BOJI Review: The 43m Codecasa in Greece with a 9-Metre Beam and Dive Crew Aboard

The buttercup-yellow decks and why she reads as a beach house

The yellow is the first thing you see and it is a brave choice on a 2022 Codecasa: chair trims, cushion piping and cushions on the foredeck, against pale teak and white. On paper it sounds like a theme; in person it is the detail that stops her feeling cold. The aft-deck table is round, which is unusual at this size and better for a group of 12, because nobody sits at the end. The sundeck has the jacuzzi forward, a bar, a lounge under the awning, and the projector that turns it into the cinema and karaoke room after dark. The foredeck has a second seating area with a table, so there are two places outside to eat and three to sit, which is what a week in the Cyclades needs when the meltemi picks a side of the boat for you.

A 9-metre beam: everything on BOJI is wider than it should be

Nine metres is a lot of beam for 43 metres, and you feel it everywhere rather than in one place: the side decks are walkways rather than ledges, the main saloon has two long sofas facing each other with floor between them, and the dining room seats the full group without the chairs touching the wall. There is a writing desk on the main deck with a view, which on most yachts this size would have been squeezed out. The volume is the thing I kept writing in my notes, and it is the reason the cabins below are the size they are.

The master cabin: a 2-metre bed and floor space to walk around it

The master is full-beam on the main deck, with a 2-metre-wide bed, a sofa under the windows, and real floor space around the bed, which is the measure I use because it is the one that disappears first on a 40-metre. A corridor of wardrobes leads to the walk-in and then to the marble bathroom with its own shower room. The finish is pale wood, white panelling and marble, the same beach-house register as the decks, and it is immaculate: she was three years old when I walked her and looked like she had been delivered that spring.

Guest cabins: the widest twin beds I have seen on a yacht this size

Four guest cabins below: two doubles, a twin, and a twin with a pullman for a child. The twins are the surprise. On most 40-metre yachts a twin cabin means two narrow beds you would not put an adult couple in; BOJI’s twin beds are the widest I have seen on a yacht this size, wide enough that two adults who are not a couple are comfortable for a week. Each cabin has its own marble bathroom, with the BOJI monogram on the towels, which is the kind of detail that tells you how the rest of the boat is run.

The food: a fairy-tale spread I still describe to people

I have to write about the food, because it was one of the most creative spreads I have seen on any yacht. The chef had laid the upper saloon bar out as a fairy tale: a dried-fruit tree standing on a bed of moss with chocolate cake underneath it, pink shell-shaped cookies on a plate of salt, a tray of sweets wrapped in linen on deck. It was a show-day spread, so I would not promise every lunch looks like this, but a chef who can do this on a Tuesday morning in Nafplio for walk-through brokers is a chef who will do something for a birthday at anchor.

A week in the water: dive crew, a compressor aboard and a 60-knot jet ski

This is the detail that sets her apart for Greece. BOJI carries crew qualified for diving, full diving equipment, and a scuba air compressor aboard to refill the tanks as the week goes on. Diving from a charter yacht in Greece usually means booking a shore operator, waiting for their boat and losing half a day; on BOJI it is something you do off the swim platform before lunch, and the compressor means the second and third dives of the week do not depend on finding a fill station on Milos. The rest of the water programme matches: a 6.4-metre Castoldi jet tender that takes the whole group of 12 ashore in one trip, a Sea-Doo RXP 300 that does 60 knots, two Seabobs, two Radinn electric jetboards and an underwater scooter, plus the boards and towables. The tender garage in the stern holds it all, with the jet tender launched off the platform.

The crew: aboard since launch, and a name that means secure

The crew have been on BOJI since she was launched in 2022, which on a charter yacht is the single best thing you can hear, because it means the boat is run by people who know every switch and every client week she has done. They told us her name means “secure” in Greek, and the way she is kept makes the point for them. Immaculate is an overused word in this trade; here it is the accurate one.

Who BOJI is for, and who should not book her

She is for a group of up to 12 whose week is about the water: divers, or people who want to learn, families with teenagers who will live on the jet tender and the boards, and anyone who has found 40-metre yachts a bit tight and wants the beam. Couples who want a warm, light interior rather than a dark glamorous one. Groups who care about the food.

Four honest limits. First, she is not fast: 12 knots cruising means the long Cyclades legs take their time, and if your week is about covering ground, a quicker boat suits better. Second, twelve guests means the twin-with-pullman cabin is in use, so count her as five cabins for ten adults and two children in comfort. Third, the yellow and the beach-house palette are a taste; if your group wants dark wood and marble glamour, she is not it. Fourth, she is one of the more expensive 43-metre yachts in Greece at the top of her season, and the per-head figure only works if you fill her.

Booking BOJI for Greece: rate, VAT, base and what to ask

The published rate is 175,000 EUR per week in low season and 235,000 EUR in high season, plus expenses: the Advance Provisioning Allowance for fuel, food, drink and port fees, and charter VAT in Greece at 13%. She lists Athens, Mykonos, Paros and the Cyclades as her Greek grounds, with Turkey and Croatia also possible. Ask three things before you sign: whether anyone in your group needs certification, and how the crew handle a first dive; which of the twin cabins can be set as a double; and the film programme for the sundeck projector, because the crew will set the evening up if you tell them in the morning.

We have been aboard her and we put her forward for Greek weeks built around the water. She appears in three Greek motor yachts: one for diving, one for families, one for speed, and on our Codecasa charter page. Her yacht page is on dmayachting.com, and your broker can confirm dates and the current rate.

Video: a walkthrough of BOJI with her captain

Our walkthrough of BOJI and interview with her captain, filmed by the DMA team.

Klara Braga Jakobsen is Yacht Reviewer at DMA Yachting. She walks the charter fleet at the Mediterranean and Caribbean shows every year and photographs every yacht she reviews.