S/CAT Amarea

The Yacht in Detail

AMAREA comes into charter for the 2026 season, and a first season means something concrete: no previous charter party has sat on her cushions, worn her tender or scuffed her teak. That state does not last, and the people who get it are the ones who book early.

She is a Lagoon Sixty 5, which is a different animal from the Fountaine Pajots that dominate this size band in Greece. More volume, a fuller bow, and an owner's suite that is genuinely a suite: a desk area, a large bathroom with the toilet in a separate compartment, and its own door onto the deck so you are not walking through the saloon in a robe.

Three guest cabins with queen beds and separate bathrooms complete her. Eight guests in four generous cabins rather than ten in five tight ones is a trade some parties will take gladly.

Her build year is 2026, confirmed with the central agent after their own page and their offer email disagreed. Hull and first charter season are the same year, which is why she is the newest boat on this site by some distance.

The boat

Amarea is a Lagoon Sixty 5, new to charter for 2026, measuring 20,55 m / 67,5 ft. She takes 8 guests in 4 cabins with 3 - Captain, Chef, Stewardess/Deckhand aboard, and she works out of Athens.

She cruises at 10 knots and tops out at 12 knots. That number matters more than it looks on a charter: it decides whether a Cycladic hop is an hour of the morning or half the day, and it decides how much of your APA goes into the fuel tank rather than into dinner.

Accommodation

An owner's suite with a desk area and its own access to the deck, a large bathroom and a separate toilet. Three guest cabins with queen beds and separate bathrooms.

The crew

Captain Nikos Siganos, Chef Ventisalv Dimitrov, Tamara Stretovych and Panagiotis Polymos on deck and interior. Three crew is a working ratio rather than a pampering one, and I would rather say so now than have you discover it on day two. It is the right number for a party that wants to be looked after well and left alone the rest of the time.

What a week costs

The base fee is €42,500 in high season, july and august, €36,000 in mid season, june and september, €32,000 in low season, october to may. Those are the yacht only. On top of them sit Greek VAT at 6.5%, which is this yacht's certified rate rather than a national flat rate, and an Advance Provisioning Allowance of 25% per cent of the base.

The APA is not a fee. It is your money, held by the captain and spent against receipts on fuel, food, drink, berths and anything else the week actually consumes. Whatever is left comes back to you at disembarkation. The MYBA contract we write on fixes how that account works; it does not fix the percentage, which is why you will see 20 to 40 per cent across our fleet depending on how thirsty the boat is.

Crew gratuity is customary rather than contractual, and the MYBA guideline is 10 to 15 per cent of the base fee, calculated on the base and never on the total. Nobody will ask you for it and you decide at the end of the week.

On deck and in the water

She carries 10 categories of water toy, listed in full further down this page. The ones that change a week rather than decorate a brochure: sur marine st 470 prestige tender with 60 hp suzuki, 2 x seanxt underwater scooters, 2 x sea scooters. Everything is checked and working at handover, and anything that needs a licence is flagged before you board rather than after.

What the fee includes, and what it does not

The charter fee covers the yacht with all her equipment in working order, the tender and the water toys, the crew's wages, food and uniform, the yacht's insurance, laundry of the ship's linen, and the cleaning and consumable stores. That is the MYBA standard and it is what you are actually buying.

It does not cover fuel for the engines, generators or toys, your food and drink, berthing and harbour dues, water and electricity taken from shore, agents' fees, personal laundry, or shore transport. All of that runs through the APA against receipts. If the yacht is chartered from a port other than her home base there is a relocation charge, and for Santorini specifically the central agent adds one day because of the logistics there.

Who she suits

Charterers who want a boat nobody else has chartered yet, couples who work aboard and need the desk, and parties of eight who prefer four generous cabins to five tight ones.

George's note

AMAREA comes into charter for 2026, which means her first guests get a hull that has not had a season of wear. The owner's suite is the reason I would put her forward over her sisters: a real desk, a separate toilet from the bathroom, and a door straight onto the deck. She was built in 2026, and we checked that rather than assumed it: the central agent's own page and their offer email gave two different years, so we asked. Hull and first season are the same year, which makes her the newest boat on this site by a clear margin.

A week aboard

The itinerary below is a real working route of 162 NM, not a brochure loop. It moves with the prevailing wind and it can be reversed, shortened or thrown away entirely: the captain decides each morning on the actual forecast, and that is the point of a crewed week.