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.
Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands · 8 nm · 45 min · Reef and rum
An easy day. Forty-five minutes to Cooper Island, snorkel Cistern Point with the turtles, lunch on board, and the Cooper Island Beach Club in the afternoon with its rum bar, its microbrewery and its coffee shop. Nothing else to do, which is the point.
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands · 12 nm · 1 h · The Baths early, the North Sound for the night
Leave at first light so the Baths are yours before the day boats: granite boulders the size of houses, grottoes and pools between them, the trail through to Devil's Bay. Then round to the North Sound, a lagoon ringed by islands, for the afternoon on the toys and the night at Saba Rock or the Bitter End.
Anegada, British Virgin Islands · 14 nm · 1.5 h · Lobster on the beach
The only coral island in the Virgins, flat and ringed by reef, an hour and a half north. Loblolly Bay and Cow Wreck Beach for the day, the flamingos in the salt ponds, and the Anegada lobster grilled on the beach at sunset at one of the shacks on the point. Book the lobster before lunch; they go.
Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands · 30 nm · 3 h · The Soggy Dollar and Foxy's
The longest leg of the week, three hours west across the top of Tortola with the toys out at the lunch stop. White Bay on Jost Van Dyke is the beach bar everyone has heard of: swim ashore to the Soggy Dollar for a Painkiller, which is how it got its name. Foxy's in Great Harbour for the evening.
St John, US Virgin Islands · 5 nm · 30 min · Back into the US, the last park bay
Half an hour back across the channel to clear into the US, then Maho Bay for the last day: turtles in the seagrass, the calmest water of the week, and the farewell dinner on deck with the park dark around you.
St Thomas, US Virgin Islands · 12 nm · 1 h · Disembark
An hour back to Charlotte Amalie after breakfast. The airport is fifteen minutes away, with direct flights across the US.
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 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
YOLO
Sunreef Yachts · 22m · 2022
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€59k – 70k
ENCORE
Sunreef Yachts · 18m · 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
$56k – 62k
Just Enough
43m · 2012, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
$119k – 139k
ENTRE 4
Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2024
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$100k – 125k
IL MIO CANTO LIBERO
Nautor's Swan · 32m · 2014, refit 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€85k – 102k
MINE GAMES
Benetti · 50m · 2023
10 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
$330k – 350k
NEVER ENOUGH
Feadship · 43m · 1992, refit 2019
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
$110k – 127k
MAGIC MOMENTS 3
Fountaine Pajot · 24m · 2026
10 guests | 5 cabins | 4 crew
$96k – 125k
SHADES OF GREY
Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2024
9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
€70k – 100k
VALINOR
Lagoon · 17m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
€27k – 31k
LOOMA
Fountaine Pajot · 20m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
$34k – 65k
HOUBARA
Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2012, refit 2026
7 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
€34k – 45k
ELVIS MAGIC
Oyster Marine · 20m · 2003, refit 2025
6 guests | 3 cabins | 2 crew
$25k – 26k
RAY
Sunreef Yachts · 22m · 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
€70k – 77k
ALEXA OF LONDON
38m · 1992, refit 2025
9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
€65k – 70k
KASKAZI FOUR
Lagoon · 19m · 2016, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€23k – 30k
Chakra
Devonport · 86m · 1998, refit 2025
24 guests | 19 cabins | 30 crew
€495k
UTOPIA IV
Rossinavi · 63m · 2018, refit 2022
12 guests | 6 cabins | 12 crew
$475k – 505k
QARA
Horizon · 25m · 2001, refit 2023
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
$37k – 42k
TANZANITE
Westship · 44m · 2004, refit 2023
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
$145k – 160k
REVE BLEU
Lagoon · 21m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€45k – 60k
CROSSED SABRE
Burger · 44m · 2006, refit 2021
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
$175k – 195k
Southern Belle
Johnson · 27m · 2006
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$54k – 59k
SIETE MARES
Lagoon · 24m · 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€65k – 69k
EVEXIAS I
Custom Line · 33m · 2024
8 guests | 5 cabins | 5 crew
$120k – 130k
NORTHERN STAR
Hinckley · 23m · 1993, refit 2022
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
$52k – 60k
ARKTOS
Lagoon · 24m · 2026
9 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€70k – 96k
SWEET CAROLINE II
Trinity Yachts · 50m · 2009, refit 2021
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
$19k – 230k
The Peddler
Custom Line · 26m · 2019
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$69k – 74k
CALYPSO
Feadship · 38m · 1978, refit 2025
11 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
$120k – 135k
OCEAN CLUB
Trinity Yachts · 49m · 2009, refit 2025
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
$195k – 250k
LE PONANT
Société Française de Construction Navale (SFCN) · 84m · 1990, refit 2022
32 guests | 16 cabins | 34 crew
€540k
REVA NUI
Lagoon · 24m · 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€60k – 83k
TOP FIVE II
Royal Hakvoort · 61m · 2021
12 guests | 7 cabins | 19 crew
$600k – 650k
Vivi
Sunreef Yachts · 18m · 2024
8 guests | 3 crew
$53k – 58k
VAGATOR
Fountaine Pajot · 20m · 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
€38k – 57k
WHISPER
Holland Jachtbouw · 35m · 2003, refit 2019
6 guests | 3 cabins | 5 crew
Price on request
Aurelius 111
DUTCH YACHT BUILDERS · 34m · 2011, refit 2023
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
Price on request
SEA BLISS
Sunreef Yachts · 23m · 2024
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
€63k – 70k
BETH ANN
Westport · 34m · 2012, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
$65k – 75k
MISS CHRISTINE
Trinity Yachts · 48m · 2006, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
$165k – 190k
Lady Joy
Christensen · 48m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
$199k – 225k
FRENCH WEST
Lagoon · 24m · 2020
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
$55k – 72k
OKINAWA
Fountaine Pajot · 18m · 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 3 crew
$29k – 63k
BELLA
Feadship · 45m · 2008, refit 2014
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
€245k – 255k
GRAND ILLUSION
Palmer Johnson · 44m · 1994, refit 2017
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
$115k – 125k
PERSEVERANCE 1
Baltic · 40m · 2021, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 6 crew
€100k – 110k
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.
