Silver Wind

Forty-three metres six that will run at nineteen knots. That is a semi-planing figure rather than a displacement one, and it puts her in a useful middle ground: quicker than the yachts she is compared with, and calmer than the ones built purely for speed.

Nineteen knots changes the itinerary rather than the arrival time. It means a coast can be crossed within a morning, that lunch and dinner can happen in different countries, and that a fortnight aboard covers ground a twelve-knot yacht of the same size would have to choose between.

Eleven guests across five cabins. Eleven is an odd number and the cabins do not divide into it evenly, which makes her a natural fit for a family with children, or for a group in which somebody travels alone, rather than for five couples expecting matched rooms.

Eight crew for eleven guests. It is a strong ratio at this length and it is what makes her work equally well for two quite different charters: a family fortnight where everything has to be effortless, and a corporate week where the yacht is the venue and the timing has to hold.

The sundeck is large and generously shaded. That combination is rarer than it should be: plenty of yachts have a big top deck and far fewer have one you can use at two in the afternoon in August, which is when a large group actually wants to be up there.

She was delivered in 2012 by International Shipyard, so more than a decade of seasons sits behind her. The systems are proven, the crew know her behaviour at speed, and there is nothing about the yacht still waiting to reveal itself.

She works across the Mediterranean, which suits her pace. A yacht that can hold nineteen knots is wasted on a single coastline, and the itineraries that use her properly are the ones that treat the basin as one cruising ground rather than several separate ones.

Choose her for versatility. She is not the quietest yacht here, nor the largest, and she is the one that will carry eleven people quickly, comfortably and in shade, whether the occasion is a family holiday or a week of work that has to look effortless.