Princess Maela Yacht Charter

About Princess Maela

Princess Maela is a 28.8 metre (94’6″) classic motor yacht built in 1962 by Secni Shipyard, refit in 2025 and based on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Her steel hull and period lines give her a gentleman’s yacht character rare among today’s charter fleet, paired with systems and comfort brought fully up to current standards through the recent refit. She takes up to 8 guests in 4 cabins, cared for by a crew of 5.

Guest Accommodation

Princess Maela sleeps 8 guests across 4 double cabins, a configuration that keeps the layout straightforward rather than stacking in bunks or convertible berths. Each cabin is set up as a genuine double, so couples and pairs of friends traveling together get consistent privacy throughout the yacht rather than a hierarchy of cabin types. The arrangement suits a charter party that values steady, comfortable sleeping quarters over sheer guest capacity.

Onboard Amenities

Two additions arrived ahead of the 2026 season: a jacuzzi for relaxing at anchor and Starlink connectivity, which keeps guests and crew online even well offshore. Between them, the yacht now pairs her vintage character with the kind of connectivity and deck comfort charter guests expect on a modern itinerary.

Water toys on board include a Joker RIB tender, a Sea-Doo Spark Trixx jet ski, a Jobe Proton wakeboard and towable, and snorkeling equipment. Together they cover everything from quick tender runs ashore to an afternoon of watersports off the swim platform.

• Jacuzzi

Crew and Experience

Princess Maela carries a crew of 5, led by a captain with 20 years in the charter industry, 10 of which have been spent specifically on this yacht. That length of continuity on a single vessel is unusual in charter and translates directly into guest experience, since the captain knows this specific hull’s handling and the anchorages that suit her draft better than someone newer to the boat could.

The rest of the crew rounds out service, galley, and deck duties, running a yacht of this size with the attentiveness a smaller guest count allows.

Princess Maela cruises the Amalfi Coast in Italy as her home ground, with the Aeolian Islands, the Gulf of Naples, and Sicily also within easy range. That stretch of coastline mixes cliffside towns with quieter island anchorages, giving charter guests a mix of lively stops and calmer water depending on how the week is planned. It is a fitting backdrop for a yacht whose own history runs back more than six decades.