Four Seasons Explorer, our three-deck luxury catamaran, takes a maximum of 22 guests – matched one-to-one by a seasoned crew – on a marine and cultural odyssey into the undiscovered Maldives.

From his deck, Mr. Sch?nherr can see the town’s famous hilltop Gothic castle as well as two of its three power-generating windmills.

A large ship, with three masts, lay becalmed on the water, with only one sail set; for not a breeze stiffed, and the sailors sat idle on deck or amongst the rigging.