Master suite
Double · main deck
Full-beam owner's cabin with its own lounge corner, walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom in stone and teak. Windows on both sides, so the light changes as the boat swings.
Turkish Riviera · 26.90 m · Charter class
Felicita
Ten knots, five cabins, one crew that knows the coast.
- Length overall
- 26.90 m
- Guests
- 10
- Cabins
- 5
- Crew
- 4
- Cruising
- 10 kn
A glass of water on the aft table, underway at ten knots, stabilisers on.
The boat
A boat that arrives without announcing itself
Felicita is a 26.90-metre aluminium motor yacht built for this coast: 7.25 metres of beam, a draft of only 1.45 metres, and five cabins for ten guests. She cruises Bodrum, Göcek and Fethiye and the coves in between.
Twin Volvo D11 625 hp engines take her to fourteen knots, but she is happiest at ten — around a hundred litres an hour, and quiet enough that dinner on the aft deck does not have to be raised. Humphree electric fin stabilisers and interceptors hold her steady underway and at anchor.
The shallow draft is the real luxury. She anchors closer in than boats her size, in coves the big charter yachts pass by. Four permanent crew, an Opacmare transformer beach club, a gangway that folds away, a cedar sauna below and an icemaker that never stops.
Comfort
Three things you will not notice
01
The roll
Humphree electric fin stabilisers with interceptors, working underway and at anchor. Glasses stay where you put them and nobody spends the passage watching the horizon.
02
The depth
A 1.45-metre draft on a 26.90-metre hull. She tucks into the shallow turquoise between the Yassıca islets and anchors where the larger yachts have to stay outside.
03
Running out
A watermaker producing 500 litres an hour, 2,000 litres in the tanks, two 80-litre boilers and an icemaker. Long showers, ten guests, nobody rationing anything.
The transformer deck
One button. Forty seconds. Sixty square metres of sea level.
ClosedOpen
Drag to open the deck
Hydraulic terraces fold out on three sides and the swim platform drops to the water. What was a stern becomes a beach club: shaded lounge, bar, and the Aegean one step down.
There is no crew scrambling with winches, no shouted instructions, no clatter of hardware. The captain touches one control and the boat quietly opens. Most guests miss it happening the first time because nothing about it sounds like work.
- Sea-level living
- 60 m²
- Fold-out terraces
- 3
- Closed to open
- 40 s
- Button
- 1
The sauna
Heat, sea, repeat
On the lower deck there is a real Finnish sauna with a glass wall facing the water. Cedar benches, an electric heater, no combustion — so no smoke, no smell, no noise. Only the tick of the stones and the light moving on the sea a metre away.
The ritual is simple and it takes the whole afternoon if you let it. Fifteen minutes in the heat until the cedar smells sweet. Then out through the beach club and straight into the Aegean, which is colder than you remember for about four seconds. Rain shower on the platform. Cold plunge if you want it sharper. Then back in.
Do it three times and you will sleep the way you only sleep at anchor.
- Cedar-lined cabin
- Six people, sea-facing glass wall
- Electric heater
- No combustion, no smell, no noise
- Rain shower
- Fresh water, open air, on the platform
- Cold plunge
- Aegean, or the chilled plunge tub
On the water
Water-ski, wakeboard, Seabob
The tender garage opens onto the swim platform, so the toys come out without anyone climbing over a sunbed. A single ski and a wakeboard on the tow line behind the chase boat, two Seabobs for the reef, paddle boards and masks for everyone else.
Mornings are usually flat enough for skiing before the meltemi fills in. The crew runs the boat, the line and the timing; you only decide whether you want a second set.
- Water-ski
- Single ski and combos, all sizes, tow behind the chase boat
- Wakeboard
- Two boards, beginner rope and a short line for the confident
- Seabob F5
- Two units, three hours of charge, down to the reef and back
- Paddle & snorkel
- Boards, kayaks, masks and fins, always in the water at anchor
Instruction is included — the deckhand is a qualified ski and wakeboard coach.
Life on board
How a day tends to go
07.40
Breakfast on the aft deck
Village eggs, white cheese, tomatoes still warm from the market at Yalıkavak, and coffee brought out before you ask. The boat has usually already moved to a quieter cove while you slept.
10.15
Swimming from the open platform
The deck opens, the paddle boards go in, and someone inevitably stays in the water for two hours. The seabed is visible at eight metres.
13.30
Lunch at anchor
Long table under the shade of the extended terrace. Sea bass from the morning, mezes, cold rosé. Nobody dresses for it.
17.00
The sauna hour
Heat, then the sea, then the heat again, while the light goes gold on the pines.
21.30
Cinema on the sun deck
Screen up, cushions out, the anchor holding in eleven metres of water and no engine running anywhere near you.
Cabins
Five cabins, ten guests
1 master + 4 guest cabins · 10 berths
VIP double
Double · en suite
Forward on the lower deck, wide enough for two suitcases open at once, with hull windows at the waterline and a separate shower.
The blue room
Double · en suite
Dark panelled walls and navy linen, windows level with the water. The quietest cabin on board, and the one guests ask for again.
Twin, port
Two singles · en suite
Two singles that slide together into a double. Usually where the children end up, five steps from the master.
Twin, starboard
Two singles · en suite
Mirror of the port twin, with its own shower room. Also the cabin the crew turn over first for a late arrival.
Gallery
Felicita, in her own photographs
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Technical specifications
The numbers, from the builder's sheet
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 26.90 m
- Hull length
- 23.90 m
- Hull beam
- 7.25 m
- Max draft
- 1.45 m
- Height above waterline
- 10.40 m
Tonnage & tanks
- Gross tonnage
- 155.20 GRT
- Net tonnage
- 97.8 tonnes
- Diesel
- 4,000 L
- Fresh water
- 2,000 L
- Grey / black water
- 1,000 L / 1,000 L
Machinery
- Engines
- Volvo D11 625 hp × 2
- Generators
- Kohler 28 kW × 2
- Maximum speed
- 14 kn
- Cruising speed
- 10 kn
- Consumption
- 250 L/h max · 100 L/h cruising
Accommodation & class
- Cabins
- 4 guest + 1 master + 2 crew
- Bed capacity
- 10 guests + 4 crew
- Construction
- Aluminium
- Certification
- CE category B + charter class
- Stabilisers
- Humphree electric fin + interceptor
Equipment
- Watermaker
- Seamar 150 + 350 L/h
- Boilers
- Sigma Inox 80 L × 2
- Hallmark
- Opacmare transformer + Opacmare gangway
- Also
- Finnish sauna + icemaker
Figures as stated in the builder's specification sheet.
Itineraries
Three routes, none of them fixed
- Day 1
Yalıkavak
Board in the afternoon, dinner at anchor off Küdür peninsula.
- Day 2
Gümüşlük
Sunken city under the boat, swimming before the day boats arrive.
- Day 3
Çökertme
Pine cove, long lunch, sauna in the late afternoon.
- Day 4
Bodrum
Slow return along the north coast, disembark after breakfast.
Routes adapt to the weather, the wind and to you. Nothing here is a timetable.
Crew & service
Four aboard, permanently
Kaptan Erdem Yücel
Captain
Twenty-two years on this coast.
Selin Aydın
Chief stewardess
Runs the interior. Remembers everything.
Tom Vermeer
Chef
Aegean produce, no tasting menus.
Ada Korkmaz
Deckhand
Toys, tenders, and the water sports.
Included in service
- Chef and provisioning
- Concierge and reservations
- Airport and marina transfers
- Tender with driver, on call
- E-foil
- Seabob
- Paddle boards and kayaks
- Snorkelling equipment
- Deck cinema
- Diving, on request
- Masseuse, on request
- Childcare, on request
Rates
Weekly charter
Low season
April – May, October
€ 96,000
Mid season
June, September
€ 118,000
High season
July – August
€ 142,000
Rates are per week for up to 10 guests, excluding expenses.
Included
- Yacht and full crew of four
- Insurance and safety equipment
- All water toys and tenders
- Sauna, cinema and onboard systems
- Bed linen, towels, housekeeping
Not included
- APA — 25% of the charter fee, for provisions and running costs
- Fuel for the yacht and the tender
- Port, harbour and anchorage fees
- Food, beverages and special requests
- Gratuity, at your discretion