Infinitea
- Cabins 5
- Sleeps 8
- Length 14.42 m
- Year 2025
- WC 3
- Engine Yanmar
About this yacht
Infinitea is a sailing yacht with 5 cabins (2025) based at Malé, Maldives. 8 berths.
This yacht is chartered with a professional skipper.
Professional skipper included
Air conditioning
Bimini sun shade
On-board Wi-Fi
Water maker
Solar panels
About the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 490
The 490 was one of the two boats that launched Jeanneau's walk-around deck, alongside the 440, and it is the one where the idea pays off most. On a boat this length the trip from cockpit to foredeck is long, and on most 49-footers it involves climbing up over a coaming and then walking along a deck above the cockpit.
Here the side decks slope down and meet the cockpit, so the whole deck is one continuous surface. With a full charter crew aboard, half of whom are on holiday rather than on watch, that is the difference between people moving freely and people staying put.
It is a lot of boat — five cabins in charter trim is common — and it sails like a lot of boat, which is to say quickly once it is moving and heavy if you get it wrong in a harbour.
Who it suits
- Large groups
- Charter layouts reach five cabins, which puts a big party on a single monohull without the berthing premium a catamaran carries.
- Crews with real miles behind them
- Sail area and displacement are both substantial. A confident skipper gets a fast, comfortable week; a hesitant one gets a long one.
- Routes with distance in them
- Waterline length does the work. If the plan involves crossing open water rather than hopping bays, this is the right size.
- Less suited to a first bareboat week
- Everything is bigger — loads, momentum, consequences. The 410 or 440 is the better place to start.
Layout & life aboard
- Walk-around deck at scale
- The feature matters most here: a long deck with no level changes, so a full crew moves around safely.
- Cabin count varies a lot
- The same hull exists as a comfortable four-cabin boat and a packed five-cabin charter boat.
- Ask how many heads as well as how many cabins.
- Twin wheels and a long cockpit
- Forward-facing helm seats and enough cockpit for the whole crew to sit down at once.
- Saloon sized for the group
- Galley and dining that genuinely work for eight or ten people rather than technically seating them.
Under sail
- Quick once moving
- Length on the waterline plus a tall rig means real passage speed when there is wind.
- Upwind
- Strong for a cruiser. It drives through a sea where a shorter boat would be stopping and starting.
- Loads are serious
- Sheets and halyards on a boat this size carry real force; electric winches, if fitted, change the week.
- Confirm which are powered.
- Under power
- Single engine and a long hull. A bow thruster, if fitted, is the difference between an easy berth and an interesting one.
Worth knowing before you book
- Confirm the bow thruster works
- On a 49-foot single-engine monohull in a crowded Mediterranean marina, it is the piece of equipment you will miss most if it fails.
- Check which winches are electric
- Hoisting a mainsail this size by hand on a hot afternoon is a job nobody volunteers for twice.
- Count the heads
- Five cabins with too few heads is the complaint that comes up most on boats of this size.
- Draft and your route
- A deep-keel 49-footer is shut out of shallow anchorages that a 40-footer takes without a thought.
Technical specifications
- Model
- Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 490
- Year built
- 2025
- Length over all
- 14.42 m
- Beam
- 4.49 m
- Draft
- 2.24 m
- Engines
- Yanmar
- Fuel tank
- 240 L
- Water tank
- 640 L
- Cabins / Berths
- 5 / 8
- Heads / Showers
- 3
- Home port
- Malé
- Charter type
- Crewed
- Minimum charter
- 7 days
- Check-in / Check-out
- 17:00 → 09:00
- Maximum charter
- 90 days
- Deposit
- 3,500 EUR
Cabins & berths
- 5
- Cabins
- 8
- Berths
- 3
- Heads (bathrooms)
A deck plan for this yacht is not available from the operator. Ask us and we will request the layout before you book.
Equipment & inventory
- Air condition
- Autopilot
- Bimini
- Chart plotter
- Cockpit speakers
- Dinghy
- Inverter
- Outboard engine
- Radar
- Refrigerator
- Snorkeling equipment
- Solar Panels
- Sprayhood
- Stand up paddle
- Swimming platform
- Underwater lights
- Water maker
- Wi-Fi & Internet
Availability
Always the best priceExtras
Mandatory extras
Paid at the marina or added to the booking total.
- End Cleaning & Marina Fee €395 per booking
- Registration Fee - 45 EUR / guest / booking €45
- Skipper Pack - Crew & Equipment €1,750 per week
- Maldives Green Tax - 11 EUR / night / guest €11
Optional extras
Tick what you need — total updates in the booking widget.
Location & marina
Malé
Malé, Maldives
Check-in Sat 17:00 · Check-out Sat 09:00
Cancellation & payment
Cancellation policy
Cancellation terms are set by the charter operator. We confirm them for this yacht in writing with your offer, within 48 hours of your request — before any payment.
Split payment
You pay 30% when the booking is confirmed and the balance before check-in. Fees collected by the operator on arrival are listed separately, so nothing is a surprise at the marina.
Security deposit
A refundable security deposit of 3,500 EUR is taken at check-in.
Frequently asked questions
For bareboat charter the skipper on board needs a recognised sailing license and, in most countries, a VHF certificate. If nobody in your group is licensed, book the yacht with a professional skipper.
Charter weeks normally run Saturday to Saturday, with check-in in the afternoon and check-out in the morning at the home base (Malé).
Cross-border sailing is often possible with prior notice and additional paperwork. Ask us before booking so the operator can prepare the documents.
Fuel is normally paid on a tank-to-tank basis: you receive the yacht with a full tank and return it full.
For your dates
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