ARGO | 2024

Best for: large groups celebrating together, with multi-generational families a close second.

Argo is a brand-new 55-metre motor yacht launched in 2024, built specifically to handle up to 26 guests across 13 cabins without any of the compromises that normally come with scale. That is her defining quality: genuine large-group comfort, not a crowd squeezed onto a yacht designed for fewer. The full-beam Master Suite and full-beam VIP Suite each run to 30 square metres, while nine double cabins and two twin cabins all carry queen or twin beds and private ensuite showers, so every guest sleeps well regardless of where they land in the pecking order.

Captain Marin Sovulj brings 20 years on the water, specialising in exactly this style of large-group cruising in Croatia, and he leads a crew of 15 whose collective skills span navigation, engineering, water sports and guest services. On the water, the toys list is serious: two Jet Ski Sea-Doo Sparks, four SUPs, two inflatable kayaks, four Seabobs, two Fliteboards, a water slide, an inflatable pool, water skis and a 45-knot Axopar 37 chase boat. Argo is based in Split and is ideal for groups wanting Dalmatia covered with energy, space and a crew that clearly enjoys the job.