Can you actually book a NAVAN S30 charter, rather than just read about the boat? Yes — in Ibiza, with us. Balearic Waves runs exactly one boat, and it is this one: a NAVAN S30 based at Berth H17 in Marina Santa Eulalia, always with a professional skipper, for up to 10 guests and eight hours on the water. In low season, from October to April, a full day starts at €999 for the whole boat. This page is for everyone who searched the model name after the reviews and found nothing but more reviews.
Why the boating press kept writing about this boat
Motor Boat & Yachting named the S30 its Best Sportsboat of 2025, and the big British and German magazines have all run full tests since. We won't reprint their spec tables here — that's what the press is for. What struck us, reading the coverage after we had already chosen the boat, is that the testers keep landing on the same three points we notice on every single charter day: the deck uses its space unusually well, the hull stays composed when the sea isn't, and the finish feels a class above the boat's size.
A test drive tells you how a boat handles. A charter tells you how a day on board feels. The rest of this page is about the second thing.
What the double-stepped hull means when you're a guest, not a tester
The S30's technical calling card is its double-stepped hull. In magazine language, that's a story about efficiency and running attitude. In charter language, it means three things you will actually notice.
- It gets onto the plane quickly. There's no long, bow-high climb while everyone grabs their drink. The boat levels out early, and the glasses on the teak table mostly stay where they were.
- It runs dry. Spray breaks low and wide of the deck, so you can sit up front on the quilted sunpads underway without arriving at the first cove soaked.
- It sits calmly at anchor. At a swim stop the boat barely rolls, and the folding teak table remains a genuinely usable lunch table.
Power comes from twin Mercury V8 outboards. You'll hear their low burble as we ease out of the berth; after that, they are the skipper's department, not yours.
What a NAVAN S30 charter with Balearic Waves includes
One boat, one crew, one simple format: a full day of eight hours, typically 10:00 to 18:00 and flexible on request. Always included:
- A professional skipper — you don't need any licence
- Space for up to 10 guests
- Black T-top with shade sails fore and aft
- Quilted sunpads on the bow, aft bench and folding teak table
- Private toilet and a small double cabin below deck
- Simrad chartplotter at the helm
- Snorkelling gear and a Bluetooth sound system
Drinks, food and cocktail packages, an inflatable SUP and a Seabob can be added. If you want a feel for how the eight hours actually unfold, we've written up a full boat day from start to finish.
Where we actually take it
The S30 is quick enough to make the Formentera crossing comfortable: first swim stop at S'Espalmador, lunch anchored off Ses Illetes, afternoon as the wind dictates. The west-coast day rounds the south of the island to Es Vedrà, Cala d'Hort and the clear water of Cala Comte and Cala Bassa. And our home water — the east coast around Santa Eulalia, with Tagomago about twenty minutes from the marina — is where the boat has its quietest, best days, especially outside summer.
The low-season case: the same boat, from €999
From October to April, the full-day rate starts at €999 — per boat, not per person, with fuel charged by actual use. Let's be honest about what that buys: cooler air, a skipper who reads the forecast and picks the sheltered side of the island, and swimming that becomes a choice for the brave from November onwards. In exchange you get the emptiest anchorages of the year and a clarity of light the summer never quite manages. We've described what a winter charter day really looks like, hour by hour, and every season's rate is on our prices page.
If the magazine tests brought you here, the practical summary is short: the boat is as good as they said, it lives in Santa Eulalia, and between October and April it costs less than it ever will in July. The only decision left is which coast you want to see from its deck.
