General Overview

MANU V is a Leopard 34 m available for charter, built in Italy by the famous Cantieri dell’Arno and launched in 2010. She had a total refit in 2022 of all the interiors and the layout of the main deck has been customized to make Manu V one of a kind. She can accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 staterooms, with 5 crew members waiting on their every need.

Based in La Spezia but flexible for the whole Mediterranean.

2024 cruising plan:
June: Italian Riviera, Portofino, Cinque Terre
July: Sardinia and Corsica without delivery fees
August and September: Naples and Amalfi Coast (€ 5.000 lump sum delivery fees applicable to every charter starting in Naples)

Interiors

Designed by Rodriguez and Andrea Bacicalupo, with her very elegant and refined interiors, comfortable living area with large white soft sofas and a 85” Sony 4k TV. Manu V has a spacious dining table with a bar that then leads out on to the astern cockpit.

The night area offers accommodation for 10 guests in 5 luxurious cabins, they all have new top quality memory gel mattresses with toppers. Owner Cabin with King Size double bed and 2 walk in wardrobes , 1 VIP Cabin with Queen size double bed on Main Deck which has a double bathroom “à la Française”, 1 VIP Cabin with a Queen size double bed, 1 Guest Cabin with a double bed and 1 Guest Cabin with 2 single beds on lower deck. Every cabin has its own ensuite bathroom, box shower, wash basin and bidet.

Total refit specifications:

New VIP Cabin on the main deck, new bathroom, new fittings and and living area configuration on the main deck, new furniture, new bar area, new sofas, new curtains, new tables and chiars. New audio/visual and tv equipment.
New carpets, curtains and bed fittings in all of the cabins. New leather head boards for all the beds in all the cabins. New floorings and top surfaces of the basins in all of the cabins.
New King size bed, new bed side tables and furniture in the Owner cabin.
New wall partitions and wall coatings in the corridors.

Exteriors

Manu V has an extensive deck with an open air dining area, the perfect place to be wined and dined whilst enjoying many spectacular views.  She offers a spacious hydraulic bathing platform astern to relish in the sunshine and take a refreshing dip in the surrounding crystal clear water. The bathing platform gives access to the garage where the tender and the water toys are stored. Aswell as a spascious sundeck area, the foredeck offers another comfortable sitting environment perfect for the sunset “aperitivo”.

New sofas, tables and chiars, new upholstery, new sun umbrellas, sun deck cushions and outside furniture in the exterior area.
2023: New Tender Williams Sportjet 435. New navigation systems. New galley hobs. New Icemaker.

Equipment

TV living area 85” Sony 4k, TV VIP Cabin main deck 55”, with a Playstation 5, TV Owner cabin 55”, TV VIP Cabin 40”, TV Guest cabin 30”. Each area can be controlled individually by iPad systems that are connected to the internet.  The inside and outside WI-FI is connected with a GSM 4.5 G. network. The outside audio system can be controlled by an App from a smartphone. (SONOS)

Bentley continental flying spur is available in homeport (La Spezia) for guest transfers.

Crew

Crew of 5

Capitan

Michele Mazzella di Cecaro, 52 years old, Italian.

Michele Mazzella di Cecaro, 52 years old, Italian. Born in Monte di Procida surrounding Naples where he started sailing as a young 14-year-old boy alongside his father. His journey started as a deckhand one summer which then evolved into a greater passion for sailing than he had originally imagined. After finishing secondary school, he went on to get a nautical diploma, during the summer he worked on pleasure yachts and in the winter on tankers and chemical vessels. This was also fruitful for him to complete his CLC licence in 2003. Michele then worked for 5 seasons on a pleasure and charter yacht for a famous Italian football player, here he had his first approach with charter yachts. After he worked for a further 15 years for the same private owner starting with a Pershing 76 and then a Pershing 90, followed by a Mangusta 108. Then he ran other 2 Mangusta 108 one of which was for charter. Michele is an enthusiastic and cheerful person, overall, very passionate about his job which has accompanied him throughout his whole life. Michele speaks Italian and has a basic knowledge of English.

Deckhand

Massimiliano Tonini, 44 years old, Italian.

Born in Frosinone, started working with Captain Michele from 2003 to 2008. They then went their separate ways, during the time a part Massimiliano worked on many yachts as deckhand: A Codecasa 36mt that sailed around the world from 2008 for 2 years, after which he worked on a Terranova 115 and a Mangusta 92. In 2020 Massimiliano and Michele started working together once again on Manu V.

Massimiliano speaks Italian and has a basic knowledge of English.

Chef

TBC

Steward

Natalia Androsova, 41 years old, Ukrainian

Natalia, 41 years old born in Ukraine, feels strongly passionate about following a career in the yachting industry where she can combine all her skills with her outgoing nature. She has various experiences onboard Charter yachts and deeply enjoys working as part of a team and amongst all age groups. Natalia is an extremely motivate, hard working and reliable individual. She is flexible and adaptable and comfortable in new situations. She describes herself as a polite, hardworking person with a good sense of humour.

Deckhand

TBC

Rates and Terms

Rates include: Fully equipped yacht hire, yacht insurance, crew food and wages, usage of water toys on board, yacht laundry fees.

Rates do not include: guests food and beverages, fuel for the yacht, fuel for the tender and the water toys,
dockage fees (if any), communication costs (if any), cruising permit fees (protected areas, National Parks, etc…), personal laundry fees, crew gratuity, VAT where applicable.

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