Al Shahali Marine69m7 guests3 cabins
Al Shahali Marine · Mediterranean · Caribbean · Bahamas · Croatia · Greece · Italy · France · Spain
Overview
A RAFIA 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
RAFIA 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
RAFIA should make the shortlist when the brief needs a private celebration or corporate hosting brief around France and Mediterranean. The decision should weigh 69'7 / 21.21m, 7 guests, 3 cabins, 2012 against route timing and guest flow.
RAFIA suits larger private groups, celebrations, and corporate hosting when the brief is a private celebration or corporate hosting brief. The 7 guests profile gives enough structure to plan the guest list early. 3 cabins also makes overnight suitability easier to judge.
France can work well for RAFIA, 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 RAFIA 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 RAFIA 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
RAFIA should be priced against the full charter brief, not only the headline yacht size. Availability, season, APA, tax, fuel, berths and delivery shape the final number.
Al Shahali Marine build, 69m 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
RAFIA 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 69m 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.
On request
Availability, rate, APA and operating assumptions should be confirmed with the broker.
Comparison
Newer yachts in the same class may offer fresher interiors, newer beach clubs or updated wellness layouts. RAFIA 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
Rafia knows a thing or two about fun on the water, with a selection of water toys and accessories for you and your guests to enjoy whilst on charter. A charter on motor yacht Rafia will offer you a week of unforgettable family memories
The 21.21m/69'7" motor yacht 'Rafia' by the Emirati shipyard Al Shahali Marine offers flexible accommodation for up to 7 guests in 3 cabins. If you're looking for a family-friendly yacht with plenty of onboard amenities, Rafia is the perfect choice, promising superb charter vacations whatever the destination.
Rafia comfortably cruises at 10 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 22 knots.
Built in 2012, Rafia offers guest accommodation for up to 7 guests in 3 suites comprising a master suite. The bed configuration includes 2 king. She is also capable of carrying up to 3 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht charter experience.
Rafia benefits from some excellent features to improve your charter, notably air conditioning to keep your comfortable throughout your charter.
Onboard
Cruising
Mediterranean · Caribbean · Bahamas · Croatia · Greece · Italy · France · Spain
Planning notes
Availability
Share your dates, destination, guest count and preferred pace. A charter expert will confirm availability, rate context, APA assumptions and whether RAFIA 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.
RAFIA 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.
For RAFIA, share the date window, boarding point, day or overnight format, and how formal the onboard service should feel.
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