SERENA
- Length
- 19.2m
- Beam
- 5.5m
- Guests
- 5
- Cabins
- 3
- Crew
- 2
- From / Week
- €25,000
SERENA yacht available for charter. Built in 2017 with a charter price from $22,500 for up to 5 guests in 3 suites with a crew of 2.
SERENA yacht available for charter. Built in 2017 with a charter price from $22,500 for up to 5 guests in 3 suites with a crew of 2.
“If a client asks me for a yacht that simply gets it right, SERENA is usually my first call. With space for 5 guests, she works equally well for a multi-generational family week or a tighter group of friends who want every cabin to feel like a suite. In Caribbean especially, the itinerary options around her are exceptional — and the crew know every anchorage worth the detour.”
Accommodation
3 elegantly appointed cabins host up to 5 in serene comfort, served by a professional crew of 2.
Equipment & Amenities
42 items reported by CharterIndex.
Rates & Availability
| Season | Period | Weekly Rate |
|---|---|---|
| High Season | Jul – Aug | €25,000 |
| Low Season | May – Jun, Sep – Oct | €20,000 |
Live data via CharterIndex · APA & VAT excluded
Live availability via CharterIndex.
Deck Plan
Layout of SERENA — cabin arrangement, deck levels and on-board spaces.
The Crew
A professional crew of 2 dedicated to your charter. Working language: English.
Hugh O'Brien
United Kingdom · English
Born in England and then lived in more than a dozen countries across Europe, Asia and The Americas. Now a permanent US Resident living in the Caribbean & Florida, predominantly in the US and British Virgin Islands. Hugh started competitive sailing and ocean racing in the UK & France in 1987 (36 years of ocean sailing experience). He com¬pleted his intensive Royal Yachting Association (RYA) YachtMaster 500 Ton Sail & Power Commercial License in 2002 at the presti¬gious UK Sailing Academy and worked as a Captain & Chef in commercial yachting in the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, USA & Japan. Hugh also ran 5 Star Sailing with a 50 ft Beneteau Sloop as a Captain Chef in the Virgin Islands from 2007-2011. A 20-year career in Marketing & Sales for American IT & Database companies saw Hugh working in some 20 countries and heading up operations in Europe, US, Asia & Latin America. From 2018-2022, Captain Hugh owned and operated Ocean Star 60, a 60 ft Beneteau sloop. Having worked with Chef Vivi on Ocean Star 60, they have since become partners in Serena Yacht Charters, LLC, and operate the 63-ft sloop Yacht Serena, their new Beneteau Oceanis Yacht 62. Yacht Serena is the Hull #1 of Beneteau’s ultimate Oceanis Yacht cruiser series and has many extras, including a carbon fibre Code 0 racing sail. Hugh attended culinary classes and schools in France, Japan and America, and specializes in Mediterranean, Latin American and Asian fresh food dishes with premium ingredients. Hugh is a light social drinker but nonsmoker, no drugs, no criminal record, clean licenses and a broad sense of humor especially when trying to catch fish!
Vivianne Swietelsky
United States · English, Spanish, Italian
Vivianne, or “Chef Vivi” is based in Water Island, USVI and Coconut Grove, Miami. She is known for her authentic interpretations of the world’s great cuisines – American, Mediterranean, Southeast Asian, and Latin American, and her signature fusion MediterrAsian cuisine. She is also makes amazing desserts and is an inspired cocktail mixologist. For as far back as she can remember, Chef Vivi has been passionate about food and the artistry of its preparation. Born in the U.S. to an Italian father and a Venezuelan mother, she has travelled all over the world and lived in the United States, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Mexico, and the Caribbean and is fluent in five languages. Her family life revolved around the enjoyment of great food and her mother taught her to cook instinctually, from the heart. Chef Vivi built upon this foundation and has expanded her culinary knowledge and skills over the years. Chef Vivi attended different culinary schools around the world and studied Hospitality Management at the Florida International University’s School of Hospitality & Tourism. She has been a restaurant Pastry Chef, owned her own upscale Miami catering company, “Truffles Catering”, and worked as Private Chef for HNWI in both private homes and on charter yachts. After working as Yacht Chef with Captain Hugh on Ocean Star 60, Vivianne and Hugh became partners in 2023 and now operate Serena, a 63-ft Beneteau sloop.
Video Tour
SERENA Charter Yacht - 2017 Beneteau
via Vimeo
Cruising Areas
SERENA is available for charter in the following destinations and sub-regions.
- Bahamas
- Cayman Islands
- Greater Antilles
- Leeward Antilles
- Leeward Islands
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Turks Caicos
- Windward Islands
Full Specifications
- Designer
- Berret Racoupeau Yacht Design
- Refit
- 2023
- Beam
- 5.5 m
- Draft
- 2.59 m
- Cruising speed
- 8 kts
- Max speed
- 12 kts
- Flag
- United States
- MCA
- None
- VAT
- Not registered
- Smoking
- Smoking on aft
- Crew language
- English
- Captain
- Hugh O'Brien
Diving
Diving by arrangement
A week aboard SERENA in Caribbean
Tortola to Anegada via the Baths, Jost Van Dyke and the most protected sailing waters in the Caribbean.
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- DAY 01
Tortola
Embark in Tortola at Nanny Cay or Wickhams Cay. Provisioning, briefing, then a short hop to Norman Island's Bight for a Painkiller at the Willy T.
- Provisioning at Riteway in Road Town
- Painkiller cocktail at Pusser's Marina Cay
- Tender to the Willy T floating bar
- Sunset on Norman Island
- Anchorage
- Anchor in The Bight, Norman Island
- Dining
- Pusser's · Willy T floating bar
- DAY 02
The Baths, Virgin Gorda
The Baths on Virgin Gorda — house-sized granite boulders forming sea caves and shallow grottos. Get there early, before the cruise ship tenders arrive.
- Walk the boulder trail from The Baths to Devil's Bay
- Snorkel between the granite columns
- Lunch at Top of the Baths with its infinity pool
- Afternoon at Spring Bay (the quieter alternative)
- Anchorage
- Day moor at The Baths (mooring buoys, no anchoring); overnight in Spanish Town
- Dining
- Top of the Baths · Hog Heaven for sunset views
- DAY 03
Anegada
North to Anegada — the only coral atoll in the BVI, with an 18-mile reef and the BVI's famous spiny lobster. Beach barbecue lunch at Cow Wreck Beach.
- Cow Wreck Beach lobster lunch
- Snorkel Loblolly Bay's reef
- Flamingo spotting in the salt ponds
- Sunset at Anegada Beach Club
- Anchorage
- Anchor inside the reef off Setting Point
- Dining
- Cow Wreck Beach Bar · Anegada Reef Hotel · Potter's by the Sea
- DAY 04
Jost Van Dyke
Jost Van Dyke — the BVI's party island, in a friendly Caribbean way. Foxy's at Great Harbour, then over to Soggy Dollar at White Bay for the original Painkiller.
- Wade ashore to Soggy Dollar for a Painkiller
- Beach BBQ at Foxy's Great Harbour
- Bubbly Pool on the north shore (best with swell)
- Sunset at One Love Bar on White Bay
- Anchorage
- Anchor in Great Harbour or White Bay
- Dining
- Foxy's · Soggy Dollar · One Love
- DAY 05
Norman Island
Back to Norman Island for The Caves and The Indians — the BVI's best snorkelling spots, with parrotfish, sergeant majors and a permanent kaleidoscope of light.
- Snorkel The Caves on Norman's south shore
- Snorkel The Indians — four pinnacles teeming with fish
- Hike to the ridge for the panoramic island view
- Painkiller round two at the Willy T
- Anchorage
- Anchor in The Bight, Norman Island
- Dining
- Pirates Bight · Willy T
- DAY 06
Cooper Island
Cooper Island — a small, low-key cay with one of the BVI's best coral conservation programs. Sunset dinner at the Cooper Island Beach Club.
- Snorkel Cistern Point at Cooper's north end
- Visit the Cooper Island Rum Bar — 280 rums in stock
- Dive Wreck of the Rhone (Salt Island, nearby)
- Coffee at the Cooper coffee shop in the morning
- Anchorage
- Mooring buoys in Manchioneel Bay
- Dining
- Cooper Island Beach Club
- DAY 07
Tortola
Final morning hop back across Sir Francis Drake Channel to Tortola. Last swim at Smuggler's Cove on the west end, then disembarkation.
- Last swim at Smuggler's Cove
- Brunch at the Sugar Mill Hotel
- Walk the ruins of the old plantation
- Souvenir spiced rum from Callwood Distillery
- Anchorage
- Berth at Nanny Cay or Soper's Hole
- Dining
- Sugar Mill Hotel · Quito's Gazebo at Cane Garden Bay
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