HERMES

Custom164m20 guests12 cabins

Custom · South America

Overview

HERMES yacht charter in France

A HERMES 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.

Custom164m20 guests12 cabins

Charter fit

How to use HERMES

HERMES 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

Why this yacht belongs in the conversation

HERMES should make the shortlist when the brief needs a private celebration or corporate hosting brief around France and Mediterranean. The decision should weigh 164'1 / 50m, 20 guests, 12 cabins, 2025 against route timing and guest flow.

Best use
a private celebration or corporate hosting brief
Guest profile
20 guests; larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting
Route style
Croatia, Greece, Italy, France, or Spain depending on season; strongest when the route protects hosting time on deck
Port logic
decide the first cruising area before comparing rates, cabins, and crew style
Compare by
compare by guest flow, deck use, and cabin layout before price alone
Watch-out
the best-looking option is not always the best route option once boarding point, lunch, and return timing are fixed

When this yacht makes sense

HERMES suits larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting when the brief is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief. The 20 guests profile gives enough structure to plan the guest list early. 12 cabins also makes overnight suitability easier to judge.

Where to use it

France can work well for HERMES, 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 and booking notes

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.

Life on board

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.

Compare before booking

Do not compare HERMES 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.

What to verify

A good recommendation for HERMES 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

Specifications

Builder
Custom
Length
164'1 / 50m
Built
2025
Guests
20
Cabins
12
Crew
19
Price context
$275,405 p/week + expenses
Cruising speed
10 Knots
Model
Custom
Beam
45'11 / 14m
Draft
4'11 / 1.5m

Charter price

What the charter price is really buying

HERMES is positioned around $275,405 p/week + expenses, before the final charter budget is shaped by APA, tax, fuel, berths, provisioning, delivery and the route requested.

Build and scale

Custom build, 164m class

Guest experience

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.

Operating reality

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

Who HERMES suits

Strong

Families and private groups

HERMES gives the group a cabin-led base for multi-day planning, with space to balance privacy, meals and time on deck.

Strong

Active charter guests

The yacht data includes toys or tenders, so the charter can be planned around swimming, water time and an active anchorage rhythm.

Strong

Event or hosting briefs

The guest profile supports larger private groups when service flow, boarding and deck use are planned early.

Inspect style

Design-sensitive clients

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

HERMES by charter criteria

Space and comfort

5/5

The 164m class gives the yacht its baseline for deck space, cabins and guest flow.

Toys and activity

4.5/5

The available toy and tender data supports a more active charter plan.

Wellness and amenities

4.5/5

Amenities and features give the yacht stronger onboard value beyond transport.

Price clarity

Visible

Rate context is available, but APA, tax, fuel, berths and delivery still need confirmation.

Comparison

HERMES vs newer 80m+ yachts

Newer yachts in the same class may offer fresher interiors, newer beach clubs or updated wellness layouts. HERMES 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

About HERMES

Toys

Set against the backdrop of your chosen cruising ground, you and your guests can enjoy fun on the water with the collection of water toys and accessories aboard Hermes. Principle among these are ten kayaks - a tranquil and relaxing way to pass the time. Hermes also sports a 6m/19'8" Caribe Tender to transport you with ease.

Overview

The 50m/164'1" catamaran yacht 'Hermes' is an excellent new superyacht for the luxury charter market. Delivered by shipyard Custom she can comfortably accommodate up to 20 guests in 12 cabins. Built in 2025, Hermes celebrates the ocean in style, offering relaxed luxury with her abundance of deck space and grants access to the world's most beautiful, hard-to-reach anchorages thanks to her shallow draft. Her features include a spa and gym.

Performance Range

Hermes is built with a GRP hull and GRP superstructure. Hermes comfortably cruises at 10 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 12 knots. With a shallow draft of 1.5m/4'11" Hermes can anchor closer to coves and sheltered bays overnight.

Why Charter Hermes

Charter icludes all Galapagos excursions and guided island activities, with two onboard naturalist guides. Based in the magical waters of South America all year round Hermes is ready for your next luxury yacht charter. Let Hermes Discover the magical places, food and experiences of the South America. Catamaran yacht Hermes is an outstanding pedigree yacht that delivers on all fronts for superlative luxury yacht vacations.

Guest Accommodation

Hermes offers excellent versatility with her twelve cabin layout, seldom seem in a charter yacht of her size. She offers guest accommodation for up to 20 guests with a layout comprising a master suite, two single cabins and nine cabins that can operate as twins or doubles. The bed configuration includes 22 singles. She is also capable of carrying up to 19 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht charter experience.

Onboard Comfort Entertainment

A charter on Hermes is comfortable and convenient thanks to the provided amenities such as a serene luxury spa, for the utmost in relaxation. Maintain your fitness routine and work out in the well-equipped gym or elsewhere, soak up the bubbles in style in the deck jacuzzi. Hermes benefits from some excellent features to improve your charter such as Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing you to stay connected at all times, should you wish. You can stay comfortable on board whatever the weather, with air conditioning during your charter.

Onboard

Experience

Special features

  • Flexible accommodation setup
  • Built in 2025
  • Twelve cabins
  • Spa facilities
  • Sleeps 20 guests

Amenities

  • Exterior Bar
  • Sun Deck
  • Gym Equipment
  • Hammam
  • Library
  • Wi-Fi
  • Sunpads
  • Deck Jacuzzi
  • Spa
  • Gym
  • Air Conditioning

Water toys

  • 10 x 2 Person Kayaks
  • 2 x 1 Person Stand-up Kayaks
  • Wet suits
  • Snorkelling Equipment

Tenders

  • 2 x 19'8 / 6m Caribe Tender

Commercial

Rates and seasons

Summer Season

$275,405 p/week + expenses

South America

Winter Season

$275,405 p/week + expenses

South America

Cruising

Regions

South America

Planning notes

Before you request dates

  • Confirm whether HERMES's 20 guests profile fits the full party.
  • Check whether HERMES's 12 cabins layout fits overnight plans.
  • Match the first route draft to Croatia, Greece, Italy, France, or Spain depending on season.
  • Ask why HERMES beats the nearest alternative for a private celebration or corporate hosting brief.
  • Confirm the port plan: decide the first cruising area before comparing rates, cabins, and crew style.
  • For HERMES, include boarding point, must-do stops, and whether the route should stay focused on France and Mediterranean.

Availability

Request HERMES charter availability

Share your dates, destination, guest count and preferred pace. A charter expert will confirm availability, rate context, APA assumptions and whether HERMES fits the route.

FAQ

HERMES charter questions

Is HERMES a good fit for France?

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.

Who should consider HERMES?

HERMES is strongest for larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting. The final recommendation depends on how the cabins, crew setup, and France and Mediterranean timing fit the brief.

What should I send before requesting HERMES?

For HERMES, share the date window, boarding point, day or overnight format, and how formal the onboard service should feel.

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Safety-led planning

Crew, insurance, weather, guest comfort, tender access and local captain decisions are treated as part of the booking, not details to solve on the day.

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A charter expert stays visible from enquiry to shortlist, with email or WhatsApp follow-up when timing, routes or guest needs change.

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We qualify the request, then coordinate with suitable charter broker partners so availability, terms and negotiation are handled through professional charter channels.

What is checked before I pay?

The shortlist should clarify the exact yacht, dates, guest count, boarding point, route, price assumptions, inclusions, exclusions and payment conditions.

How do MYBA member brokers help?

MYBA is a recognised professional association in superyachting. Working with MYBA-member brokers helps align complex charters with established professional standards and widely used charter documentation.

What guests tell us matters

  • Guests value a shortlist built around their route, not a random catalogue.
  • Families ask for clear safety, shade, cabins and weather backup before they book.
  • Corporate groups want written timing, access and service expectations before deposit.

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