Leopard88m6 guests3 cabins
A AYA charter is strongest when the yacht choice is tied to the route. For larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, the useful question is how a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status fits turning a global yacht shortlist into a realistic private charter plan and whether the route protects hosting time on deck.
Leopard · Mediterranean · Caribbean · Bahamas · Croatia · Greece
Overview
A AYA charter is strongest when the yacht choice is tied to the route. For larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, the useful question is how a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status fits turning a global yacht shortlist into a realistic private charter plan and whether the route protects hosting time on deck.
Charter fit
AYA is best considered for larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting, with a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status. The useful planning angle is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief, not a generic yacht-listing comparison.
Shortlist logic
AYA should make the shortlist when the brief needs a private celebration or corporate hosting brief around Ibiza and Mediterranean. The decision should weigh 88'7 / 27m, 6 guests, 3 cabins, 2003 | 2009 (Refitted) against route timing and guest flow.
AYA suits larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting when the brief is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief. The 6 guests profile gives enough structure to plan the guest list early. 3 cabins also makes overnight suitability easier to judge.
Ibiza can work well for AYA, but the route needs discipline. The best plan keeps the day focused instead of trying to collect too many stops, especially when the route protects hosting time on deck.
Season matters because berth pressure, weather windows, and guest expectations change the charter. peak season dates, when cruising area, berth access, and crew availability should be checked early. A useful shortlist should also explain why compare by guest flow, deck use, and cabin layout before price alone.
a flagship charter mood built around privacy, hosting, and status. Water toys and tenders make the day more active when the anchorage is right. This is where a broker note is more useful than a raw specification list.
Do not compare AYA on price alone. The stronger comparison is whether another yacht makes Croatia, Greece, Italy, France, or Spain depending on season easier, gives the group a better deck rhythm, or solves a port constraint more cleanly.
A good recommendation for AYA should include one reason to choose it and one condition to verify. That keeps the page useful for real charter planning instead of becoming another listing entry.
Technical profile
Charter price
AYA is positioned around €54,950 p/week + expenses Approx $64,500, before the final charter budget is shaped by APA, tax, fuel, berths, provisioning, delivery and the route requested.
Leopard build, 88m class
The value is in the way the yacht supports guests: cabins, deck space, crew flow, toys, tenders, service rhythm and the ability to make the route feel effortless.
Fuel, provisioning, berths, delivery, local taxes and crew gratuity should be clarified before treating any weekly or day rate as the full charter budget.
Guest fit
Check layout
AYA can work for private groups when the day plan and guest count fit the onboard layout.
Strong
The yacht data includes toys or tenders, so the charter can be planned around swimming, water time and an active anchorage rhythm.
Selective
For event-style use, confirm legal guest capacity, deck flow and whether the yacht is intended for cruising or static hosting.
Inspect style
Interior mood, deck style and service tone should match the client. The right yacht is not only the largest available yacht, it is the yacht guests want to live in.
Charter fit scorecard
5/5
The 88m class gives the yacht its baseline for deck space, cabins and guest flow.
4.5/5
The available toy and tender data supports a more active charter plan.
4.5/5
Amenities and features give the yacht stronger onboard value beyond transport.
Visible
Rate context is available, but APA, tax, fuel, berths and delivery still need confirmation.
Comparison
Newer yachts in the same class may offer fresher interiors, newer beach clubs or updated wellness layouts. AYA should be compared on guest fit, refit status, deck flow, crew programme, toys, range, availability and the route you actually want to run.
The strongest shortlist is not the newest yacht by default. It is the yacht whose layout, service style and operating assumptions match the client, the port and the itinerary.
Profile
Onboard Aya has a range of toys and accessories to keep you and your guests entertained on the water throughout your stay. Take to the sea on the Jet Skis offering you power and control on the water. In addition there are SEABOBs providing agile cruising and diving. If that isn't enough Aya also features paddleboards and snorkelling equipment. Aya has a Tender to transfer you from ship to shore. Aya offers you and your guests the perfect platform from which to enjoy your next luxury yacht charter. Please enquire for details of her summer and forthcoming winter cruising grounds and availability. Open yacht Aya has an array of charter-focused amenities to ensure a memorable experience onboard whatever the destination.
The 27m/88'7" open yacht 'Aya' by shipyard Leopard offers flexible accommodation for up to 6 guests in 3 cabins and features interior styling by Arno. Built in 2003, Aya is the perfect yacht for zipping between destinations, with an array of social and lounging options, as well as a convenient swim platform offering easy access into the sea, she is primed for fabulous outdoor adventures.
Aya is built with a GRP hull and GRP superstructure. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 34 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 37 knots with a range of up to 380 nautical miles from her 8,000 litre fuel tanks at cruising speed. With a shallow draft of 1.2m/3'11" Aya can anchor closer to coves and sheltered bays overnight.
Aya offers guest accommodation for up to 6 guests in 3 suites comprising a master suite, one VIP cabin and one twin cabin. She is also capable of carrying up to 3 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht charter experience.
Onboard
Commercial
€66,150 p/week + expenses Approx $77,500
Ibiza · Mallorca · The Balearics
€54,950 p/week + expenses Approx $64,500
Ibiza · Mallorca · The Balearics
Cruising
Mediterranean · Caribbean · Bahamas · Croatia · Greece
Planning notes
Availability
Share your dates, destination, guest count and preferred pace. A charter expert will confirm availability, rate context, APA assumptions and whether AYA fits the route.
FAQ
Yes, if the route is planned around turning a global yacht shortlist into a realistic private charter plan. The broker should confirm dates, boarding point, guest count, and cruising area before treating it as available.
AYA is strongest for larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting. The final recommendation depends on how the cabins, crew setup, and Ibiza and Mediterranean timing fit the brief.
For AYA, share the date window, boarding point, day or overnight format, and how formal the onboard service should feel.
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