PEARLY GATES

PEARLY GATES is a 19.5-metre Lagoon 630 MY, the motor-yacht variant of Lagoon's flagship cruising catamaran, built in 2016 and based year-round at Lavrion on the Athens coast. She runs under twin 300-horsepower diesels at a relaxed 11 knots, an unhurried platform for the kind of Greek week that mixes anchorages, beach lunches, and short hops between islands.

Eight guests share four double cabins, all queens and all en-suite. The layout is deliberately even, with no master and no VIP hierarchy. It suits two or three couples travelling together, or a family group where the parents prefer not to draw lines between staterooms. A crew of three handles the boat, the service, and the galley.

The flybridge is the social heart of the yacht, with a hardtop for shade, sunbeds, and a helm that looks down on the salon roof and the sea beyond. Below, the main salon and aft cockpit open into each other for indoor-outdoor dining, and a 28 kVA Onan generator keeps the water maker, ice maker, dishwasher, and full galley running at anchor.

Toys include a Seabob, two paddleboards, a two-person kayak, a wakeboard, water skis, a towing tube, and snorkel and fishing gear, with a 4.6-metre RIB and 60-horsepower outboard for shore runs. From Lavrion she reaches the Cyclades to the southeast and the Argosaronic islands to the west from the same berth, giving charterers a genuine choice on the morning of departure.