56m Schooner Sailing Yacht Charter Greece | 5 Cabins | 2007/2022 | YA5605

YA5605 is a 56-metre schooner built by Aegean Yachts in 2007 and refitted in 2022. Five cabins, twelve guests, thirteen crew. She splits her season between Greece and Turkey, and a 56m sailing yacht charter Greece aboard her is a different proposition from anything with a flybridge.

Three masts, a teal hull, varnished rails and a clipper bow. She is a modern yacht dressed as a classic, and the effect is that she is the most looked-at boat in any anchorage she enters.

56 metres, built 2007 and refitted 2022

Length overall is 56 metres, beam 10 metres, draft 3.6 metres. Twin 760 hp MAN diesels push her at a 10-knot cruise and 12 knots maximum, burning only 180 litres an hour — low for her size, because she is a displacement hull that spends part of the week sailing.

Electrical load sits on two 55 kVA Onan generators and a 27.5 kW Yanmar. Air conditioning is full-vessel, Wi-Fi covers the yacht, and there is a jacuzzi on deck.

Where a 56m sailing yacht charter Greece week goes

In Greek waters the usual shape is the Cyclades — Mykonos, Paros, Ios, Santorini — with the longer legs run overnight under sail where the wind allows. The Dodecanese and the Sporades work equally well, and a 56m sailing yacht charter Greece can cover ground that a slower gulet cannot.

A 3.6-metre draft is the real constraint. She needs depth, so she anchors off the smaller coves rather than tucking into them, and the tenders do the shuttling. That is normal for the size and no one aboard notices.

Turkey is the other half of the season. From Bodrum and Göcek the Gulf of Gökova and the Twelve Islands are a short hop, and the boat-in tables at Kapı Creek, Bedri Rahmi and Selimiye are reachable only by water.

Deck space and the water

Deck space is the point of a schooner this size. There is a jacuzzi set into the deck, long runs of sun loungers down both sides, a shaded aft lounge and a forward seating area. The teak is laid properly and the detailing — varnished caprails, bronze fittings, a proper binnacle — is period-correct rather than applied.

Tenders are a 6.5-metre Grand with a 150 hp Mercury and a 3.3-metre Agilis with a 90 hp Rotax. A 42-foot Pirelli chase boat with triple 300s is available as an option at additional cost. An Aquabanas floating platform rigs off the stern.

Saloon, dining and living space

Inside, she is panelled in dark timber with inlaid detailing, coffered deckheads and classic joinery. The main saloon runs the full beam, and there is a separate dining saloon forward seating all twelve under a domed ceiling.

A bar sits off the main saloon, and the interior is deliberately warm and shaded — the opposite of the white-and-glass boats of the same price. On a 56m sailing yacht charter Greece in August, that is a feature rather than a compromise.

Five cabins for twelve guests

Accommodation is two master cabins, two doubles and one cabin with a double and a single bed. A portable single bed can also be placed in one of the masters, which is how she reaches twelve.

Two masters rather than one is the useful part of this layout — on a 56m sailing yacht charter Greece booked by two families, nobody has to draw lots for the good room. Every cabin is en-suite, panelled in the same dark timber as the saloons.

56m sailing yacht charter Greece specifications

The figures below are the ones worth comparing when you are pricing a 56m sailing yacht charter Greece against the other large sailing yachts in the Eastern Mediterranean.

• Builder: Aegean Yachts, Turkey
• Type: Sailing yacht, schooner rig
• Year built: 2007 — Refit: 2022
• Length overall: 56 m (183 ft 9 in)
• Beam: 10 m
• Draft: 3.6 m
• Cabins: 5 — 2 master, 2 double, 1 double-and-single
• Guests: 12
• Crew: 13
• Engines: 2 x MAN, 760 hp each
• Generators: 2 x Onan 55 kVA, 1 x Yanmar 27.5 kW
• Cruising speed: 10 knots — Maximum: 12 knots
• Fuel consumption: 180 litres per hour
• Air conditioning: full — Wi-Fi: yes — Deck jacuzzi
• Tenders: 6.5 m with 150 hp, 3.3 m with 90 hp; 42 ft chase boat optional
• Cruising area: Greece, Turkey

Rates for a 56m sailing yacht charter Greece

She is quoted at a single all-season rate of EUR 150,000 per week, which is unusual and makes the shoulder months look expensive and the peak weeks look like value. A 56m sailing yacht charter Greece aboard YA5605 includes the yacht with all equipment in working order, the crew of thirteen, and the standard consumable stores for the engine room, deck and cabins.

Fuel, berthing, provisioning and the optional chase boat are charged separately, normally through an Advance Provisioning Allowance. Aquinox arranges every 56m sailing yacht charter Greece directly with the central agent. For a motor alternative in the same waters see the 73m Lürssen superyacht or the 41m CCN. The rig type is explained in Wikipedia’s entry on the schooner.

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