Day boats

32 options across our Sardinia fleet.

A day boat in this fleet is built around one clear use: guests aboard from morning to evening, no cabins to fill, no overnight passage to plan around. The 32 vessels in this category start from €1720 a day and sit at the compact end of a wider fleet that runs from small day boats to superyachts — smaller helm, shallower draft, quicker to get moving from a marina berth, and priced for a single outing rather than a multi-day charter. That size works in specific water. The Maddalena Archipelago, roughly 10 to 20 nautical miles out from Porto Cervo or Palau, has shallow anchor fields that suit a day boat's swim platform and tender access better than a larger yacht's draft — Cala Corsara on Spargi is a common stop, with clear water close to the boat rather than a long tender ride in. Families and couples who want calm, protected swimming without committing to an overnight anchorage tend to book this category for exactly that reason. The Costa Smeralda coastline between Porto Cervo and Porto Rotondo is the other natural fit — a shorter run past villa-lined granite bays, with stops close to shore rather than a full 30-nautical-mile circuit, which is better suited to a bigger motor yacht with the range and comfort for a longer day. A day boat here is about two or three swim stops and a return to the marina by early evening, not island-hopping across the whole coast. Worth planning around: the Maestrale wind can build through July and August afternoons in the Sardinian Strait, so early departures make more sense than a late-morning start in peak season. May and October carry less wind and thinner crowds at anchor, though fewer operators are running at full capacity. Guest numbers and layout vary across the 32 boats in this category, so it is worth checking capacity against your group size before booking a specific vessel rather than assuming uniform seating across the fleet.