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
CROSSED SABRE
Burger · 44m · 2006, refit 2021
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
US$175k – 195k
FRENCH WEST
Lagoon · 24m · 2020
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$55k – 72k
ELVIS MAGIC
Oyster Marine · 20m · 2003, refit 2025
6 guests | 3 cabins | 2 crew
US$175k – 288k
NO SHORTCUTS
Westport · 34m · 2006, refit 2022
8 guests | 4 cabins | 6 crew
US$65k – 75k
REVE BLEU
Lagoon · 21m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
US$55k – 72k
MISS CHRISTINE
Trinity Yachts · 48m · 2006, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$165k – 190k
SCOTT FREE
Abeking & Rasmussen · 60m · 2009, refit 2022
12 guests | 6 cabins | 16 crew
€420k – 450k
SEA AXIS
Heesen · 38m · 1988, refit 2026
12 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$105k – 135k
BLACKSHEEP
Palmer Johnson · 38m · 2009, refit 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 6 crew
US$85k – 95k
QARA
Horizon · 25m · 2001, refit 2023
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
US$37k – 42k
HUNTRESS
Lurssen · 76m · 2009, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 22 crew
US$695k – 775k
PAPER MOON
Benetti · 44m · 2026
10 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
US$240k – 260k
HOUBARA
Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2012, refit 2026
7 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
€34k – 45k
BELLA
Feadship · 45m · 2008, refit 2014
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
€245k – 255k
NAMASTE
Benetti · 37m · 2013, refit 2023
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$105k – 135k
LOOMA
Fountaine Pajot · 20m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$48k – 65k
SHADES OF GREY
Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2024
9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
€70k – 80k
KEFI
Christensen · 46m · 2005, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
US$175k – 195k
PARSIFAL III
Perini Navi · 54m · 2005, refit 2024
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€245k
NORTHERN STAR
Hinckley · 23m · 1993, refit 2022
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
US$52k – 60k
SOVEREIGN
Burger · 30m · 1966, refit 2020
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$48k – 50k
Q
Alloy Yachts · 52m · 2008, refit 2024
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€255k
Chakra
Devonport · 86m · 1998, refit 2025
24 guests | 19 cabins | 30 crew
€495k
NO SURRENDER
Custom Line · 37m · 2022
11 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$140k – 155k
REVERIE
Feadship · 50m · 2000, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 12 crew
US$255k – 295k
NEVER ENOUGH
Feadship · 43m · 1992, refit 2019
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$110k – 127k
SEASCAPE V
Benetti · 44m · 2005, refit 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$153k – 180k
CHRISTINA O
Canadian Vickers · 99m · 1943, refit 2022
34 guests | 17 cabins | 40 crew
€700k – 740k
LE PONANT
Société Française de Construction Navale (SFCN) · 84m · 1990, refit 2022
32 guests | 16 cabins | 34 crew
€540k
ST DAVID
Benetti · 60m · 2008, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
€340k – 360k
FRIENDSHIP
Oceanco · 53m · 2000, refit 2022
12 guests | 6 cabins | 12 crew
€245k – 265k
The Peddler
Custom Line · 26m · 2019
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
US$69k – 74k
BEACHFRONT
Hargrave · 33m · 2006, refit 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 5 crew
US$65k – 90k
UNBRIDLED
Crescent · 35m · 1995, refit 2024
8 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
US$65k – 75k
SPIRIT OF THE C'S
Perini Navi · 64m · 2003, refit 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 13 crew
€210k – 230k
Louder
Horizon · 27m · 2020, refit 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
US$85k – 95k
YKNOT NOW
YYachts · 23m · 2020
6 guests | 3 cabins | 2 crew
€24k – 34k
ARAOK
Fountaine Pajot · 18m · 2018, refit 2024
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
€25k – 29k
Lady Joy
Christensen · 48m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
US$199k – 225k
YOLO
Sunreef Yachts · 22m · 2022
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€59k – 70k
NO BAD IDEAS
Trinity Yachts · 49m · 2000, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
US$225k – 250k
ESCAPE
Hatteras · 35m · 1995, refit 2023
9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
US$55k – 65k
LUCKY LADY
Oceanco · 63m · 2002, refit 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 15 crew
€310k – 355k
WHISPER
Holland Jachtbouw · 35m · 2003, refit 2019
6 guests | 3 cabins | 5 crew
Price on request
Just Enough
43m · 2012, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$119k – 139k
SOUTH
Heesen · 55m · 2012
12 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
US$320k – 350k
Avanti
Privilege · 22m · 2005, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
US$51k – 55k
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.
