SMILE is a Mangusta 105, a 28.3 metre open sport yacht from Overmarine, built in 2006 and refreshed with a refit in 2024. She is built for a different kind of charter to the displacement cruisers around her: fast, sleek and low to the water, made for covering ground quickly and arriving in style. Along the Costa Smeralda, where the run between anchorages is short and the arrival matters, that character is exactly right.
Her long open profile is unmistakable. The main deck is one continuous run of teak from the sheltered aft lounge to the foredeck sun pads, with big glass sliding doors that erase the line between the salon and the sea. This is a yacht meant to be lived on deck, at speed and at anchor, with the water never more than a step away. A wet bar, generous sun pads and an easy swim platform make her a natural base for a day of swimming, toys and lunch in a Sardinian cove.
Below, four cabins sleep up to nine guests. The master and guest cabins are wrapped in warm timber with crisp modern bedding, quiet and cool after a day in the sun. Each has its own bathroom, and the layout keeps the sleeping quarters private while the main deck stays social. A crew of three runs the yacht, the toys and the galley, and knows the Sardinian anchorages well.
Speed is her signature. Where the cruisers plan their day around a slow passage, SMILE simply goes: a planing hull that lifts and runs, turning a long transfer into a quick, exhilarating hop and leaving more of the day for the water. That pace also widens the map, putting the Maddalena archipelago, the Corsican coast and the quieter bays beyond easy reach for a day trip.
Inside, the main-deck salon is bright and contemporary, an open lounge and dining space that connects straight through to the aft deck. The galley is close by in warm timber, and the sheltered aft lounge gives shade when the sun is high. The whole main deck reads as one flowing living area rather than a set of separate rooms, which is the point of a yacht like this.
There is a practical side to her pace, too. On the Costa Smeralda the best of the day is often a swim, a lunch and a slow afternoon in a quiet cove, and SMILE gets there before the crowds and moves on when they arrive. A refit in 2024 has kept her looking sharp, the teak, the upholstery and the systems all refreshed, so she carries her speed and style without feeling her age. Between the sun pads, the wet bar and the swim platform, the day tends to organise itself around the water.
SMILE is for guests who want energy and style as much as comfort: a fast, good-looking sport yacht that makes the most of the Costa Smeralda’s short hops and long lunches. She is sleek, sociable and quick, a yacht that treats the journey between anchorages as part of the fun rather than something to be endured.
