M/Y NORTHWIND II
Camper & Nicholsons 1966 | A Gentleman's Yacht · 45.63 m / 150 ft · 10 Guests
What are the full specifications of M/Y NORTHWIND II, a Camper & Nicholsons (Southampton) motor yacht?
How much does it cost to charter a Camper & Nicholsons (Southampton) motor yacht for 10 guests in Greece for a week?
What does a Camper & Nicholsons (Southampton) motor yacht look like inside and out?
What is on board M/Y NORTHWIND II?
- Camper & Nicholsons Southampton build, 1966
- 45.63 metres of classic steel
- 2022 refit, decades of continuous care
- Ten guests in five cabins
- Crew of nine with full department structure
- Sweeping teak decks and original character
- MTU 2000-series power, 12-knot passage-making
- The unmistakable classic in any anchorage
What water toys come with a Camper & Nicholsons (Southampton) motor yacht in Greece?
- Tender
- Paddleboards
- Water skis
- Tubes
- Snorkelling equipment
- Fishing gear
Does a Camper & Nicholsons (Southampton) motor yacht suit 10 guests in 5 cabins?
Landmark birthdays, heritage lovers, hosts who want the harbour to look twice
George's Inside Info
“Northwind II is the aristocrat of the classics I place: 1966 Camper & Nicholsons steel, 46 metres, nine crew for ten guests - a specification that no longer exists at any price when built new. Her 2022 refit kept the soul and renewed the systems. She is the right answer when the week IS the statement: I have seen hardened superyacht owners go quiet stepping aboard. 83,300 to 110,000 euros per week, and worth every conversation she starts.”
- George P. Biniaris, Managing Broker & IYBA Member
The Yacht in Detail
M/Y Northwind II was launched in 1966 from the Camper & Nicholsons shipyard in Southampton - the yard whose name has meant yachting since 1782 - and she remains what she was built to be: a gentleman's motor yacht of nearly forty-six metres, maintained without sentimentality and without shortcuts, most recently through her 2022 refit.
Boats like her are not produced anymore because they cannot be: the plate-by-plate hull, the sheer of her deckline, brightwork measured in decades of care. In a bay of white production hulls she is the one the binoculars find.
Ten Guests, Nine Crew
Ten guests take five cabins; a crew of nine - full department structure with chief engineer and chief officer - delivers the service standard her class of yacht has always assumed. That is a crew ratio modern boats twice her price rarely match.
The Long, Slow, Perfect Week
At twelve knots her wake is a signature written across the gulf. Decks run the length of a tennis court; dinner happens under the original davits with the harbour lights coming up. Chartering her is closer to borrowing a piece of maritime history than renting a boat.
Tender runs, paddleboards, snorkelling and ski kit cover the daylight hours; her real toy is the boat herself.
Where She Makes Sense
Northwind II is for hosts: the significant birthday, the gathering of families, the week where the yacht must say something no new hull can. She takes the Saronic and Ionian in state, and every evening aboard feels like an occasion because it is one.
A Sample 7-Day Route
What a week aboard M/Y NORTHWIND II can look like
Total: 206 NM
- Day 1· 23 NM
Athens (Flisvos)→Cape Sounion
Anchor under the temple, which is what boats crossing between Athens and the Cyclades have always done. Reckon on two hours from the last berth.
- Day 2· 22 NM
Cape Sounion→Kythnos (Kolona)
Just under two hours at her cruising speed. Kythnos keeps its own hours and the anchorage at Kolona is the reason people come back.
- Day 3· 32 NM
Kythnos (Kolona)→Andros (Batsi)
Batsi is a sheltered bay on the west coast, and Andros is green in a way the rest of the group is not. Two and a half hours on passage at 12 knots.
- Day 4· 37 NM
Andros (Batsi)→Mykonos (Ornos)
Three hours under way. Little Venice at sunset, the windmills above it, and the boat lying quietly round the corner.
- Day 5· 19 NM
Mykonos (Ornos)→Syros (Ermoupoli)
Marble streets, a working shipyard and a proper town that does not close in October. Reckon on ninety minutes from the last berth.
- Day 6· 39 NM
Syros (Ermoupoli)→Kea (Vourkari)
Three and a half hours at her cruising speed. Vourkari's quay takes a stern line and the tavernas are a hundred metres from it.
- Day 7· 34 NM
Kea (Vourkari)→Athens (Flisvos)
Home to the marina in good time, so the last dinner is ashore in Athens if you want it. Three hours on passage at 12 knots.
Indicative only - every charter is shaped around your group, the wind, and the season.
Experience M/Y NORTHWIND II
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