St Maarten to Grenada · 14 nights · Simpson Bay, St Maarten to St George's, Grenada
St Maarten to Grenada, all the way down: St Barths, Nevis and St Kitts, Barbuda and Antigua, the French islands, Dominica, the Pitons and the Grenadines.
St Barths, northern Leewards · 16 nm · 1.5 h · Board, and straight across
Board in Simpson Bay and cross to St Barths in ninety minutes. The quiet north-west corner for the first night: no road, no building, turtles under the boat.
St Barths, northern Leewards · 2 nm · 15 min · Gustavia and the beach clubs
Into Gustavia for the day and the night. Lunch at Nao, Shellona or La Guérite, the boutiques, a swim at Shell Beach, dinner at Bonito and the DJ night if it falls on a weekend.
The idea of the week
The two weeks that make the Caribbean make sense. Start in St Maarten and run the whole chain south one way: St Barths for the glamour, St Kitts and Nevis for the green quiet, Barbuda for lunch at Nobu and Antigua for the dockyard, then the French islands and Dominica as the bridge, the Pitons, the Grenadines, and Grenada to finish. Fourteen nights, about 485 miles, and never the same anchorage twice.
Be honest with yourselves about the middle. Nights ten to twelve, from Dominica down to Bequia, are three days in a row with five or six hours at sea each: the mornings are on passage, the afternoons and evenings are the islands. Everything either side is a few hours. Superyacht charters start on any day of the week, so the route stands on its own. If you want the crowd and the DJs in St Barths, we line your dates up so those two nights fall on a Friday and Saturday. Legs are approximate, at a steady ten knots, and the captain adjusts them for the weather on the day.
What the week costs
The yacht's published weekly rate, plus an Advance Provisioning Allowance, customarily 30 to 40 percent, for fuel, food, drink and berths, plus local VAT where it applies. Every listing shows its rate.
How charter pricing worksAlso on this coast
Everything we know about Caribbean: when to go, where the fleet is and the other weeks we have planned.
Open CaribbeanWoven into the week
The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.
The beach picnicThe crew land a table, chairs, umbrellas and a kitchen on a beach with nobody else on it and cook lunch there. Anguilla is the best place in the Caribbean for one; the crew will find the others.
A themed day or night on board, at least oneThe Caribbean is about the boat, so we plan at least one themed day or night. Tell us the idea before the charter and the crew have the costumes and decorations ready: pirate night is the classic.
Reefs off almost every anchorage, a dive instructor on most yachts, and gear for everyone. The Tobago Cays, Anegada's Horseshoe Reef and the Indians in the BVI are the ones people talk about afterwards.
Seabobs, paddleboards, wakeboards, the slide if the yacht has one. In the Caribbean the water is the point, and the crew have them in by the time breakfast is cleared.
Lunch on Princess Diana Beach, booked with the charter.
No problem. Most of the islands have a small airstrip and propeller planes run back to the gateway airport, so a mid-charter changeover is a short flight rather than the boat turning round.
A heli pick-up from the yacht for a day on another island, or the flight in from the gateway airport instead of the first cruise. We arrange it and the pilot meets you on the quay.
Yachts
Live from our charter list, in a different order every visit so you see the range. Every rate is the real weekly figure from the listing.
CORAL OCEAN
Lürssen · 73m · 1994, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 28 crew
€650k – 790k
SLIPSTREAM
CMN · 60m · 2009
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
€350k – 455k
BATELLO
Oceanco · 80m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 9 cabins | 26 crew
€735k – 850k
AKULA
Baglietto · 52m · 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
US$325k – 350k
LAUREL
Delta Marine · 73m · 2006, refit 2014
12 guests | 7 cabins | 24 crew
€525k
SYCARA V
Nobiskrug · 68m · 2010, refit 2024
12 guests | 7 cabins | 16 crew
US$650k
OCULUS
Numarine · 37m · 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 7 crew
US$180k – 210k
REMEMBER WHEN
Christensen · 49m · 2011, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 10 crew
US$230k – 260k
Katana
Westport · 26m · 2012
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$48k – 54k
CARPE DIEM
Trinity Yachts · 58m · 2011, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
€294k – 375k
SEVEN SINS
Sanlorenzo · 52m · 2017
10 guests | 5 cabins | 11 crew
US$300k – 315k
NORTH STAR
Sunrise Yachts · 63m · 2019, refit 2021
12 guests | 6 cabins | 16 crew
€430k
JOY
Feadship · 70m · 2016
12 guests | 7 cabins | 19 crew
€650k – 780k
NAILED IT
Viking Yachts · 25m · 2017, refit 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$55k
KOJU
Benetti · 37m · 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$160k – 175k
SYNTHESIS
Amels · 74m · 2021, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 19 crew
US$830k – 930k
ARTHURS WAY
Benetti · 44m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$150k – 165k
JODI ANN
Benetti · 43m · 2019, refit 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$199k – 228k
ILLUSION
Heesen · 65m · 2013, refit 2019
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
Price on request
CynderElla
Hargrave · 35m · 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$125k – 145k
DIRT POOR
Trinity Yachts · 49m · 2007, refit 2026
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$195k – 225k
LES CINQ
Feadship · 76m · 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 21 crew
€825k – 930k
HOLDIN' MY OWN
Turquoise · 55m · 2011, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
€350k – 390k
SPIRIT
Amels · 54m · 2011, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 14 crew
€295k – 325k
LAURENTIA
Heesen · 55m · 2017
12 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
Price on request
NEFESH
Lagoon · 23m · 2022
6 guests | 3 cabins | 4 crew
€49k – 69k
VICTORIA DEL MAR
Delta Marine · 50m · 2006, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
€245k – 270k
ATLAS
Lurssen · 74m · 2007, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 19 crew
US$950k
MAVERICK
Mangusta (Overmarine) · 50m · 2022
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
US$295k – 320k
ALTA
Palmer Johnson · 44m · 2004, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€185k – 220k
ODESSA
Christensen · 49m · 2009, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
US$250k – 275k
MUCHOS MAS
Crescent Yachts · 44m · 2016, refit 2025
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$198k – 238k
SIREN
Nobiskrug · 74m · 2008, refit 2018
12 guests | 6 cabins | 18 crew
€500k – 580k
BATON ROUGE
Icon · 63m · 2010, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 18 crew
€455k – 500k
NORMA JEAN
Palmer Johnson · 46m · 2009, refit 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$160k – 180k
AS YOU WISH
Westport · 50m · 2011, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
US$252k – 277k
SURINA
Trident · 45m · 2000, refit 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$148k – 168k
ADASTRA
Moonen · 37m · 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$168k – 182k
TITANIA
Lurssen · 73m · 2006, refit 2018
12 guests | 7 cabins | 21 crew
€660k – 760k
SEA CLASS
Christensen · 47m · 1997, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 10 crew
US$190k – 230k
AVALON
Delta Marine · 46m · 2009, refit 2024
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$185k – 230k
DEJA TOO
Amels · 52m · 2003, refit 2025
11 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
€259k – 280k
LA LA LAND
Sanlorenzo · 44m · 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
€325k – 390k
BLU
Breaux Bay · 38m · 1979, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 6 crew
US$95k – 115k
AWAY
Sanlorenzo · 37m · 2009, refit 2023
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$120k – 145k
MOUSEA
Sunseeker · 40m · 2016, refit 2026
10 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€169k – 187k
HEMISPHERE
Pendennis · 44m · 2011, refit 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
US$260k – 280k
BARBARA
Oceanco · 89m · 2017
12 guests | 8 cabins | 27 crew
Price on request
48 yachts in rotation. The order changes with every visit so no boat is always last.
The other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.
