Funky Choice, new 27-metre catamaran, available for Ionian charters

Funky Choice is the sort of charter cat that makes the Ionian look built for multihulls. The 27-metre power catamaran, delivered by Floeth Yachts, is now set for summer charter from July 2026, with an 11m beam, a 1.3m draft and accommodation for eight guests in four cabins. For a region built around short runs, sheltered anchorages and frequent tender work, those numbers do the heavy lifting before the styling even enters the conversation.

The boat sits in Floeth Yachts’ Independence i85 line, a model family the builder has positioned at the top end of its catamaran output. Floeth, founded in 2004, rebranded its luxury catamaran division as Solstice Yachts in September 2024, a move that underlines how seriously it is chasing the performance-luxury charter market. Funky Choice itself is listed with a cruising speed of 14 knots and a top speed of 16 knots, which is enough pace to stitch together a week across the Ionian without turning every transfer into a fuel-burn contest.

That is the real charter-market appeal here. In the Ionian Islands, Greece, the shallow draft opens up more options than a typical monohull charter yacht can comfortably claim. Corfu, Kefalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos, Lefkada and Paxos all reward a catamaran that can tuck closer to shore, hold a quieter anchorage and give guests more usable deck area for the money. BoatsAtSea lists Funky Choice’s summer base in the Ionian Islands and winter port in Athens, Greece, which fits the standard Med charter rhythm, but the summer operating area is the point. The Ionian is calmer and more sheltered than the Cyclades, and that matters when the brief is relaxed cruising rather than hard-edged passagemaking.

Pricing places Funky Choice in familiar upper-mid charter territory, with listings starting at about €68,000 per week and some brokers pushing the figure to €79,000. That is not cheap, but on a 27-metre cat with a crew of six or seven, the economics start to make sense when the guest count is capped at eight and the living space is spread across two hulls and a broad main deck.

There is one detail that still needs careful handling: some broker databases list the yacht as a 2024 delivery, while others call it 2025. Even with that discrepancy, the charter logic is clear. Funky Choice is being sold on the exact things Ionian charter clients keep paying for, more space per guest, less draft anxiety and a smoother week on the water. That is how a catamaran starts to edge monohull expectations in the Med.