OMBRE BLU3

Brass lamps, bar stools, door handles and railings repurposed from 17th-to-19th-century passenger ships fit out the interior of OMBRE BLU3. She is a Sunreef 70 sailing catamaran from 2010, refitted in 2018, and she runs the Italian charter circuit out of Sardinia for six guests across three cabins.

The salon is open-plan, with a generous seating area, a bar, and a fully equipped galley under the bright wraparound windows that look forward over the bows. The master sits to starboard with a double bed, desk, and en-suite with twin sinks. The two further cabins each carry queens, one with an open rain shower over teak.

Below decks she carries a registered PADI dive centre. Eight scuba sets, a dive compressor, and a Master Scuba Diver Trainer on call run certifications and specialty courses for guests of any level. The toy locker covers the rest: windsurfers, kayaks, paddleboards, water skis, wakeboards, tubes, snorkel kits, and an underwater scooter. A Castoldi jet tender handles transfers off the swim platform.

The boat is run by Captain-Chef Francesco, a Venetian who grew up summering at his family home in the Aeolian Islands, and his wife Captain-Hostess Melissa, Australian and the spa-and-wine half of the operation. They charter the full Italian range from a Sardinia base: Sardinia and Corsica, the Pontine Islands, the Amalfi Coast, the Aeolian and Egadi Islands of western Sicily.