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Here Comes the Sun is an 89m Amels delivered in 2017, 12 guests in 7 cabins, asking €1.5M to €1.7M per week Mediterranean peak as of May 2026, plus 30 to 35 percent APA and VAT where applicable. She is the practical 90m answer for the charter client who wants Tim Heywood lines on the exterior, a Winch Design interior, and a build pedigree that matches Amels Limited Editions rather than the bespoke Lürssen tier. She is not the highest-profile 90m on the market. She has a more consistent charter calendar than most yachts in her size class, and her booking pattern is the most useful thing for a charter client to understand before contacting a broker.
This piece is the detail. The specs that affect what you can do with her, the rate and APA picture, the crew profile and service style, the route brokers actually book her on, and the comparables you should be looking at if she is the candidate.
Specs
89.0m LOA, 14.0m beam, 4.0m draft,. Steel hull, aluminium superstructure. Built by Amels in Vlissingen, exterior design by Tim Heywood, interior by Winch Design. Delivered May 2017 as a flagship Amels build of the year. No major refit reported through May 2026, with the standard five-year survey work completed in. The five-year work is a signal in itself. An owner who has not done a structural refit at this point is signalling either that the yacht needs none, or that the calendar has not allowed a yard period. Brokers should confirm which on inquiry.
The 4.0m draft is a useful structural number. It is shallower than the 5.0m-plus draft of comparable Lürssen 90m builds and meaningfully opens up the Cyclades inner-bay anchorages, the Croatian-archipelago tighter coves, and the Eolian close-in spots. Charter clients who want a Saronic-and-Cyclades week without sleeping at Mykonos every night get more anchorage choice on an 89m Amels than on a 90m Lürssen with a deeper draft.
Twelve guests across 7 cabins. Main-deck owner suite forward with a private terrace and a study. Lower-deck cabins include a beach-deck VIP suite (a layout decision specific to Amels, with a sea-level connection to the beach club), three doubles, and two convertible doubles. The beach-deck VIP is a layout the brochure undersells. It is the highest-value cabin on the yacht for an adult-couple party that wants direct beach-club access without the lower-deck-companionway choreography. It does sit closer to engine-room noise, and crew-experienced charter clients should check the underway noise level on inquiry.
Crew complement is. Captain, two officers, three engineers, seven to eight interior, five to six deck, two chefs at peak. Helicopter pad on the foredeck, certified for touch-and-go. No on-board hangar. Two tenders (a limousine tender and a sport tender), four jet skis, two Seabobs, dive compressor, full water-toy locker. Beach club at the stern with opening transom and fold-out side platforms.
Stabilisation underway by. At-anchor stabilisers are. At-anchor stabilisation matters more on a charter week than most clients expect. The Cyclades summer swell at Polyaigos, the Saint-Tropez bay at peak August, and the southern Sardinia tighter anchorages will test a yacht without zero-speed fins. Confirm in writing what she has installed.
The rate, what it covers, and the APA picture
Asking €1.5M to €1.7M per week Mediterranean peak (July through early September), €1.3M to €1.45M shoulder (mid-May to mid-June, mid-September to mid-October), Caribbean season €1.4M to €1.6M (December through April). Rates as of May 2026 via the central agent. The Christmas and New Year Caribbean weeks run higher and book first.
APA at 30 to 35 percent depending on itinerary. On a €1.6M base at 32 percent APA, that is €512K in upfront fund. A typical Mediterranean charter on Here Comes the Sun reconciles at 65 to 75 percent of the APA, with the balance refunded. Helicopter operations are the swing variable. A charter party using touch-and-go service daily between Antibes and Saint-Tropez will burn APA faster than a party using it as a delivery tool at the start and end of the week.
All-in for a Mediterranean peak week (charter fee, realistic APA at 70 percent, gratuity at 10 to 12 percent) lands around €2.1M to €2.4M. Compared to Madsummer at €2.0M to €2.2M, and Lana at €2.5M to €2.7M, she sits in the middle of the 85m-plus market.
VAT is the standard Mediterranean structure. French charter portions invoice at 20 percent, with the qualifying 50/50 offset on itineraries that exit French waters. Italian portions invoice at 22 percent. Croatian and Greek portions follow their respective local rates with the standard charter-permit overhead.
The captain, the crew, and the food
Captain. Crew tenure on the interior side is reported as steady. Chief stewardess. The service style is the Amels middle, more structured than a Feadship in private mode and less choreographed than the high-end Lürssen Imperial standard. For charter clients coming from Madsummer or Flying Fox, the rhythm is familiar in shape but quieter in execution.
The chef brief on Here Comes the Sun is a strength of the yacht. The galley is sized for the 12-guest cap with overhead to spare, which gives the executive chef the ability to run a different cuisine each night without raiding the prep window. We have seen charter weeks where the chef sourced within 150km of the anchorage and pushed the menu through five distinct cuisines across seven nights. Whether the current chef does this is captain-dependent. Confirm on inquiry.
Three things we would change
Two things. First, the sundeck pool is shallow and small for the guest count. It functions as a plunge and a cooling station, not a swimming pool. The main pool (where present) and the swim platform fill the swimming role. A party expecting a serious deck pool should know this and either accept it or look at a Lürssen 95m-plus where the pool deck does more work. Second, the cinema is sized small for 12 guests. Movie nights split across the salon and the cinema for larger charter parties. This is the same caveat that applies to most yachts in her size class, but it is worth naming.
What we have passed on
We have passed on a paragraph-by-paragraph recitation of the Winch interior brief. The materials are what you would expect at a 2017 Amels Limited Editions delivery in this price tier. Cataloguing the marble specifications does not help a charter client choose her. We have also passed on owner-narrative reporting. The beneficial owner is a matter of, and the charter quality is independent of that question.
The route brokers actually book her on
Brokers default to two main routes on this yacht. The first is the standard French Riviera and Italian Riviera loop from Antibes through Saint-Tropez, Cassis, Portofino, and the Pontine Islands. The second is the Croatian week from Split or Dubrovnik, with the Kornati permits arranged and a finishing run to Montenegro. The Greek option appears less often, which is partly a draft and partly a calendar question, but she runs the Saronic and the eastern Cyclades comfortably.
The Caribbean season default is the Antigua to Saint Barths to Anguilla loop, occasionally extending to the British Virgin Islands. She is not commonly run in the Grenadines or southern Caribbean, though the draft would allow it. If you want her in a route the broker does not default to, ask the captain whether the yacht has run it in the past 24 months and what the crew read on it is. That answer matters more than the broker's word.
Comparables
Madsummer at 95m Lürssen. Six metres longer, an extra cabin, a stronger beach club, and €100K to €200K higher on the peak rate. The trade-up is real but is primarily about size and the Lürssen build pedigree, not about service quality.
Lana at 107m Benetti. Larger again, seven cabins, materially higher rate, and a 14-month booking window. She is the answer for a charter party that wants the full 100m-plus footprint and the most-booked Imperial service signature. Here Comes the Sun is the answer when the window does not allow that lead time.
Nirvana at 88m Oceanco. The same LOA bracket, a different yard, a different exterior brief, and a different operating culture. Worth shortlisting alongside Here Comes the Sun if the candidate is "an 88m to 90m, around €1.5M per week."
Quattroelle at 86m Lürssen. Older (2013) and at a lower rate band. The step-down option for a charter party that wants Lürssen build at the cost of an older interior.
Booking pattern
Prime Mediterranean July and August weeks book 10 to 14 months out. Shoulder weeks at 4 to 6 months. Caribbean season at 5 to 9 months. She is tighter than Madsummer on lead time but looser than Lana or Flying Fox. Cancellation slots open occasionally and tend to clear at posted rate rather than discounted, though shoulder cancellations have attracted 5 to 8 percent reductions in some seasons.
If you are looking for an 89m Amels at the middle of the 85m-plus market, and you are inside the 10-to-14-month window, Here Comes the Sun is the most likely "yes" your broker can give you in this size class.
Last updated
May 2026. We update Here Comes the Sun's rate and crew detail when the central agent posts a material change.
FAQ
Is Here Comes the Sun suitable for a charter with young children? Yes. The cabin mix accommodates a kid-friendly layout, the beach club is a workable swimming space for small children with crew supervision, and the yacht has crew experience with under-12 guests. The dedicated kids' menu is on request.
What flag does Here Comes the Sun fly?.
Where does Here Comes the Sun operate? Mediterranean May through October, Caribbean December through April. Repositioning weeks in November and April. She has occasionally run.
Is the helicopter pad an on-board hangar or touch-and-go? Touch-and-go on the foredeck. Helicopter operations are delivery-and-pickup rather than stored-aboard.
Can Here Comes the Sun host an event for more than 12 guests? Daytime use up to. Overnight sleeping is capped at 12.
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