27 to 31 Metres: The Planing-Hull Sport Tier, Compared
Direct answer
All three are fast planing yachts (26–29 knots) for twelve guests. Aya One and Funky Town are 27m day-into-overnight sport boats; Dark Knight is a 31m black-hull that adds a master suite and a flybridge. Pick by whether the brief is a fast day or a fast week.
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There is a tier of the fleet that all answers the same instinct: arrive, don't cruise. These are planing hulls — boats that climb onto their own bow wave and run at high twenties — rather than displacement yachts that push through the water at a stately fourteen. Three of them sit close together on paper. The differences are the interesting part.
Side by side |  Aya One |  Funky Town |  Dark Knight |
| Length | 27.0 m | 27.5 m | 31.0 m |
| Beam | 6.5 m | 6.4 m | 7.0 m |
| Capacity | 12 guests + 3 crew | 12 + 3 crew | 12 guests + 4 crew |
| Cabins | 3 double + 1 twin + Pullman · 4 bathrooms | 3 double, 1 twin, 2 crew | 1 master, 1 VIP, 1 double, 1 twin + pullman |
| Cruise speed | 27 knots | 29 knots | 26 knots |
| Fuel consumption | 700 L/h | 800 L/h | 950 L/h |
| Price band | from €6,999 / day | From €7.999 / 8h | Price on Request |
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The two 27-metre sport boats
Aya One and Funky Town are near twins in role — twelve guests, high-twenties cruise, a single open social deck and a low profile that looks right sitting over a sandbar. Aya One runs a full-length flybridge on triple engines; Funky Town keeps a leaner sport silhouette. Either is the answer when the day is the product and the cabins are a formality.
The 31-metre step up
Dark Knight is the same instinct with a master suite attached. The black-hull Leopard still runs at twenty-six knots — Formentera in forty minutes — but adds a proper full-beam cabin, a flybridge with its own helm, and the volume to turn a fast day into a comfortable week. The fuel curve climbs with it: 950 litres an hour at cruise against roughly 700–800 for the 27-metre pair.
| Aya One | Funky Town | Dark Knight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 27.0 m | 27.5 m | 31.0 m |
| Cruise | 27 kn | 29 kn | 26 kn |
| Fuel / hour | 700 L | 800 L | 950 L |
| Best for | Fast day | Fast day | Fast week |
Office note
The honest rule of thumb: under three guests-per-cabin and day trips only, the 27-metre pair is the value. The moment the brief includes nights aboard, Dark Knight earns the step up.
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