Yacht charter and management
Yachts
The boat matters less than the crew, and the crew matters less than the brief they are given. We charter and manage yachts from thirty to ninety metres, and we spend the fortnight before every charter making sure the week on the water looks effortless.
Yachts
A charter is the most complicated thing we do and the one that pays back most when it is done properly. The variables are the boat, the crew, the itinerary, the season, the wind, the children, the guests who arrive on day three, the anchorage that is full by eleven, and the arithmetic of base rate, provisioning, VAT and gratuity. We have done it several hundred times.
We start with the people on board, not the boat. A family with small children needs stabilisers, a crew that likes children and a cruising ground with short hops. A group of friends needs a sundeck, a chef who can cook for twelve at one in the morning and a captain who knows where the good anchorages are on a Saturday in August. Then we find the boat.
Worth knowing
What we do
Yachts, in six parts
Charter
The boat and the crew for the week, from our fleet or the far larger market, with a brief on both that tells you what the brochure will not.
The brief
A two-page document on who is on board and how they like to live, written with you and given to the crew a fortnight before.
Itinerary
Anchorages, harbours, lunches ashore and the tender timed to them, planned around the wind and the season.
Provisioning
Cellar, kitchen, the children’s snacks and the guest who is vegan, stocked before you step aboard.
Arithmetic
Base rate, APA, VAT, gratuity and delivery, explained before you sign, with the tool on this site to start.
Management
Your own yacht run by the office: crew, refits, berths, compliance, charter marketing if you want it.
How it works
How yachts works
- 01BriefWho is on board, when, where, and how they want to live for the week. This decides everything else.
- 02ShortlistThree boats within 48 hours, with the crew profile, the itinerary sketch and the all-in arithmetic for each.
- 03ContractThe MYBA contract explained line by line, the APA set correctly, the VAT calculated for the itinerary.
- 04The weekThe crew briefed, the boat provisioned, the tables held, and the desk on the phone to the captain every day.
The fleet
Eight yachts, 28 to 62 metres
Representative of what the desk charters and manages, from a family’s first week on the water to an explorer that crosses oceans. Several hundred more are available through the market.
28 m
Serenity
Motor yacht, Palma
30 m
Solace
Motor yacht, Antibes
34 m
Serenade
Motor yacht, Monaco
38 m
Aurelia
Motor yacht, Genoa in summer, Antigua in winter
42 m
Aquamarine
Motor yacht, Athens in summer, Palma in spring
46 m
Oceanus
Motor yacht, Monaco in summer, St Barths in winter
55 m
Solstice
Motor yacht, Worldwide
62 m
Aeterna
Motor yacht, Antibes in summer, Antigua in winter
Questions people ask
The base rate, plus an advance provisioning allowance of 25 to 35 per cent for fuel, food, drink and berths, plus VAT depending on where you cruise, plus a crew gratuity of 10 to 15 per cent. So a boat listed at €100,000 a week costs about €165,000 in France in July. The charter estimator on this site does the arithmetic for any size.
The captain keeps a running account of every expense against the allowance and shows it to you at any time. What is not spent is returned; if the week runs over, the difference is settled at the end. We check the account before it reaches you.
Yes, every day. The itinerary is a plan for the weather and the mood, not a contract. The captain and the desk keep the tables and the anchorages moving with you.
Yes, at the end, through the captain, ten to fifteen per cent of the base rate depending on the week. It is customary and it is expected, and the tipping guide on this site shows the amounts.
Yes. We run crew, maintenance, refits, berths, insurance and compliance, and, if you want to offset the cost, charter marketing through the office to vetted guests.
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