S/YSerafina
The house flagship. A 34 meter ketch with long waterlines and an aft deck built for slow dinners.
- LOA
- 34 m
- Beam
- 7.9 m
- Guests
- 8
- Cabins
- 4
- Crew
- 5
- Cruise
- 11 kn
- Refit
- 2024
From $32,000 / week
Porto Lievo · 41°13′N 9°24′E
The sea, already arranged.
Crewed yachts out of one harbor, three of them, and a crew that has thought of it before you have. Solmara runs private charters from Porto Lievo for the weeks that deserve them.
Season April to October · From $19,500 per week
The house log
The log of a charter house, opened for you
Solmara was founded in 2009 by a racing skipper and a hotelier who agreed on one thing: a week aboard should feel considered rather than administered. This page is our log, opened for you, with the boats and the routes in it, and the people and the table.
- Homeport
- Porto Lievo
- Season
- April to October
- Fleet
- 3 vessels · 17 crew
- Weekly rate
- From $19,500
- Position
- 41°13′N 9°24′E
The fleet
Three boats, kept like instruments
The yachts are crewed and provisioned by the house, and maintained by it too, so pick the hull that fits the week and the standard aboard is the same.
S/Y
M/YOndamar
The motor yacht. Range, shade, and a stern platform the swimmers will claim by day two.
- LOA
- 41 m
- Beam
- 8.6 m
- Guests
- 10
- Cabins
- 5
- Crew
- 7
- Cruise
- 14 kn
- Refit
- 2023
From $58,000 / week
S/YAlcyone
The sailor's boat. A performance sloop for guests who want the rail down and the logbook full.
- LOA
- 24 m
- Beam
- 6.1 m
- Guests
- 6
- Cabins
- 3
- Crew
- 3
- Cruise
- 10 kn
- Refit
- 2025
From $19,500 / week
Passages
One route, kept in the log
The Cassia Loop is our first answer to a first charter. Seven days and four anchorages, with never more than a morning under way, and it is written down day by day the way each Solmara route is.
- Day 01Porto Lievo to Cala VessaCast off after lunch aboard. First anchor down by golden hour, a swim before dinner.18 nm
- Day 02Cala Vessa to Scoglio FieroOpen water by midmorning. Lunch under way, the fishing line out aft.26 nm
- Day 03Scoglio FieroA lay day ashore. The crew knows the harbormaster, and the bakery opens at seven.At anchor
- Day 04Scoglio Fiero to Isola MeridiaThe longest leg, taken early. Anchor in the north cove before the day boats arrive.31 nm
- Day 07Punta Sorda to Porto LievoWind on the quarter for the sail home, and the log is signed on the aft deck over the last lunch.9 nm
Teak underfoot, rope in hand, nothing to carry.
The crew
Seventeen people who have already thought of it
Our crew averages nine seasons aboard. The captains know the routes and the chefs know the market, and the deck team keeps the teak clean enough for bare feet. You will know their names before your plane is down. They will know yours before you step off the passerelle.
Uniforms are optional. Standards are not. Every charter sails with a full crew: captain, chef, steward, and deckhand at minimum.
- On board, always
- Captain, chef, steward, deckhand
- Average tenure
- Nine seasons aboard
- Working languages
- English, Italian, French
Capt. Ivo Marrek · Master of Serafina since 2011
Provisioning
What comes aboard
The galley is settled before you arrive. This is the standing table. The chef bends it to allergies, anniversaries, and the morning market.
- First lightFigs, yogurt, bread from the harbor bakery, coffee taken on the foredeck.
- At anchorThe morning's catch grilled whole, tomatoes, cold white from the Cassia cooperative.
- Golden hourOlives, anchovies, vermouth on ice, carried to whichever deck holds the sun.
- DinnerDinner from the galley in three courses, timed to the sunset you sailed for.
- Below deckA cellar of island bottles, still water in glass, the good tonic.
The standing table · bends to the market and the occasion
After dark
Night passages are the part guests write home about.
The sea goes to ink, the masthead light keeps its slow metronome, and dinner runs late because nobody is going anywhere. We plan for the daylight. The evenings take care of themselves.
17
Seasons since 2009
61,400
Miles in the house log
9
Seasons, average crew tenure
The enquiry
Tell us the occasion. We will hold the dates.
Write with the week and the headcount, and what you are celebrating. A captain answers in person within two working days, and dates are reserved for ten days without obligation.
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