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St Barths Yacht Charter Prices

A crewed sailing catamaran in the Leewards runs a median of around $32,000 a week and a motor yacht $85,000. The figure that matters more than either, though, is whether the rate is all-inclusive — here, uniquely, it depends on the boat.

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. Two things to know before you read the table. First, the fleet serving St Barths is the Leeward Islands fleet, based mainly in Sint Maarten and Antigua and cruising the whole chain — these are its prices. Second, and more important: unlike the Virgin Islands or the Mediterranean, this region has no single pricing model, so what a rate covers has to be checked boat by boat. That is explained under the table.

Yacht type	Typical week	Median	Guests
Sailing catamaran	$20,500 – $58,000	$32,000	6–12
Power catamaran	$38,000 – $110,000	$67,000	6–10
Motor yacht	$46,000 – $175,000	$85,000	6–12
Sailing yacht	$12,000 – $90,000	$46,000	4–12

Weekly charter fee for a seven-night week in the Leeward Islands fleet that serves St Barths. There is deliberately no “all-in” column here: roughly half these yachts are all-inclusive and half are quoted plus expenses, so a single estimate would be misleading. Ask us and we will price your dates on named boats, with the model stated for each.

Read This First

The one region with two pricing models

Here is the thing that catches people out on this island, and the reason two quotes for similar boats can be 50% apart. In the Virgin Islands a crewed week is all-inclusive: crew, meals, drinks and fuel are already in the rate. Across the Mediterranean it is always plus expenses: the rate is the yacht and crew only, and you add an APA of 30 to 35% plus VAT. The Leewards are the one cruising ground where both models are common — on our reading of the wider market, a little over half the boats here are all-inclusive or close to it, and the rest are plus expenses. So on St Barths, unlike anywhere else we broker, you cannot tell what a rate covers by looking at the region. It has to be checked boat by boat. We state it explicitly on every proposal we send, and it is the first thing to ask about any quote you receive from anyone else.

Sailing catamarans

The standard way to do this island

A crewed sailing catamaran is what most St Barths weeks actually look like: four cabins, a crew of two with a chef, and a boat shallow enough to anchor off Colombier or Gouverneur rather than take a berth in Gustavia, where space is scarce and expensive in season. Median around $32,000 a week — the same figure as the Virgin Islands, on a far more expensive island.

St Barths sailing catamarans from $30,000 a week

CHILLIN HUT

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

54.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 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

SEA ESTA

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

58.00 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

HYDROTHERAPY

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

54.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$32,000 per week

NEOW

W. Med – Spain/Balearics, W. Med -Riviera/Cors/Sard.

67.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$55,000 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

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

ALLEGRA

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

54.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$32,000 per week

LYRA

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

67.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$55,000 per week

Power catamarans

Space and speed between the Leewards

Power catamarans suit this cruising ground well, because the islands are far enough apart that speed buys you time ashore: St Barths to Anguilla, St Martin or Nevis in a morning rather than a day. Median around $67,000 a week.

DOUBLE HAPPINESS

W. Med -Riviera/Cors/Sard., Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

60.04 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$55,000 per week

Our Pick

SOL

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

80.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$106,000 per week

JAN'S FELION

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

64.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$37,000 per week

PRONTO

Bahamas, USA – Florida East Coast, Caribbean Leewards

78.74 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$89,500 per week

SEAGLASS 74

Bahamas

74.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$56,000 per week

Our Pick

MIIA

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

87.93 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$110,000 per week

SOLAIRE

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

58.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$38,000 per week

NANA MARIE

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

80.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$93,000 per week

Our Pick

MARIA THERESE

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

68.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$67,000 per week

Our Pick

NAUTI NICKEL

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

80.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$112,000 per week

Motor yachts

Gustavia in high season

This is the category the island is famous for, and the one that fills Gustavia harbour between Christmas and New Year. Crew of four or more, a chef rather than a cook, and a tender worth using for the run into town. Median around $85,000 a week, with the upper tenth past $175,000 — and on the wider brokerage market the Leeward motor yacht median runs well above our own listings, because this is where the large boats winter.

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

Our Pick

TAIL LIGHTS

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Windwards, USA – New England

116.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$80,000 per week

Destiny

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

80.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$46,000 per week

INCEPTION

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards, Turks and Caicos

103.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$65,000 per week

BEACHFRONT

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

108.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$64,900 per week

SeaQuest

Bahamas

124.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$85,000 per week

Voyager

88.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$47,000 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

UNBRIDLED

Caribbean Leewards

116.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$65,000 per week

BLACKSHEEP

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

123.00 ft ✦ 8 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$85,000 per week

St Barths motor yachts from $90,000 a week

Our Pick

NEVER ENOUGH

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

140.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$110,000 per week

SWEET CAROLINE II

Bahamas, USA – Florida East Coast

165.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 7 cabins

$199,000 per week

MAMMA MIA

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

120.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$95,000 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

SWEET ESCAPE

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

130.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 6 cabins

$115,000 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

REAL SUMMERTIME

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

120.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$99,000 per week

SEASCAPE V

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

145.00 ft ✦ 10 pax ✦ 5 cabins

$152,500 per 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

Our Pick

SOUTH

Bahamas, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

180.00 ft ✦ 12 pax ✦ 6 cabins

$320,000 per week

Sailing yachts

A small category, and not the cheap one

Unusually, monohulls here are not the budget option. It is a small fleet and it skews to large classic and performance yachts rather than modest cruisers, so the median lands near $46,000 — above the catamarans. If you want a monohull for the sailing rather than the space, tell us and we will look at the smaller end of it.

JERSEY GIRL

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards, USA – New England

65.00 ft ✦ 4 pax ✦ 2 cabins

$24,000 per week

WHISPER

USA – New England, Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards

116.30 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$75,000 per week

THE DOVE

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards

54.00 ft ✦ 4 pax ✦ 2 cabins

$10,800 per week

OPTIMIST

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards

78.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$48,000 per week

ELVIS MAGIC

French Polynesia, Galapagos

66.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$25,000 per week

ABIDE

Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards

138.00 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$90,000 per week

SEA PEARL

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

56.00 ft ✦ 4 pax ✦ 2 cabins

$12,000 per week

LADY 8

French Polynesia

96.72 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 4 cabins

$52,000 per week

CIRRUS

USA – New England

68.60 ft ✦ 6 pax ✦ 3 cabins

$29,500 per week

ARABELLA

USA – New England, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US/BVI), Caribbean Leewards, Caribbean Windwards, Caribbean Virgin Islands (US), Caribbean Virgin Islands (BVI)

157.00 ft ✦ 36 pax ✦ 18 cabins

$125,000 per week

Season

When it costs less, and when it costs most

St Barths has the sharpest season of any destination we broker. The Christmas and New Year weeks are the most expensive of the year anywhere in the Caribbean, quoted separately from the normal high season, booked a year or more ahead and often carrying minimum stays. January to April is high season proper. Late April, May and early December are the value weeks, with the same weather and a fraction of the crowd. The biggest single lever on price, though, is not the week but how many of you sail: a four-cabin catamaran costs the same for six people as for twelve, so filling the cabins can halve the per-person figure. Tell us the budget and the number of people rather than the boat.

St Barths Yacht Charter Prices: common questions

A crewed sailing catamaran runs a median of about $32,000 a week, a power catamaran $67,000 and a motor yacht $85,000. Sailing monohulls are a small and comparatively expensive category here at around $46,000. Whether those figures include your food, drink and fuel depends on the individual boat — see below.

Sometimes, and that is exactly the problem. The Leewards are the one cruising ground where both pricing models are common: a little over half the yachts are all-inclusive or nearly so, and the rest are quoted plus expenses, with an APA of 30 to 35% added on top. Two boats at the same headline rate can therefore differ by half again in what you actually pay. Always ask which model a quote uses; we state it on every proposal.

Christmas and New Year, by a wide margin — those two weeks are priced separately from the rest of high season, booked a year or more ahead and frequently carry minimum stays. January through April is high season. Late April, May and early December give the same weather for noticeably less.

The fleet that serves St Barths is the Leeward Islands fleet, based mainly in Sint Maarten and Antigua, and it cruises the whole chain — St Barths, Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda. A St Barths week usually means boarding on a neighbouring island or having the yacht meet you, and the prices on this page are the prices of that fleet.

On the charter fee itself, barely — the catamaran medians are close. The difference shows up around the charter: berthing in Gustavia in season, restaurants ashore, and the Christmas and New Year premium, which is steeper here than anywhere else in the Caribbean. If the budget is the binding constraint and the island is not, ask us to quote the Virgin Islands alongside.

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