Moby-Dick

Onboard the Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick is a 20-metre build from Fountaine Pajot, a yard best known for wide-beam catamaran construction, and that heritage shows on board: broad, stable deck space rather than a narrow monohull footprint, with ten cabins arranged for genuine multi-night use rather than a single afternoon on the water. Guest capacity runs to 20, which puts this yacht firmly in large-group territory — the kind of vessel that can host a full corporate party or an extended family booking without anyone competing for deck space or a spot at the table.

Based out of Saint-Tropez, Moby-Dick suits routes that ask more of a boat than a quick lunch stop. An overnight run to the Port Grimaud canal works well given the cabin count — guests wake up moored rather than packed into tenders at first light — and the same layout carries a full day comfortably at anchor in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, with the tender used for runs ashore to Quai Jean Jaurès for lunch or an evening on the town. The width and cabin spread also make it a workable base for a corporate lunch on the water, guests seated across the deck rather than shoulder to shoulder.

This is the right choice for charter parties who need beds, not just deck chairs: multi-generational family groups booking more than a single day, or corporate hosts bringing a client group where privacy on board matters as much as the views of the village from the water. Anyone weighing this yacht against a smaller day boat should factor in the difference between its 20-guest day capacity and the ten-cabin sleeping arrangement — the two numbers serve different kinds of bookings, and matching the right one to your itinerary is worth confirming with the broker before the dates are set.