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Nirvana is an 88m Oceanco delivered in 2012, 12 guests in 7 cabins, asking €1.3M to €1.5M per week Mediterranean peak as of May 2026, plus 30 percent APA and VAT where applicable. She is one of the older yachts at the 88m to 90m end of the charter fleet that still charters at a Lürssen-adjacent rate. The reason she holds the rate is a 2017 refit that brought the interior and the beach club current with the post-2015 charter market. Without that refit, her rate would be 25 to 30 percent lower. The refit is the thing that matters most when evaluating her.
This piece is the detail. Specs that affect what you can do with her, the rate and APA picture, the crew profile and service style, the Mediterranean calendar reality, and the comparables you should be looking at if she is on the shortlist.
Specs
88.5m LOA, 13.5m beam, 4.7m draft,. Steel hull, aluminium superstructure. Built by Oceanco at Alblasserdam, exterior design by Sam Sorgiovanni, interior by Sorgiovanni and. Delivered 2012. Refit. The original 2012 delivery and the post-refit interior are two different yachts in practice. The salon, the master, and the beach club all changed materially in the refit. The hull form and the propulsion did not.
The 4.7m draft is the structural caveat. It is deeper than Here Comes the Sun's 4.0m and meaningfully limits the Cyclades inner-bay use and some of the Croatian protected coves. If your week is a Saronic-and-Cyclades or a Croatian-inner-archipelago plan, draft matters. If your week is a Riviera and Italian coast run, the 4.7m is no issue. Bonifacio Strait and the Maddalena are workable with pilotage.
Twelve guests across 7 cabins. Main-deck owner suite forward with the standard Sorgiovanni terrace-and-study format. Lower-deck cabins include two VIPs, three doubles, and one twin-convertible. The cabin mix is the layout caveat for adult-couple parties. Six of the seven cabins comfortably take a couple. The seventh works for two singles or a child-and-nanny pairing. If your party is twelve adults across six couples, Nirvana works. If your party is twelve adults across seven cabins, you will be one cabin short on couple capacity. Check the layout brief before signing.
Crew complement is. Captain, two officers, three to four engineers, six to seven interior, five deck, two chefs. Helicopter pad on the foredeck, certified for touch-and-go. No on-board hangar. Two tenders (a limousine and a sport), four jet skis, two Seabobs, dive compressor on board, full water-toy locker. Beach club at the stern, extended in the 2017 refit, with opening transom and fold-out side platforms.
Stabilisation underway by. At-anchor stabilisers were. The at-anchor system is the most-asked specification on this yacht. Confirm in writing what is installed and what it can do at the swell levels typical of August Saint-Tropez.
The rate, what it covers, and the APA picture
Asking €1.3M to €1.5M per week Mediterranean peak (July through early September), €1.1M to €1.3M shoulder (mid-May to mid-June, mid-September to mid-October). Caribbean season rates. Rates as of May 2026 via the central agent.
APA at 30 percent. On a €1.4M base that is €420K. Mediterranean charters on Nirvana reconcile at 60 to 70 percent of the APA, with the balance refunded. The lower draw-down reflects a relatively contained fuel pattern: she does not run the long offshore passages that drive fuel pass-through on yachts like Cloudbreak, and the helicopter operations are typically delivery-only rather than daily use.
All-in for a Mediterranean peak week (charter fee, realistic APA at 65 percent, gratuity at 10 to 12 percent) lands around €1.85M to €2.1M. That puts her below Here Comes the Sun and Madsummer, and is the argument for her on a rate-efficiency basis. The thing she trades is the build year. A 2012 hull is a 2012 hull, and the systems on board are 2012 systems with a 2017 refresh, not a 2019 or 2021 build.
VAT is the standard Mediterranean structure. French portions at 20 percent with the 50/50 offset on qualifying itineraries, Italian portions at 22 percent, Croatian and Greek at local rates.
The captain, the crew, and the food
Captain. Crew tenure varies by department. The interior team has historically run with a longer-tenure chief stewardess, which is the more useful signal on a yacht in this size class. The service style sits between Imperial-managed and Feadship-private. More structured than a Feadship in private mode and less choreographed than Madsummer or Lana.
The galley on Nirvana is the better-than-brochure component. The 2017 refit added and the executive chef now has a layout that supports two-cuisine service in the same charter. We have reviewed charter weeks where the chef ran Italian and Japanese in the same week to a high standard. The chef brief is captain-dependent. Confirm what the current executive chef can run on inquiry.
What needs work
Two things, both interior. First, the sundeck dining table is on the small side for the 12-guest cap. Outdoor dinners for the full party at the sundeck shift to the main aft deck or are split across two settings. Second, the cinema is dated post-refit and is sized for eight, not twelve. A charter party that intends serious movie nights will use the salon. The cinema becomes the quiet room.
A third caveat worth naming. The propulsion package is the original 2012 spec. Top speed is in the 16 to 17 knot range with a cruise around 13. For Mediterranean weeks this is non-binding. For a Caribbean season with long inter-island runs at full schedule, it shapes the day pattern. Compare to a 2019 Lürssen with a higher cruise and the difference shows in passage time at Antigua to Anguilla or Saint Barths to Saint Martin.
What we have passed on
We have passed on a recitation of the Sorgiovanni interior brief beyond noting that the 2017 refit refreshed the main-deck and the master without changing the design DNA. The marble and the leather choices are what you would expect at this build year and refit scope. We have also passed on owner-narrative reporting. Public reporting on the beneficial owner is, and the charter quality is independent of that question.
The Mediterranean calendar reality
This is the part the brochure understates. Nirvana's charter calendar in the Mediterranean is tighter than her listing suggests. Most of her booked weeks fall between mid-June and mid-September, with shoulder availability in May, early June, late September, and October. The owner reportedly uses the yacht for. This means the peak weeks brokers can actually offer compress around that window.
Practical implication for the charter client. If you are asking for a peak-August week, do not assume availability based on the central agent's standard calendar response. Ask whether that week is on the charter side or the owner-use side. The honest broker will tell you. The less-honest broker will leave that detail until the contract stage. Either way, find out before you build a trip around her.
The Caribbean side is more inconsistent. Some seasons she crosses, some she stays in the Med for refit or yard work. As of May 2026, the central agent reports. Worth confirming before banking on a Saint Barths week.
Comparables
Here Comes the Sun at 89m Amels. Newer (2017 delivery vs 2012-with-refit), shallower draft (4.0m vs 4.7m), and €100K to €300K higher on the peak rate. The trade is age and draft against rate. If your week is a Cyclades or inner-Croatia plan, Here Comes the Sun is the better answer. If your week is a Riviera and Italian coast plan, the draft difference is marginal.
Madsummer at 95m Lürssen. Larger, newer (2019), with the Lürssen pedigree and a stronger beach club. €100K to €300K more per week. The step-up for a charter party that values the build year.
Quattroelle at 86m Lürssen. The step-down option in this size class. Older (2013) and at a lower rate band. Lürssen build at sub-€1M per week if shoulder availability allows.
Lana at 107m Benetti. Materially larger, materially higher rate. The aspirational comparable.
Booking pattern
Prime Mediterranean July and August weeks book 6 to 10 months out, with the owner-use overlap as the constraint rather than the demand. Shoulder weeks at 3 to 5 months. Caribbean season is opportunistic. Cancellation slots open occasionally and tend to clear at posted rate, with shoulder cancellations attracting 5 to 10 percent reductions in some years.
If you are looking for a sub-€1.5M base at 88m-plus with a 2017 refit and you can work the owner-use calendar, Nirvana is the rate-efficient answer in this size class. The thing to confirm is the week-specific availability picture, not the headline rate.
Last updated
May 2026. We update Nirvana's rate, refit detail, and crew profile when the central agent posts a material change.
FAQ
Is Nirvana suitable for a charter with young children? Yes. The cabin mix accommodates a kid-friendly layout, the beach club is a workable swimming space with crew supervision, and the yacht has crew experience with under-12 guests. The dedicated kids' menu is on request.
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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 Nirvana host an event for more than 12 guests? Daytime use up to. Overnight sleeping is capped at 12.
Has Nirvana had a recent refit? Yes. The 2017 refit refreshed the interior and the beach club. The propulsion package is the original 2012 spec. The next major refit window is.
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