A chase tender for heavy game, a heated pool and a crew built around the water
BATELLO is a motor yacht of real volume, and she uses it well. Her interiors are spacious and calmly arranged, with an owner's suite that reaches from one side of her to the other and a lift joining the interior decks, so that moving from cabin to saloon asks no effort of anyone. A large crew stands behind her, and it shows less in ceremony than in ease: tenders ready when you want them, a table laid wherever you choose to eat, an instructor alongside you in the water. She was designed above all for comfort, and that intention carries through every deck.
Her cruising areas run from the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas to Croatia, France, Italy, the Leeward Islands, Montenegro, Slovenia and the Windward Islands, with Greece among them too. Wherever she lies, a day aboard tends to follow a similar rhythm. She settles into an anchorage chosen for its swimming, the chase tender heads off early for the fishing grounds, and later the crew carry a beach ashore: FunAir loungers, Fatboy loungers and beanbags, gazebo tents, barbecues, and dining tables with chairs enough for the whole party.
The water is where she comes into her own. The MasterCraft wakeboard boat pulls wake boards, waterskis, wake surf and towing inflatables, with the FunAir kicker ramp for anyone after air. Closer to the hull, the FunAir swim platform brings together a beach club, a sea pool and docks for the jetskis, while the slide drops from main deck height into the sea. Seabobs, E-foils, the Flyboard, the Flite e-scooter and the Sublue Vapor sea scooter supply the pace; SUPs, surfboards, kayaks and Tiwal sailing dinghies fill the quieter hours.
She suits anglers in earnest. Charlie Whiskey carries custom built CD Rods, and the fishing equipment covers heavy game, deep drop, overhead jigging, heavy spin and light spin, with Lindgren-Pitman electric reels for deep fishing and spear fishing gear for the reef. Divers have equipment and a certified instructor among the crew. Aboard, the pool is heated, and the fully equipped gym sits beside a massage room and a salon for hair and beauty. Yoga and Pilates can be taught, a personal trainer is on hand, and evenings may end at the outdoor cinema screen.
On board
01Chase tender Charlie Whiskey, rigged for heavy game fishing
02Heated pool fitted with an exercise jet pump
03Owner's suite across her whole breadth, and a lift between interior decks
04Certified dive instructor and dive equipment carried aboard
05Rock climbing wall and a slide from main deck height
06Gym, massage room, salon for hair and beauty, and personal training
07Beach setup ashore with gazebos, barbecues and loungers
