Serafina — A quietly-referenced Mediterranean charter yacht with a returning owner-list.

The proportions are the first thing. Fifty-five metres of Benetti steel-and-aluminium, laid out with unusually generous exterior deck space for her length — a full aft deck for dining, a shaded sundeck with a Jacuzzi forward and a second, quieter sundeck aft, and a beach club that opens on three sides at sea level. Six suites accommodate twelve guests, with a full-beam owner's suite on the main deck.

The interior brief was residential rather than nautical — layered timber, natural stone, warm-white upholstery. Redman Whiteley Dixon's hand shows in the details: recessed lighting, joinery that closes with a soft hush, and a main saloon that reads as a private library rather than a yacht lounge. She feels lived-in in the best sense.

The tender and toy inventory is deep for a yacht of her size — two guest tenders, a full complement of paddleboards, Seabobs, wakeboards and dive equipment, and a small submersible viewing sled that a handful of returning charterers ask for by name.

Serafina charters through a Monaco-based central agent and holds a genuine commercial programme most seasons. Weekly base rates typically fall in the €280,000–€340,000 range in western Mediterranean summer, plus APA at roughly 25–30% and applicable VAT.

She books six to nine months out for peak weeks. Availability during Monaco Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival and Monaco Yacht Show is unusually tight because of her returning guest list — the same families frequently rebook the same weeks a full year in advance.

LYC Monaco confirms current availability, weekly rate and the alternatives shortlist directly with the central agent at enquiry. Two comparable 50–60m Benetti and Amels charter yachts are typically presented as insurance layers so you have a real choice on your dates.

Serafina is the yacht we recommend to guests who have chartered before and know the difference between an impressive yacht and a well-run one. First-time charterers frequently love her for the same reasons — the crew ratio, the pace of service, the sense that nothing is performative.

Where she is less well-suited: groups looking for the visible scale of a 70m+ mega yacht, or briefs built around visible ashore presence at the Yacht Club de Monaco quay. See the wider superyacht charter fleet or mega yacht charter tier for those briefs.