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Caribbean Yacht Charter Prices

A crewed sailing catamaran in the Virgin Islands runs a median of around $32,000 a week — and unlike Greece or Croatia, that figure is genuinely all-inclusive. The food, the drinks and the fuel are already in it.

What a Week Costs

The honest range

Charter prices are quoted per week for the yacht, not per person, so the number that matters is the weekly rate divided by however many of you sail. The good news in the Caribbean is that the advertised figure is genuinely all-inclusive: crew, every meal, the drinks, the fuel and the water toys are already inside it. There is no APA to add, which makes these numbers directly usable in a way Mediterranean quotes are not.

Yacht type	Typical week	Median	Guests
Sailing catamaran	$20,000 – $58,000	$32,000	6–12
Power catamaran	$37,000 – $95,000	$48,000	6–12
Motor yacht	$41,500 – $225,000	$95,000	6–12

All-inclusive weekly rate: crew, all meals and drinks, fuel for normal cruising, insurance and water toys are already in these figures. Crew gratuity, flights, permits and anything ashore sit outside. Rates move with the season.

Sailing catamarans

The heart of the Caribbean fleet

The Virgin Islands are the densest crewed catamaran market in the world, and it shows in the choice: four cabins, a crew of two, short hops between anchorages and a median around $32,000 a week with everything included. This is the category most first charters start in, and for good reason.

Caribbean sailing catamarans from $30,000 a week

GOOD OL' DAYS

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

52.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$32,000 per week

Our Pick

Bliss

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

67.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$53,800 per week

SEA ESTA

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

58.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$30,000 per week

Tupelo Honey

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

60.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 7 cabins

$42,000 per week

NO RUSH

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

52.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$32,000 per week

COLIBRI

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Windwards

67.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$53,900 per week

TAPAS

Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

57.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$30,000 per week

Audacity

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

60.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$42,000 per week

Athena

Caribbean All, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Windwards

50.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$32,000 per week

Our Pick

XANDROS

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

65.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$54,000 per week

Power catamarans

More space, more speed, same draft

A power catamaran covers the ground between Tortola, Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda faster and gives you noticeably more living space for the same number of cabins. Median around $48,000 a week, all-inclusive.

INDIGO

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

60.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$40,000 per week

JAN'S FELINE

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

78.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$76,000 per week

ULTRA

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

63.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$34,000 per week

SEA GODDESS

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

60.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$48,000 per week

BLUE EYES

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

53.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$40,000 per week

PRONTO

Bahamas, USA – Florida East Coast, Caribbean Leewards

78.74 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$89,500 per week

Treasured C’s

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

52.20 ft ✦ 7 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$35,140 per week

CASA BLANCA

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

70.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$51,000 per week

Our Pick

FOREVER YOUNG

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

55.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$40,500 per week

Our Pick

BLESSED

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

80.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$90,000 per week

Motor yachts

The top of the Caribbean market

Crew of four or more, separate crew quarters, a chef rather than a cook, and a tender worth using. Median around $95,000 a week, with the upper tenth past $225,000. Still all-inclusive — which is why a Caribbean motor yacht and a Mediterranean one at the same headline price are not the same purchase at all.

Saphire Blue

Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Turks and Caicos

75.00 ft ✦ 9 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$59,000 per week

CHILLAXIN

Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

90.20 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$85,000 per week

INDULGE II

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Windwards

90.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$42,000 per week

Araok

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Windwards

108.00 ft ✦ 9 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$69,000 per week

OUTTA TOUCH

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

105.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$60,000 per week

Olympus

Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards, USA – Florida East Coast, Canary Islands, Turks and Caicos, USA – South East, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), USA – Florida West Coast, Bermuda

96.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$89,000 per week

ASKARI

Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

65.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$42,500 per week

Our Pick

THE PEDDLER

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

86.30 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$69,000 per week

Optimus Prime

USA – New England, USA – North East, Bahamas, USA – Florida East Coast, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), USA – Florida West Coast

68.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$60,000 per week

Our Pick

ANGELEYES

Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

85.60 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$92,675 per week

Caribbean motor yachts from $100,000 a week

LADY J

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Windwards

142.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$119,000 per week

SWEET CAROLINE II

Bahamas, USA – Florida East Coast

165.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 7 cabins

$199,000 per week

Our Pick

SEA AXIS

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Windwards

125.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$105,000 per week

NO SURRENDER

Greece, W. Med -Naples/Sicily, W. Med -Riviera/Cors/Sard.

121.49 ft ✦ 11 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$140,000 per week

Our Pick

JUST ENOUGH

Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

141.00 ft ✦ 11 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$119,000 per week

NO BAD IDEAS

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI)

160.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 6 cabins

$225,000 per week

NAMASTE

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Windwards

121.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$105,000 per week

Tycoon

Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Bahamas, USA – Florida East Coast, USA – South East, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

118.00 ft ✦ 11 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$150,000 per week

Natural 9

Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Bahamas, Caribbean Windwards, USA – Florida East Coast, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), USA – Florida West Coast

130.00 ft ✦ 11 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$120,000 per week

Our Pick

SOUTH

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

180.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 6 cabins

$320,000 per week

On Top of the Rate

What the headline figure does not cover

In the Caribbean the advertised weekly rate carries the yacht, a crew of at least two including a private chef, all meals and drinks chosen around your preferences, fuel for normal cruising, insurance and the water toys. What sits outside it is crew gratuity of 15 to 20%, flights and transfers, premium spirits, anything you spend ashore, park and cruising permits, and specialist watersports such as diving. There is no APA and, on most islands, no charter tax.

Season

When it costs less

The Caribbean season runs December to April. Christmas and New Year are peak and priced accordingly, with minimum stays stretched to a full week and the best boats gone as much as a year ahead. Early December, January and the second half of April are the value weeks — same yacht, same crew, noticeably less money and emptier anchorages.

Getting More for the Money

Two levers that actually move the price

Because the Caribbean rate is all-inclusive, the comparison to make is not between two headline figures but between a Caribbean figure and a Mediterranean one plus its APA and VAT. The same money frequently buys a materially better week here. Within the Caribbean the levers are the usual two: group size, since a four-cabin catamaran costs the same for six as for twelve, and dates, since moving off the festive weeks changes the boat you can reach.

Caribbean Yacht Charter Prices: common questions

A crewed sailing catamaran has a median of about $32,000 a week, a power catamaran $48,000 and a motor yacht $95,000. That figure already includes the crew, all meals and drinks, fuel for normal cruising, insurance and the water toys.

Yes. In the Virgin Islands the advertised weekly rate carries the yacht, a crew of at least two including a private chef, all food and beverages chosen around your preferences, fuel for normal cruising, insurance and the water toys. There is no APA, and on most islands no charter tax — which makes it a fundamentally different purchase from a Mediterranean charter at the same headline price.

Crew gratuity of 15 to 20% at your discretion, flights and transfers to the yacht, premium spirits and heavy drinking, anything you spend ashore, park and cruising permits, optional dockage unless the contract says otherwise, and watersports the yacht does not carry such as diving or sport fishing.

Early December, January and the back half of April. Christmas and New Year carry the highest rates of the year and book out furthest ahead.

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