Step aboard Baracuda Valletta and the main deck opens without a single partition, flowing from lounge to dining to cockpit behind Perini Navi's signature curved windows. Pawson's design language of light, space and proportion keeps the textures calm and the materials honest.
Under sail she is lively yet composed, and an innovative keel system lets her slip into shallow turquoise bays for lunch. A 12-knot cruising speed keeps passages smooth when the breeze fades. Ten guests share five cabins, led by a full-beam master with his-and-hers bathrooms, and a fold-out transom becomes a private sea-level lounge. Two tenders, a Seabob, paddleboards and canoes are on board, and a crew of nine sails with her from Athens through the Cyclades, the Saronic and the Ionian.
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