Tesoro 42 Day Cruiser

The Tesoro 42 is the modern face of the fleet — a Spanish-built day cruiser whose entire geometry is organised around outdoor living. White composite hull, minimal superstructure, an aft platform that turns the back of the boat into a private deck on the water.

For groups of up to eight, the Tesoro is the right answer when the day is more about lying in the sun than rushing between coves. It still has the engines for it — close to forty knots flat out — but the personality of the boat asks you to slow down, drop anchor in the lee of Li Galli, and stay there.

The Bay of Naples gets a different kind of light in late afternoon, gold turning to copper on the water. The Tesoro is the boat we'd pick to be on at exactly that moment.