From St Thomas · 7 nights · Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas to Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas
From St Thomas: St John's park, the Caves at Norman Island, the Baths, Anegada's lobster and the Soggy Dollar. The first charter we recommend to most families.
St John, US Virgin Islands · 9 nm · 1 h · Board, then into the national park
Board in Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, and be at anchor off St John within the hour. Two thirds of the island is national park and the north-shore bays, Caneel, Hawksnest, Trunk and Francis, are the calmest first night in the Caribbean. Swim, snorkel the reef off the bow, dinner on board.
Norman Island, British Virgin Islands · 11 nm · 1 h · Clear in, then the Caves and the Indians
Across to Soper's Hole to clear into the BVI, then round to Norman Island, the one Stevenson is said to have had in mind for Treasure Island. Snorkel the Caves at Treasure Point and the Indians, four rock pinnacles with the best fish life in the islands. The Bight for the night, with the Willy T floating bar if the group is that sort of group.
The idea of the week
Line-of-sight islands, a calm channel between them and a different beach bar every night. The Virgin Islands are the first charter we recommend to most families and to anyone who has never chartered before, and a full week without repeating an anchorage. Fly into St Thomas on a direct US flight, board in Charlotte Amalie, and loop through the British islands and back: St John's national park, the Caves at Norman Island, Cooper Island's rum bar, the Baths and the North Sound on Virgin Gorda, Anegada for the lobster and Jost Van Dyke for the Soggy Dollar.
Every leg is an hour or two except the run from Anegada to Jost, which is three. British and US together: the border is a formality on a yacht and the crew handle it. 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 British Virgin Islands: when to go, where the fleet is and the other weeks we have planned.
Open British Virgin IslandsWoven into the week
The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.
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.
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.
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.
The Soggy Dollar, Foxy's, the Willy T, Cooper Island's rum bar, Saba Rock. The Virgins invented the yacht beach bar and the crew know which night is which.
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.
For guests flying on to Antigua or San Juan, the week can end at Road Town on Tortola rather than returning to St Thomas. Same islands, one less leg.
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
HEMISPHERE
Pendennis · 44m · 2011, refit 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
US$260k – 280k
AS YOU WISH
Westport · 50m · 2011, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
US$252k – 277k
ATLAS
Lurssen · 74m · 2007, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 19 crew
US$950k
SEVEN SINS
Sanlorenzo · 52m · 2017
10 guests | 5 cabins | 11 crew
US$300k – 315k
LAUREL
Delta Marine · 73m · 2006, refit 2014
12 guests | 7 cabins | 24 crew
€525k
BLU
Breaux Bay · 38m · 1979, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 6 crew
US$95k – 115k
NAILED IT
Viking Yachts · 25m · 2017, refit 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$55k
DEJA TOO
Amels · 52m · 2003, refit 2025
11 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
€259k – 280k
BARBARA
Oceanco · 89m · 2017
12 guests | 8 cabins | 27 crew
Price on request
BATON ROUGE
Icon · 63m · 2010, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 18 crew
€455k – 500k
ODESSA
Christensen · 49m · 2009, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
US$250k – 275k
SLIPSTREAM
CMN · 60m · 2009
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
€350k – 455k
NEFESH
Lagoon · 23m · 2022
6 guests | 3 cabins | 4 crew
€49k – 69k
MOUSEA
Sunseeker · 40m · 2016, refit 2026
10 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€169k – 187k
NORMA JEAN
Palmer Johnson · 46m · 2009, refit 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$160k – 180k
AWAY
Sanlorenzo · 37m · 2009, refit 2023
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$120k – 145k
ADASTRA
Moonen · 37m · 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$168k – 182k
SIREN
Nobiskrug · 74m · 2008, refit 2018
12 guests | 6 cabins | 18 crew
€500k – 580k
CARPE DIEM
Trinity Yachts · 58m · 2011, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
€294k – 375k
ILLUSION
Heesen · 65m · 2013, refit 2019
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
Price on request
OCULUS
Numarine · 37m · 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 7 crew
US$180k – 210k
MAVERICK
Mangusta (Overmarine) · 50m · 2022
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
US$295k – 320k
SYNTHESIS
Amels · 74m · 2021, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 19 crew
US$830k – 930k
HOLDIN' MY OWN
Turquoise · 55m · 2011, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
€350k – 390k
VICTORIA DEL MAR
Delta Marine · 50m · 2006, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
€245k – 270k
LAURENTIA
Heesen · 55m · 2017
12 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
Price on request
LA LA LAND
Sanlorenzo · 44m · 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
€325k – 390k
JODI ANN
Benetti · 43m · 2019, refit 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$199k – 228k
AVALON
Delta Marine · 46m · 2009, refit 2024
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$185k – 230k
BATELLO
Oceanco · 80m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 9 cabins | 26 crew
€735k – 850k
KOJU
Benetti · 37m · 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$160k – 175k
ALTA
Palmer Johnson · 44m · 2004, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€185k – 220k
AKULA
Baglietto · 52m · 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
US$325k – 350k
JOY
Feadship · 70m · 2016
12 guests | 7 cabins | 19 crew
€650k – 780k
CynderElla
Hargrave · 35m · 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$125k – 145k
REMEMBER WHEN
Christensen · 49m · 2011, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 10 crew
US$230k – 260k
SPIRIT
Amels · 54m · 2011, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 14 crew
€295k – 325k
SYCARA V
Nobiskrug · 68m · 2010, refit 2024
12 guests | 7 cabins | 16 crew
US$650k
MUCHOS MAS
Crescent Yachts · 44m · 2016, refit 2025
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$198k – 238k
Katana
Westport · 26m · 2012
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$48k – 54k
LES CINQ
Feadship · 76m · 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 21 crew
€825k – 930k
SEA CLASS
Christensen · 47m · 1997, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 10 crew
US$190k – 230k
ARTHURS WAY
Benetti · 44m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$150k – 165k
TITANIA
Lurssen · 73m · 2006, refit 2018
12 guests | 7 cabins | 21 crew
€660k – 760k
DIRT POOR
Trinity Yachts · 49m · 2007, refit 2026
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$195k – 225k
NORTH STAR
Sunrise Yachts · 63m · 2019, refit 2021
12 guests | 6 cabins | 16 crew
€430k
SURINA
Trident · 45m · 2000, refit 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$148k – 168k
48 yachts in rotation. The order changes with every visit so no boat is always last.
Make it two weeks
A week is one country. Two weeks reaches the neighbour across the water, and the crossing is part of the trip. Each of these joins onto this week; choose one and we send both weeks, day by day, as one plan.
The other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.
