Last updated: September 2026
Perini Navi is an Italian yard in Viareggio, on the Tuscan coast, known for large sailing yachts with push-button sail handling. We list eight of its yachts for charter, and this page ranks all eight, from 82 to 210 feet (25 to 64 metres). The count runs from #8, the smallest, up to #1, the biggest, by the length on each yacht’s listing. Listed weekly rates start from €24,000 per week for the smallest and from €210,000 per week for the biggest.
Four list Greece among their cruising areas: SPIRIT OF THE C’S, XASTERIA, BARACUDA VALLETTA and TAMARITA. The other four list Sicily, Italy, Sardinia and the French Riviera. SPIRIT OF THE C’S also spends her winters in the Caribbean and the Bahamas. After the countdown we add one more Perini that charters out of Athens, the 30 metre BLACK LION, which we filmed on board.
Weekly charter fees for the Perini Navi yachts on this page start from about €24,000 per week, and the highest starting rate on the page is €210,000 per week (SPIRIT OF THE C’S reaches €230,000 per week in high season), before APA and taxes; ask us for your dates.
What makes a Perini Navi
Fabio Perini founded the yard in 1983 to build big sailing yachts that a small crew could run. The heart of his system is the captive reel winch: sheets and halyards wind onto drums driven by electric or hydraulic motors, with sensors that detect excessive load. With furling sails, it lets a small crew handle a sailing yacht of over 40 metres.
The best-known Perini is probably the 88 metre MALTESE FALCON, completed in 2006, a three-masted square rigger with a free-standing DynaRig. She is not on our charter list.
What this means on a charter: listed cruising speeds run from 8 knots (MALIZIA) to 13 knots (XASTERIA). Draft matters too: spec-box drafts run from 3.3 metres (MALIZIA) to 6 metres (HERITAGE M), JASALI II’s description adds a 3.9/8.3 metre figure, and TAMARITA and SPIRIT OF THE C’S have adjustable keels for shallower bays.
The eight at a glance
| # | Yacht | Length | Built / refit | Guests / cabins | Cruising area | Weekly rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPIRIT OF THE C’S | 210 ft | 2003 / 2023 | 12 (10 adults + 2 children) / 5 | Med summer, Caribbean winter | from €210,000 per week |
| 2 | JASALI II | 173.6 ft | 1998 | 10 / 5 | Sicily, Italy, Riviera, Sardinia | from €195,000 per week |
| 3 | XASTERIA | 170.6 ft | 1995 / 2019 | 12 / 5 | Greece | from €176,000 per week |
| 4 | BARACUDA VALLETTA | 164 ft | 2009 / 2024 | 10 / 5 | Greece, Italy, Croatia, France | from €185,000 per week |
| 5 | TAMARITA | 152.6 ft | 1992 / 2025 | 10 / 4 | Greece, Italy, France, Turkey | from €105,000 per week |
| 6 | ELLEN | 132.6 ft | 2001 / 2024 | 9 / 4 | Sicily, Italy, Riviera, Sardinia | from €75,000 per week |
| 7 | HERITAGE M | 109.9 ft | 2000 | 8 / 3 | Sicily, Italy, Riviera, Sardinia | from €45,000 per week |
| 8 | MALIZIA | 82 ft | 1989 / 2021-22 | 7 / 3 | Sicily, Italy, Riviera, Sardinia | from €24,000 per week |
Rates are the lowest weekly rate on each listing’s rate table, before APA and expenses, as listed in September 2026.
Which Perini Navi for which group
| Your group | Size band | On this page |
|---|---|---|
| Two couples, or friends sailing for a week | About 82 to 110 ft (25 to 34 m), 3 cabins | MALIZIA (82 ft, 7 guests, 3 cabins); HERITAGE M (109.9 ft, 8 guests, 3 cabins) |
| A family with young children | About 110 to 175 ft, with children’s berths on the listing | HERITAGE M (upper bunks for children in both twin cabins); JASALI II (173.6 ft, 10 guests, two twin cabins with Pullman beds for children) |
| 9 to 10 guests, two families or friends | About 130 to 165 ft, 4 or 5 cabins | ELLEN (132.6 ft, 9 guests, 4 cabins); TAMARITA (152.6 ft, 10 guests, 4 cabins); BARACUDA VALLETTA (164 ft, 10 guests, 5 cabins) |
| 12 guests, a big-party week | 170 ft and up, 5 cabins | XASTERIA (170.6 ft, 12 guests, 5 cabins, a dining saloon that seats 12); SPIRIT OF THE C’S (210 ft, 10 adults plus 2 children, 5 cabins) |
| Mediterranean summer, Caribbean winter | The 64 m size band | SPIRIT OF THE C’S (210 ft, Mediterranean summer and Caribbean winter areas on her listing, a variable-draft keel) |
Each pairing uses only what the yacht’s listing states: length, guests and cabins, and the features named.
8. MALIZIA
“A Kevlar Hull and a Crew of Three”
MALIZIA is an 82 foot (25 m) Perini Navi built in 1989, with a last refit in the winter of 2021 to 2022. She has a Kevlar hull, interiors by Michele Bonan, and 3 en-suite cabins for 7 guests, with a crew of 3. Her home port is Sicily, and her listing gives Sicily, Italy, Sardinia and the French Riviera as her cruising areas. The cockpit table lowers to seat level to make a sunbathing area sheltered from the wind. For the water she carries a tender, windsurfs, 3 paddleboards, a two-seat kayak, a wakeboard and skis. Rates run from €24,000 to €32,000 per week, plus a 35% APA.
Cruising areas on her listing: Summer: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia. Winter: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia.
7. HERITAGE M
“Bunks for Children in Both Twin Cabins”
HERITAGE M is a 110 foot (33.5 m) Perini Navi built in 2000, Maltese flagged, with 3 cabins for 8 guests and a crew of 4. It suits a family with young children: the master has two separate French-size double beds and an office area, and each of the two twin cabins has upper bunks for children, all en suite. There are TVs in the saloon and cockpit but none in the cabins. She tows a 5.4 metre tender with a 40 hp engine and carries paddleboards, a kayak, water skis, snorkel gear and fishing gear. Her listed cruising areas are the same as MALIZIA’s: Sicily, Italy, Sardinia and the Riviera. Rates run from €45,000 to €58,000 per week, plus APA.
Cruising areas on her listing: Summer: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia. Winter: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia.
6. ELLEN
“A Captain Who Calls Her a Fortress”
ELLEN is a 132.6 foot (40.4 m) Perini Navi built in 2001 and refitted in 2024. She takes 9 guests in 4 cabins (a king, a queen and two twins, plus a Pullman berth) with a crew of 5. She is flagged in Monaco and listed for Sicily, Italy, Sardinia and the Riviera. Her captain told us he has crossed to South America and back with her. Her listed cruising speed is 10 knots. The toy list has 3 water skis, 2 wakeboards, 2 kneeboards, 4 paddleboards and 2 kayaks. Rates run from €75,000 to €85,000 per week, plus a 35% APA.
Cruising areas on her listing: Summer: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia. Winter: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia.
From our onboard video
I did almost 14,000 miles in all weather conditions, and I can say this is really like a fortress on the seas. It's really safe.
5. TAMARITA
“A Ron Holland Design From the 46 Metre Series”
TAMARITA is a 152.6 foot (46.5 m) Perini Navi built in 1992 and refitted in 2025, designed by Ron Holland as part of the Perini Navi 46 metre series. She takes 10 guests in 4 cabins, including a full-beam master with a private office and his-and-hers en suites. A retractable keel lets her into shallower bays. In summer she is based in Athens and cruises the eastern and western Mediterranean; in winter she is based in Chios and will consider the Red Sea. Rates run from €105,000 to €115,000 per week, plus a 35% APA; we confirm the rate for your dates.
Cruising areas on her listing: Summer: Italy, French Riviera, Provence Coast & Marseille, Corsica, Turkey, Greece. Winter: Italy, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Croatia.
4. BARACUDA VALLETTA
“A Minimalist Interior, Purple Sails”
BARACUDA VALLETTA is a 164 foot (50 m) Perini Navi built in 2009 and refitted in 2024. Her listed cruising areas run from Greece, Turkey and Cyprus to Croatia, Italy, Corsica and the French Riviera. She takes 10 guests in 5 cabins. Music, films and charts run on one system controlled by iPad throughout the yacht, and there are Apple TVs. Rates run from €185,000 to €210,000 per week, plus 5.2% Greek VAT for charters in Greece and a 30% APA.
Cruising areas on her listing: Venice, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, Greece, Corsica, Provence Coast & Marseille, French Riviera, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, in summer and in winter.
Published onboard review by our yacht reviewer
BARACUDA VALLETTA pairs adrenaline sailing with a strikingly clean Scandinavian-meets-Japanese interior, all white minimalism and sharp lines. Captain Evangelos and his long-serving crew … make good on their promise to create memories: candlelit dinners with stargazing on the flybridge, live music nights, and dolphins riding the bow wake more often than not.
3. XASTERIA
“A Master Suite With Its Own Sauna”
XASTERIA is a 170.6 foot (52 m) Perini Navi built in 1995 and refitted in 2019. Her listed cruising area is Greece, the Ionian and the Aegean, and she holds a Greek charter licence. She takes 12 guests in 5 cabins. The full-beam owner’s suite has an adjoining lounge and study, his and hers bathrooms and a sauna; there are also 2 doubles and 2 twins with Pullman beds. A separate dining saloon seats 12, and so does the round table on the aft deck. Her crew showed us an electric wheelchair winch on the bridge so that a guest who can’t manage the staircase can be brought down without steps. Rates run from €176,000 to €198,450 per week, plus APA.
Cruising areas on her listing: Summer: Greece.
2. JASALI II
“Two Design Awards and a Gym in the Lazarette”
JASALI II is a 173.6 foot (52.9 m) Perini Navi built in 1998 in Viareggio, formerly named INDEPENDENCE. Her listing says her interior won two design awards in her launch year. She takes 10 guests in 5 cabins (a king master, two queen VIPs and two twins with Pullman beds for children) with a crew of 11. Her two masts carry over 1,300 square metres of sail, and her listing gives a draft of 3.9/8.3 metres. The lazarette holds a gym and opens onto a hydraulic swim platform; tenders and toys stay off the deck, including a 5.5 metre Castoldi jet tender, a Seabob and 4 paddleboards. Her home port is La Spezia, and her listed cruising areas are Sicily, Italy, Sardinia and the French Riviera. Rates run from €195,000 to €215,000 per week, plus VAT and a 30% APA.
Cruising areas on her listing: Summer: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia. Winter: Sicily, Italy, French Riviera, Sardinia.
1. SPIRIT OF THE C’S
“A Guest Elevator to the Crow’s Nest”
SPIRIT OF THE C’S is the biggest Perini we list: 210 feet (64 m), built in 2003 and refitted in 2023, with new rigging in 2024. She takes 12 guests in 5 cabins; her description counts that as 10 adults plus 2 children, in a full-beam master, 2 VIPs and 2 doubles, all below deck. Her crew is 12. She has a Jacuzzi on the flybridge, a tender bay that converts into a pool, and a variable-draft keel (listed draft 4.6 m) to reach shallower anchorages. Her listing also describes a dual guest elevator up to a crow’s nest 40 metres high. She carries Seabobs, Sea-Doos, wakeboards, paddleboards and Laser sailing dinghies, with a 12 metre SACS chase boat for 10 guests. In summer she cruises Greece, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Corsica and the French Riviera; in winter the BVI, the Leeward and Windward Islands and the Bahamas. Rates run from €210,000 to €230,000 per week, plus APA.
Cruising areas on her listing: Summer: Albania, Greece, French Riviera, Provence Coast & Marseille, Corsica, Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Venice. Winter: British Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas.
One more Perini, not on our list
BLACK LION, 100 feet
BLACK LION is not listed on our site, but we filmed on board. She is a 30.65 metre (100 ft) Perini Navi delivered in 2012, with a carbon fibre hull and superstructure and design by Nauta Design. She runs with a crew of four, and a crew member told us she sails at 13 to 14 knots and is quick in light winds. Her charter listings place her in Athens for week-long Cyclades trips, typically out of Athens and back, with stops such as Kythnos, Serifos, Antiparos and Milos. Ask us about BLACK LION.
What a Perini Navi charter costs
The eight split into two price bands. The four under 155 feet start from €24,000 per week (MALIZIA) up to €105,000 per week (TAMARITA). The four 50 metre and bigger yachts start from €176,000 to €210,000 per week, and their high-season rates reach €230,000 per week (SPIRIT OF THE C’S). All eight charter on plus-expenses terms: on top of the rate you pay an advance provisioning allowance (APA), a deposit that covers running costs such as fuel, food and marina fees. The listings set it at 30% (JASALI II, BARACUDA VALLETTA) or 35% (MALIZIA, HERITAGE M, ELLEN, TAMARITA). The estimate tables on SPIRIT OF THE C’S and XASTERIA use 35%. With APA added, the upfront payment for a week starts at about €32,400 per week on MALIZIA, €141,750 per week on TAMARITA, €253,500 per week on JASALI II and €283,500 per week on SPIRIT OF THE C’S, before VAT and crew tips. BARACUDA VALLETTA’s listing gives 5.2% VAT for Greece, and JASALI II’s and MALIZIA’s say plus VAT; we confirm VAT for your route. Among the four big ones, XASTERIA has the lowest starting rate and lists 12 guests.
For the full breakdown, see how much a yacht charter costs, and for every Perini we list with its current rate, the Perini Navi rate list. The 50 metre Perinis also fit our 50 metre class guide, and SPIRIT OF THE C’S our 60 metres and up ranking.
Tell us your dates, where you want to sail and how many are in your group, and we will check which of these Perinis is free and send you a shortlist.
A sample week: Corsica and Sardinia on BARACUDA VALLETTA
This is a seven-night route from our Corsica and Sardinia itinerary page, shown here on BARACUDA VALLETTA, a 164 foot Perini Navi for 10 guests in 5 cabins whose listing names Corsica among her cruising areas and Italy – Sardinia in its description. It is guidance, not a fixed schedule, and it can be tailored to your wishes.
- Day 1: Bonifacio. Marina de Bonifacio sits at the southern point of Corsica; the Old Town on the hill looks over the marina and the straits between Bonifacio and Sardinia.
- Day 2: Bonifacio to Budelli. Budelli is the island of pink beaches; the beach is protected and you may not enter the buoyed area, while the south side is good for anchoring and snorkelling.
- Day 3: Budelli to La Maddalena, the biggest island of the archipelago, with shops, markets and restaurants in the main port. A sheltered beach nearby serves for the night anchorage.
- Day 4: La Maddalena to Porto Palma, a well-sheltered bay for water sports and a place to shelter from the Mistral.
- Day 5: Porto Palma to Tahiti beach on Caprera, the locals’ favourite beach, with clear water for snorkelling and diving.
- Day 6: Tahiti beach to Cala di Volpe, where many of the biggest superyachts in the Mediterranean meet; the hotel on the north side serves lunch and dinner.
- Day 7: Cala di Volpe to Tavolara, east of Olbia, as the last-night stop, for water skiing, wakeboarding, diving, snorkelling and hiking.
On the eighth morning you disembark at Olbia Marina, five minutes from Olbia Airport.
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