I just had the pleasure of touring the brand-new 123-foot Palmer Johnson motoryacht Muse at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. She’s a sexy yacht, to be sure, with a luscious Italian interior by Nuvolari Lenard that brings modern style to a classic layout. (CharterWave members can see the very interesting photos in November when Muse is added to our First Impressions section.)

What I wanted to focus on here, though, is not the impressive look of Muse’s interior, but on one design element that is actually built into the yacht to enhance guest comfort and service. It’s a design element I’ve seen onboard some other yachts, too, and one that I always find enhances my charter experience when it’s available.

Muse, you see, has a small breakfast buffet area at the base of her staircase, in the foyer that connects the three guest staterooms on the bottom deck. The buffet is nothing more than a marble countertop in the center of the foyer, but it makes a huge difference in the way guests who charter Muse will be able to start each day onboard.

In my experience, yachts with this feature allow the crew to have coffee, danishes, and even fresh fruit waiting as soon as guests awake each morning. You needn’t get dressed and head upstairs to find your early-a.m. caffeine fix; instead, you can wander out of your personal cabin in your bathrobe and slippers, get yourself a little nosh and cafe au lait, and head back to your cabin to enjoy your morning routine in privacy.

None of this means a full breakfast won’t be waiting when you eventually do make your way upstairs to the main guest areas, but this kind of little breakfast nook offers an additional bit of pampering that you simpy won’t find onboard yachts whose designers failed to include this feature during the boat’s construction.

Whether you charter Muse or another boat, if you’re a lazy-morning type, then the guest-area breakfast buffet nook might be a yacht-design feature worth requesting.

To learn more about Muse, go to www.nigelburgess.com.

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