Opal Adriatic | 2016

Best for: couples or small groups of friends who take food seriously, with a two or three cabin family a close second.

Opal Adriatic is a 2016 Sunseeker motor yacht based in Seget Donji, Croatia, and her standout is the galley crew behind her. Stewardess and cook Barbara Siničić grew up on the islands of Brač and Šolta, trained in a fine-dining restaurant there, and has spent eight years refining a cooking style built around locally sourced, seasonal ingredients. Menus shift with the port and the market, so what arrives on the table tastes genuinely of wherever you happen to be anchored.

She sleeps six across three cabins: a full-beam master, a VIP, and a double, served by a crew of three including Captain Toni Koceić, whose 36,000 nautical miles and 135 charter operations bring quiet authority to every passage along the Adriatic coast. Stewardess and deckhand Eliza Fabris rounds out a crew that is equally at home on deck or in the interior. The combination makes Opal Adriatic a strong choice for guests who want the Adriatic done properly: unhurried, well fed, and in capable hands.