Each week, we spotlight one yacht worth knowing. Not just for how it looks or the amenities it has on board, but for how it changes the experience of where you are. This week, our chosen charter yacht is the head-turning, full-of-surprises, 61-metre Hakvoort superyacht Top Five II, currently available for charter with Worth Avenue Yachts.
Top Five II Charter Yacht: Striking Style
Built for an experienced owner who knew exactly what he wanted and delivered into his care in 2021, Top Five II charter yacht has been designed from top to bottom by Dutch design studio Sinot Yacht Architecture, who have given it a truly striking look, whilst still allowing ample space for endless charter fun. Initial impressions are of the yacht’s high bow and tiered decks, which provide travellers with phenomenal views and simultaneously serve the practical function of protection from choppy oceans.
Look a little closer and you’ll clock the dark glazing which wraps around the decks and provides those inside with plentiful natural light. The exterior of Top Five II charter yacht is often described as modern classic, while the interior takes a modern, contemporary and architectural design approach with plenty of striking features and contrasts in play. It draws on motifs and influences from Asia and Scandinavia that function together with unexpected ease.
Dining at an Epic Scale
A social vessel through and through, Top Five II’s owner briefed the designers to create a yacht with multiple relaxation and living zones that could accommodate dinner parties for groups of up to 50 people. This includes the enormous outdoor deck space, with the owner’s aft deck furniture specifically designed to fulfil this epic dining purpose.
‘Shoji’-Inspired Staterooms
Notwithstanding the gregarious bent of its dining set-up, Top Five II charter yacht’s owners were also keen to have their own private retreat, which is a request reflected and met in the design of its accommodation.
The seven sizeable staterooms are capable of housing up to 12 travellers between them, with each featuring its own ensuite bathroom for maximum privacy and comfort and one being wheelchair accessible. Split between the main and lower deck, the guest staterooms are built with light wood, with their wardrobes and doors mimicking the styling of shoji, or Japanese paper screens (a style cue which is found throughout Top Five II charter yacht).
The huge master suite is deliberately separate from the rest to ensure its secluded and peaceful status and is found on the upper deck. The owner’s deck opens up onto a close-to-spherical bedroom, which provides consistently stunning ocean views unmatched by anywhere else on board. This enormous suite includes a TV room and lounge, office, twin bathrooms with their own dressing areas and the bedroom itself, and there is also a private terrace in play.
This curved glass facade and presence of a skylight serve to remove any possibility of the owners feeling separate from the ocean, and is a truly mindboggling design quirk of Top Five II charter yacht. Design-wise, this space has a pared-back palette of soft, luxurious materials, including silk carpets, a cashmere-covered headboard and leather upholstery around the bed frame.
A Floating Staircase
When describing the coolest parts of Top Five II charter yacht, it would be remiss not to mention its staircase, which gives the impression of actually floating.
The central stairwell features the familiar paper screen-inspired pattern on the walls found in the bedrooms, as well as leather panels outlined in black lacquer. The elevator connecting all five decks is found in the centre of the stairwell and contains an oculus which seems to be glowing. Thanks to the impressive design capabilities of Sinot Yacht Architecture, the staircase gives off the impression of floating, with the steps anchored on either end but having no back to them.
Toys Aplenty for Caribbean Living
For all its architectural flourishes and carefully considered interiors, Top Five II is ultimately a yacht designed to be used. This is not a vessel where the toys are tucked away as a secondary thought or where the beach club exists simply to tick a box. Instead, almost every part of the yacht feeds into the experience of being on the water, whether that means launching off the swim platform on a jet ski at sunrise or disappearing beneath the surface with the onboard dive master by afternoon.
The beach club forms the centre of that lifestyle. Spacious and directly connected to the swim platform, it operates as a casual waterside lounge, a fully-equipped gym and a launch pad for the yacht’s extensive toy collection all at once. Travellers on board can enjoy moving effortlessly between relaxation and high-octane enjoyment. One moment, you are stretched out beside the water with a coffee; the next, you are climbing onto one of four jet skis or slipping into the sea with scooters and snorkelling gear.
Epic Enjoyment for Every Age
Motor yacht Top Five II’s toy inventory has been assembled with mixed groups in mind. High-energy guests can spend entire days switching between e-foils, towables and wake activities, while younger travellers have access to slides, jungle gym inflatables and calmer paddleboarding sessions closer to shore. Kayaks and SUPs offer a slower pace for island exploration, while certified divers can take advantage of scuba excursions led by the yacht’s onboard dive master. The presence of two tenders, including the custom X-Craft beach-lander, also makes the yacht particularly well suited to Caribbean cruising, where secluded beaches and harder-to-reach anchorages become part of the appeal.
Performance-wise, Top Five II charter yacht takes a more measured approach than outright aggression. Powered by Caterpillar Diesel 3512E engines producing 1,810hp, it cruises comfortably at 12.7 knots and reaches a top speed of 14.7 knots. The yacht provides sufficient power to move smoothly between islands while maintaining the quiet, composed atmosphere it has been designed around. Combined with a transatlantic-ready range of 4,200 nautical miles and the advanced Naiad Total Ride Control System, the result is a yacht that feels remarkably stable and comfortable even during longer passages.
This setup works particularly well in the Caribbean, where charter itineraries often switch between lively social hubs and slower, more remote destinations. Top Five II feels equally suited to anchoring off St Barths for long lunches and beach clubs as it does slipping into quieter corners of the Grenadines, where the focus turns entirely to the water.
Why would you want a Top Five II yacht charter?
Top Five II charter yacht succeeds in combining scale with warmth, architectural drama with genuine comfort and high-end wellness with adventure. It is a yacht that works just as well for large, sociable charters as it does for families wanting privacy and space, thanks to its layered design and variety of onboard environments.
Rather than relying on excessive ornamentation or gimmicks, it leans into intelligent design, strong proportions and carefully thought-out experiences. From the floating staircase and spherical owner’s suite to the expansive beach club and water toy set-up, everything feels deliberate.
Crucially, too, Top Five II also understands what modern charter travellers are looking for from their time on the water: flexibility. The ability to host huge dinners one evening and disappear to a deserted beach the next, or the option to spend a morning diving and an afternoon in the spa. You can enjoy having the chance to travel through the Caribbean in complete comfort without sacrificing any excitement, which is both pretty special and pretty unique.
Motor yacht Top Five II is currently offered for charter with Worth Avenue Yachts, with weekly rates starting from $600,000.
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