Princess Y80

At 25 metres, the Princess Y80 sits in a comfortable middle ground: large enough for proper deck space and five separate cabins, compact enough to handle a short notice booking without the port logistics a bigger superyacht demands. Twelve guests move easily between the aft cockpit, the saloon and the upper deck without feeling stacked on top of each other, and the five cabins mean guests staying overnight get a real bed rather than a converted lounge.

Based out of Marbella, the Y80 suits a day run west toward Estepona bay, where the water is calmer and less crowded than the beaches directly off Puerto Banús, followed by a return for a sunset docking and dinner ashore. The same boat also works as a two- or three-day option along the coast, with the extra cabins covering a small group who want to wake up on the water rather than commute back to a villa each evening.

It's a practical size for two families travelling together, a small circle of friends marking a birthday, or a compact corporate group who want lunch afloat without arranging a full crew briefing for forty people. Because fuel burn and APA scale with distance rather than boat size alone, a coastal day near Marbella costs noticeably less to run than a longer push toward the Strait of Gibraltar — worth discussing before you commit to a route, especially if you're weighing a relaxed bay swim against a longer passage.