January · Mid winter
The Western Passage
Palma de Mallorca → Valletta, Malta
39°34′N 02°39′E — 35°54′N 14°31′E
Your home for the passage
The miles unfold aboard Discovery.
Four suites for one private group. Captain Sven and his crew keep the yacht moving, the table full and the water toys ready. You choose between the helm, a quiet corner of the foredeck or your own terrace beside the sea.
- Model
- Lagoon EIGHTY 2
- Year
- 2025
- Guests
- 8 in 4 suites
- Crew
- 4 on board
- Dates
- January
- Duration
- 7 nights · ≈ 560 Nm
- Yacht
- Discovery
- On board
- Up to 8 guests in 4 suites
This is where it starts. Palma behind you, cool winter air, and a sea that opens up the moment you clear the bay.
You board late in the afternoon, when Palma turns gold. By dinner the anchor is down off Cabrera and the only sound is water against the hulls.
Then the passage stretches east. Southern Sardinia, the dark cone of Pantelleria, days that blur into one long, easy rhythm of sailing, swimming, eating on deck and sleeping better than you have in months.
It ends in Valletta, with the yacht lying under honey coloured bastions and the whole city smelling of stone and salt.
Waypoints
- Palma de Mallorca, where you step aboard
- Cabrera archipelago
- Southern Sardinia
- Pantelleria
- Valletta, Malta, where you step ashore
Included on this leg
- · Your own captain and crew, nobody else on board
- · A chef who cooks around you, not around a menu card
- · Tender, paddleboards and dive gear ready at all times
- · Provisioning and every shoreside detail taken care of
What you take home
Three moments from this leg.
A first night at Cabrera
An hour out of Palma the world goes quiet. The anchor drops in a marine park where nothing is built, dinner comes up on deck, and the water is so still you can hear the crew laughing on the bow.
Two days of pure sailing
Once Sardinia is behind you the yacht settles onto one long tack. Nobody looks at a phone. You read, you sleep in the shade of the mainsail, you swim when the captain slows the boat down for no reason other than the water looking too good to pass.
Valletta from the water
Arriving under those honey coloured bastions at dusk, with your own boat under your feet, is the kind of thing people plan whole lives around. Here it is simply Thursday evening.
“The first leg is the one where people finally stop checking the time. By day three nobody asks what the plan is any more.”
Sven, captain of Discovery
On passage
39°34′N 02°39′E — 35°54′N 14°31′E
Land falls away. The rhythm of the sea takes over.
Sea, wind and light
What it feels like out there.
Perfect for a first passage. Plenty of sailing, but never far from a calm anchorage, and the shortest hops of the four legs.
- Sea
- Open water, long easy swell, sheltered anchorages every night
- Wind
- Steady winter westerlies, mostly behind you
- Water
- Bracing and glass clear, wetsuits on board
- Light
- Low golden winter sun, long soft evenings
Diving this leg
Clear winter water around the islands
Diving follows the weather and the rhythm of the passage. Cabrera and Pantelleria offer rocky walls, caves and intensely clear water, with the tender taking you straight from Discovery to the entry point.
Below the surface
The route continues underwater.
From deck to depth.
Equipment is prepared on board and the tender carries guests to the best available site. Every dive depends on weather, local access and guest experience.
- Cabrera marine reserve
- Southern Sardinia coves
- Pantelleria volcanic walls
Life aboard Discovery
Room to move. Places to disappear.
Foredeck
Morning, before anyone speaks
Owner's suite
A private terrace beside the sea
At the table
Dinner follows the day
Passage journal
The journey, one horizon at a time.
Palma de Mallorca to Valletta, Malta · ≈ 560 Nm
January
Palma de Mallorca
Board in the late afternoon, sail out of the bay, and eat your first dinner on deck as the light goes.
January
Cabrera and open sea
A protected marine park, water so clear it looks fake, then the first proper stretch of sailing east.
January
Southern Sardinia
Quiet coves, lunch ashore if you feel like it, and the swim platform down all afternoon.
January
Pantelleria
Black volcanic rock, hot springs, and a night passage with more stars than you remember existing.
January
Valletta
Arrival under the bastions, a last long dinner on board, ashore in the morning.
The yacht
Discovery
A Lagoon EIGHTY 2 sailing catamaran, created for long passages and private life at sea. Built in 2025, with expansive decks, quiet interiors and a private sea terrace for the owner's suite. Captain Sven, chef, stewardess and deckhand. Four people who make life aboard feel effortless. Cruising 7 to 11 knots, with a fast 6.65 metre tender for shores, reefs and hidden bays.
- Model
- Lagoon EIGHTY 2
- Year
- 2025
- Guests
- 8 in 4 suites
- Crew
- 4 on board
- Locations
- Med & Red Sea
- Connection
- Starlink & 5G
Accommodation
4 en-suite suites, up to 8 guests, one single group on board
- An owner's suite with a king bed and a private sea terrace along the side of the yacht
- Three double suites, each with a private bathroom and a rain shower
- Silent air conditioning, blackout blinds and soft cotton linen
- The crew sleep forward, so the whole guest deck belongs to you
Living well offshore
Passage comfort, without losing the sea.
Meals follow your day, not a timetable. Cabins stay quiet and cool while the crew take the night watches. When the anchor drops, the platform lowers and life moves straight into the water.
Sleep through the miles
Silent air conditioning, blackout blinds and soft cotton linen
A menu shaped by the sea
The culinary direction was created with three-star chef Jacob Jan Boerma. Freshness comes first: local fish, bright vegetables, clean flavours and plates made for warm days on deck.
Everything simply works
Starlink and 5G when the coast is within reach. Watermaker, deck shower, shaded lounges and hydraulic platform.
This leg on the chart
The waitlist
This leg is full. The waitlist is open.
Every suite on this leg is taken. Leave your email and if plans change before departure, you hear it before anyone else. One personal email, nothing more.
- Dates
- January
- Yacht
- Discovery
- Accommodation
- 4 en-suite suites, up to 8 guests, one single group on board
Continue the Prelude
February · Valletta, Malta → Alexandria, Egypt