EUPHORIA

Philippe Briand on the lines, Winch Design on the interior, and the Jeanneau Design office on the engineering. EUPHORIA is a Jeanneau Yachts 60 from 2021, flagship of the range and Cruising World's Boat of the Year for the Full-Size Cruiser category in her first season.

She measures just over eighteen metres on deck, with a 5.2-metre beam and a 2.55-metre keel, based year-round at Nea Peramos on the Athens coast. The signature trick is the side decks: they walk forward at deck level on both sides, so guests move from cockpit to bow without stepping over winches. Dropdown bulwarks open into terraces over the water when the boat is at anchor.

Eight guests sleep across four en-suite cabins. The owner's suite takes the forward section with its own private companionway, and three guest cabins handle the rest of the party with proper bathrooms and full air conditioning. The Winch interior is contemporary and light, with American walnut joinery, a long saloon that runs into the galley, and hull windows that bring the sea into every cabin.

A crew of two runs the boat: captain and hostess on board. The water sports kit is deliberately simple, a paddleboard and snorkel gear, for a sailing programme built around the boat and the islands.

From Nea Peramos she reaches into the Cyclades through summer, with the Saronic Gulf within easy run for shorter weeks.