Ealu proves how much yacht a thoughtful refit can deliver. Built by Northcoast to a Jack Sarin design in 1995 and rebuilt through 2024, she brings the volume, the deck space and the sea room of a 40 metre yacht to a charter market where boats of that size command far higher rates. The 2024 work touched systems, finishes and living spaces alike, so she reads as current while keeping the easy proportions of a proven hull.
Her interior is warm and traditional in the best sense, a study in deep mahogany, cream upholstery and soft light. The main deck holds three distinct rooms: a salon of comfortable sofas around a large screen, a formal dining room under a chandelier with the sea framed in every window, and a green marble bar that becomes the social hub before dinner. It is a layout built for a full charter party, with places to gather and places to slip away.
Outside, Ealu is generous. A broad sun deck carries loungers and a shaded lounge, the foredeck offers a quiet forward retreat, and the aft decks step down through dining and seating to a full beach club at the waterline. From there the toys launch straight into the sea: jet skis, an e-foil, kayaks, paddle boards, seascooters, snorkelling gear and inflatable loungers, with a centre console tender for longer runs ashore.
She sleeps ten guests across five cabins, all finished in the same mahogany joinery. The master is a bright, full width room with a private sitting area, and the guest cabins carry queen beds, generous storage and their own marble bathrooms. Seven crew run the yacht, a high ratio for her size that shows in the standard of service, from early breakfasts on deck to dinners set with silver and glass.
For all her classic character she is quick. Twin Detroit Diesel engines push her to a top speed near twenty knots, unusual for a yacht of this volume and useful when a weather window opens or an anchorage calls. She cruises the Bahamas and the wider Caribbean, from the banks and cays of the Exumas to the quiet corners of the Leeward and Windward Islands, at a pace her guests set.
Ealu is a rare combination on the charter market: real size, a full beach club and attentive crew, delivered with the warmth of a classic and the reassurance of a recent, thorough rebuild. For families and groups who want space, comfort and reach without the rates a new 40 metre commands, she rewards a close look and a long booking. Time aboard tends to slow down, which is rather the point.
The beach club sets her apart from many yachts her age. Rather than a simple swim step, Ealu opens at the waterline into a proper sea level platform, so guests move from the salon to the water in a few easy strides, and the crew can rig the toys, the shade and the loungers without cluttering the guest decks. It is the kind of feature buyers expect on a new build, worked into a hull with three decades of sea time behind it. Paired with her turn of speed and her generous crew, it makes Ealu feel far younger than her years, and far larger than her rate suggests.
