Charter
A charter is a week of your life on someone else's yacht. The crew, not the yacht, decides how it feels.
How chartering works
The week you want
Party, pace and places: one call to understand whether this is a family fortnight at anchor or a coast-hopping reunion.
The right yacht and crew
We charter a small fleet we know personally. The crew match matters more than the brochure, and we say so.
An itinerary held loosely
Planned around wind and harbours, signed the week before, changed on board whenever the better bay appears.
Questions we hear often
What does a charter week really cost, beyond the rate?
Plan for the weekly rate plus roughly 30 percent APA (the advance for fuel, food, drinks and berthing, accounted transparently by the captain), VAT depending on the cruising ground, and a customary crew gratuity of 10 to 15 percent.
How far in advance should we book?
For July and August in the Mediterranean, four to eight months; the best crews are reserved first, not the best yachts. For June, September and October, a few weeks can be enough, and the water is often better.
Can the itinerary change during the week?
It should. We sketch a route around wind and harbours, sign it the week before, and expect the captain to improve it daily. The best day of most charters was not on the original plan.
We have never chartered before. Where do we start?
With one call about how you want the week to feel: party, pace, places. We answer with two or three yachts whose crews fit, honest advice on dates, and an itinerary sketch. No brochure carpet-bombing.
Plan your charterThe captain moved us one bay east the night the wind turned. That decision was the holiday.