caribbean, moving between sandbanks and quiet cays, anchoring over bright shallows and turning the swim platform into the centre of the day. The shallow draft of the catamaran lets her sit in close to beaches that deeper yachts have to admire from further out, a real advantage in island cruising.
BLESSED is a modern, considered take on the charter catamaran: generous with space, easy to live aboard, and built for people who measure a holiday by time spent in the water. Her blend of volume, comfort and shallow draft reads as a genuinely current answer to island cruising, where the best days are the ones spent at anchor rather than under way. For a warm water week of swimming, diving and long days over bright shallows, she makes a thoroughly contemporary case.
