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Madsummer is a 95m Lürssen delivered in May 2019, 12 guests in 8 cabins, asking €1.4M to €1.5M per week in Mediterranean peak as of May 2026, plus 30 percent APA and VAT where applicable. She is Imperial-managed. She is the practical answer for the charter client who wants a Lürssen-built sub-100m yacht with a serious helicopter pad, a real beach club, and a sub-€1.5M base rate. The reason she does not get as much attention as Lana or Flying Fox is that her owner runs a lower-profile charter calendar and her booking pattern is more flexible. That last detail is the most useful thing for a charter client to know.
This piece is the detail. The specs that drive the experience, what the rate covers and does not cover, the APA picture, the crew profile and service style, and the comparables you should be looking at if Madsummer is the candidate.
Specs
95m LOA, 14.4m beam, 4.1m draft, 3,476 GT. Steel hull, aluminium superstructure. Built by Lürssen, exterior design by Espen Øino, interior by. Delivered May 2019. The draft at 4.1m is the structural advantage. Madsummer can use anchorages a 100m at 5m-plus draft cannot. The Eolian close-in anchorages, the southern Sardinian archipelago, the Cyclades inner bays. This is a real itinerary expansion at her size, and it is the most often-overlooked spec on the brochure.
Twelve guests across 8 cabins. Main-deck owner suite with a private exterior terrace, his-and-hers bathrooms, and a separate study. Below decks: two VIP suites and five double cabins, several of which convert to twins. The cabin mix is the more useful one for a charter party that mixes pairs and singles, or that includes a teenage-and-up cohort wanting their own space. Where Lana puts 12 guests in 7 cabins and Flying Fox puts 22 in 11, Madsummer puts 12 in 8. That extra cabin is useful for a teenage cohort or a single-traveller addition.
Twenty-six crew at full charter complement. Captain, two officers, four engineers, eight interior crew, six deck, two chefs (executive and sous), plus rotation. Crew-to-guest ratio of 2.17:1, which is in the right band for the size class. Helicopter pad on the foredeck, certified for touch-and-go, with hangar space for. Two tenders, four jet skis, two Seabobs, dive compressor, full water-toy locker. Beach club at the stern, opening transom, fold-out side platforms, sea-level sun pads.
Stabilisation is at-anchor and underway via. At-anchor stabilisers matter more on a charter week than most charter clients realise. A 95m yacht with adequate at-anchor stabilisation at a tight Mediterranean swell anchorage is comfortable. The same yacht without it is not. Madsummer has the system, and it works.
The rate, what it covers, and the APA picture
Asking €1.4M to €1.5M per week Mediterranean peak (July through early September), €1.2M to €1.3M shoulder (mid-May to mid-June, mid-September to mid-October), Caribbean season €1.3M to €1.45M (December through April). Rates as of May 2026 through Imperial Yachts. Christmas and New Year weeks Caribbean run higher.
APA at 30 percent. On a €1.5M base that is €450K. A typical Mediterranean charter on Madsummer reconciles APA at 60 to 75 percent spent, with the balance refunded. Helicopter use is the variable. A charter client using the helicopter pad for daily commutes between Saint-Tropez and Antibes will burn through APA faster than a client who treats the pad as a delivery-and-pickup tool.
All-in for a Mediterranean peak week (charter fee, realistic APA spend at 65 to 70 percent, gratuity at 10 to 12 percent) lands around €2.0M to €2.2M. Compared to Lana at €2.5M to €2.7M and Flying Fox at €6.2M to €6.8M, Madsummer is the rate-efficient choice at the upper end of the sub-100m market.
VAT is the standard Mediterranean structure. French and Italian charter portions invoice at 20 and 22 percent respectively, with the French 50/50 offset on qualifying itineraries.
The captain, the crew, and the food
Captain. Crew tenure on the interior side runs above the industry median, which is typical of yachts in this size class with a consistent charter calendar. The service style is Imperial standard: structured, attentive, visibly choreographed. If you have chartered Lana or Flying Fox, the service is familiar in shape. If you are coming from a Feadship-managed yacht like Savannah, the service style is meaningfully more present and the chief stew's role is more visible.
The food brief is run by the executive chef. The chef brief on Madsummer is more flexible than on Flying Fox because the smaller party size and shorter prep window let the chef do more bespoke work. We have seen full charters where the chef ran a different cuisine each night with sourcing within 200km of the anchorage. That is not the brochure claim. That is the actual delivery on charters we have reviewed.
Three things we would change
Two things. First, the gym is sized for the yacht but located on the lower deck without natural light. The flybridge can be set up as an outdoor gym option, and crew do this on request, but the standing gym is dim. Second, the cinema is undersized for the 12-guest cap. Movie nights can be split across two screens (the main cinema and the salon). Charter parties that include teenagers tend to use the salon screen anyway and the cinema becomes a quiet room for the adults. The brochure-claim cinema is real but it is not the social centre.
What we have passed on
We have passed on a recitation of the Italian-marble finishes and the leather-and-lacquer interior brief. Madsummer is what you would expect at the Lürssen 95m delivery price point in 2019. Cataloguing the materials 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.
Comparables
Lana at 107m. Sister-yacht in operating culture (both Imperial-managed) but 12m longer, one cabin lighter (7 vs 8), and €500K to €700K more per week. The trade-up is real but is mostly about size and master suite footprint, not about service or build quality. Both Lürssen and Benetti at these LOAs deliver structurally equivalent yachts; the difference is taste.
Flying Fox at 136m. Roughly 2.7x the rate, 22 guests in 11 cabins, helicopter operations and medical infrastructure at hospital grade. For a 12-guest charter, Flying Fox is more yacht than the party will use. For a 22-guest charter, she is the right answer.
Quattroelle at 86m Lürssen. Smaller, older (delivered 2013), and at a lower rate band. The trade is the older brief and a less generous beach club, but for a Lürssen build under €1M per week, she is the alternative to step down to.
Savannah at 83m Feadship. Different yard, different operating culture, hybrid propulsion. For a charter client who wants the technical story and the lower-profile service style, she is the cross-yard alternative.
Booking pattern
Madsummer is more flexible than Lana on lead time. Prime Mediterranean July and August weeks book 8 to 12 months out rather than the 14 months Lana requires. Shoulder weeks are realistic at 3 to 5 months. The Caribbean season is workable at 4 to 8 months. Cancellation slots open more frequently than on Flying Fox or Lana, and the rate on a cancellation is at posted, not discounted, though shoulder cancellations can attract a 5 to 10 percent reduction in some years.
If you are looking for a sub-€1.5M base Lürssen at 90m-plus and you are inside the 8-to-12-month booking window, Madsummer is the most likely "yes." That is a useful sentence to bring to your broker.
Last updated
May 2026. We update Madsummer's rate and crew detail when Imperial posts a material change.
FAQ
Is Madsummer suitable for a charter with young children? Yes. The cabin mix accommodates a kid-friendly layout, the beach club is a usable swimming space for small children, and crew have experience with under-12 guests. The dedicated kids' menu is on request.
What flag does Madsummer fly? as of this writing, with MLC certification.
Where does Madsummer operate? Mediterranean May through October, Caribbean December through April. She has occasionally run.
Is the helicopter pad on-board hangar or touch-and-go? Touch-and-go on the foredeck. Helicopter operations are delivery-and-pickup rather than stored-aboard.
Can Madsummer host an event for more than 12 guests? Yes, daytime use up to. Overnight sleeping is capped at 12.
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