CATALEYA makes her case the moment she comes into view: a 34.5 metre gulet that carries a genuine group of friends or family without ever feeling crowded. Built in 2009 and refitted most recently in 2025, she pairs the warmth of traditional mahogany construction with the air conditioning, systems and finish that charter guests now expect. Nine ensuite cabins sleep as many as 21 guests, which places her in a useful part of the market. She is large enough for a multi generational trip or two families travelling together, yet she charters from a figure that keeps a week aboard within reach.
Life on a gulet happens outside, and CATALEYA is designed around that truth. The aft deck sets the rhythm of the day with a long teak table shaded by the overhang, the natural place for slow lunches and late dinners as the anchorage settles. Forward, cushioned sunpads run along the foredeck for anyone chasing the sun or a quiet corner with a book. The sun deck is the yacht at her most sociable: loungers, shade when it is wanted, and a jacuzzi set into the teak for a cooling soak with the coastline sliding past. A swim platform at the stern turns the whole sea into part of the yacht, with a full locker of toys ready when the group wants to be in the water rather than beside it. A tender stands by for runs ashore, and the kit runs from paddleboard, canoe and snorkelling gear to water ski, wakeboard, a towable ringo and a Seabob, with fishing tackle for the early risers. It is enough to keep every age aboard busy, and enough to leave the rest of the group undisturbed on deck.
Step inside and the mood shifts to cool, polished calm. The main saloon is finished in honeyed timber, with comfortable lounge seating, a bar and large windows that pull the sea indoors. A separate dining area carries the same craftsmanship, laid for the evenings when the group gathers below. The layout is considered rather than showy, built to move easily between deck, water and table.
Accommodation is where her scale pays off. The nine cabins are arranged as a flexible mix of doubles, twins and triples, each with its own ensuite, so couples, children and friends can all be placed sensibly. It is a configuration that suits a charter broker putting together a real group rather than a brochure one, and it is rare to find it on a yacht this easy to book.
CATALEYA cruises the clear water of the eastern Adriatic, where Croatia’s island chains and the Montenegrin coast reward a yacht that can anchor off a quiet bay one night and tuck into a harbour town the next. A crew of six runs her, handling the sailing, the service and the watersports so guests are left with the part that matters. For groups who want space, shade, water and a table worth lingering at, she is a straightforward and welcome choice, and a genuinely sociable one. She rewards the kind of trip measured in afternoons rather than hours.
