Superyacht Toys: What a $119,000 Charter Week Actually Adds to the Toy Box
Superyacht toys by price: across 663 Caribbean crewed yachts, a $119,000 week carries the same median 5 toys as a $24,000 week. The money buys engines and crew.
Superyacht toys are the part of a charter brochure that gets photographed most and measured least, so we measured them. Across 663 active crewed charter yachts in the Caribbean and Bahamas, read on 29 September 2026, the median yacht carries 5 of the 21 toys tracked as equipment fields. That number is 5 in the cheapest quarter of the fleet, where a week runs $23,875 all in, and it’s 5 in the priciest quarter, where a week runs $119,340. Five times the money buys almost no additional equipment. It buys different equipment, and a great deal else.
This is the hub of a series on what Caribbean charter yachts really carry. The pillar counted the toys one by one, and found that what Caribbean charter yachts actually carry looks nothing like the superyacht round-ups. This piece asks the question those round-ups skip: what does paying more change? Every figure below comes from the equipment fields and toy descriptions the yachts themselves publish, and every one carries the number of yachts it was measured on.
How many toys does a superyacht really carry?
Vital Charters’ analysis of 663 active crewed charter yachts in the Caribbean and Bahamas, September 2026, finds the median yacht carries 5 of 21 tracked toys in every price quartile, from a $23,875 week to a $119,340 week. The average rises only from 4.8 toys to 5.6, so five times the budget adds less than one item.
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| Price quartile | Median week, all in | Median toys, of 21 | Average toys | Any engine-powered toy | Median length | Median crew | Median guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1, cheapest (160 yachts) | $23,875 | 5 | 4.8 | 3.8% | 50 ft | 2 | 6 |
| Q2 (160) | $37,000 | 5 | 4.9 | 12.5% | 57 ft | 2 | 8 |
| Q3 (160) | $59,987 | 5 | 5.2 | 30.6% | 69 ft | 3 | 8 |
| Q4, priciest (163) | $119,340 | 5 | 5.6 | 59.5% | 108 ft | 5 | 10 |
Toy counts are the number of the 21 structured equipment fields set to yes, among yachts reporting at least 15 of them. Engine-powered means at least one of SeaBob, jet ski or waverunner. As of 29 September 2026.
The trade uses “superyacht” for anything over about 24 metres. Draw that line at roughly 75 feet and 255 of the 663 yachts qualify, with 126 of them past 100 feet. Yachts that size carry a median of 4 toys in the 75 to 100 foot band and 5 above 100 feet. The fullest boxes in the fleet, a median of 6, sit at 60 to 75 feet, well below the superyacht line.
The spread inside each quartile is wider than the spread between them. A quarter of the cheapest yachts list 2 toys or fewer and a quarter list 7 or more; in the priciest quarter those figures are 2 and 9. Which end of that range you land on depends on the owner far more than on the rate.
What does a $119,000 week buy instead?
A bigger boat, more crew and a different hull. Between the cheapest and priciest quarters of the Caribbean crewed fleet, median length goes from 50 ft to 108 ft, median crew from 2 to 5, median guest berths from 6 to 10 and median cabins from 3 to 5. The share of sailing catamarans falls from 88.1% to 17.2% while motor yachts rise from 5.6% to 70.6%. Source: Vital Charters analysis of 643 priced crewed charter yachts, September 2026.
| Price quartile | Median week, all in | Median length | Median crew | Median guests | Median cabins | Sailing catamarans | Motor yachts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1, cheapest (160 yachts) | $23,875 | 50 ft | 2 | 6 | 3 | 88.1% | 5.6% |
| Q2 (160) | $37,000 | 57 ft | 2 | 8 | 4 | 64.4% | 21.9% |
| Q3 (160) | $59,987 | 69 ft | 3 | 8 | 4 | 46.9% | 40.0% |
| Q4, priciest (163) | $119,340 | 108 ft | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17.2% | 70.6% |
Crew counts rest on the 130 to 141 yachts per quartile that state one. As of 29 September 2026. Quartile rates come from the same dataset behind our 2026 fleet rate report.
Read that table left to right and the toys are the cheapest thing on it. Five crew are a payroll, and 58 extra feet of hull is where most of the rate goes. Our guide to charter cost by yacht size walks through what each length band charges and why.
So what does the extra $95,000 a week get you? Not a longer list of toys. It’s a bigger platform to use them from, a crew large enough that someone is always free to drive the tender, and the engine room to launch the heavy kit at all.
Which superyacht toys climb with price?
The engine-powered ones. Vital Charters’ analysis finds 59.5% of the priciest price quartile carries a SeaBob, jet ski or waverunner, against 3.8% of the cheapest. SeaBobs alone rise from 3.2% of the cheapest quarter to 54.2% of the priciest, a seventeenfold climb and the steepest of any toy tracked.
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| Toy | Q1 ($23,875) | Q2 ($37,000) | Q3 ($59,987) | Q4 ($119,340) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeaBob | 3.2% (5/158) | 5.6% (9/160) | 29.8% (45/151) | 54.2% (83/153) |
| Water skis | 10.6% (17/160) | 23.3% (37/159) | 39.9% (63/158) | 52.2% (82/157) |
| Wakeboard | 24.4% (39/160) | 47.5% (75/158) | 56.8% (88/155) | 58.7% (91/155) |
| Kids’ water skis | 3.8% (6/160) | 10.0% (16/160) | 16.9% (27/160) | 27.2% (44/162) |
| Jet ski | 0.6% (1/160) | 5.6% (9/160) | 6.4% (9/141) | 18.9% (24/127) |
| Waverunner | 0.0% (0/160) | 3.8% (6/160) | 2.0% (3/152) | 9.8% (13/133) |
| Any engine-powered toy | 3.8% | 12.5% | 30.6% | 59.5% |
| eFoil (mentions, floor) | 5.6% (9/160) | 23.8% (38/160) | 42.5% (68/160) | 39.9% (65/163) |
| Waterslide (mentions, floor) | 0.0% (0/160) | 1.9% (3/160) | 1.9% (3/160) | 12.3% (20/163) |
Median all-in weekly rate shown per quartile. “Any engine-powered toy” counts yachts carrying at least one of SeaBob, jet ski or waverunner.
Three of these need a crane, a davit or a transom garage, and the fourth needs a tender with real horsepower behind it. That’s why they track price: they track the size of the boat. Water skis and wakeboards climb steeply between the first and third quartiles and then flatten. The tender figures further down show why.
Kids’ water skis climb faster in proportion than adult ones, from 3.8% to 27.2%, a sevenfold rise. Families with children book bigger yachts for the cabins, and the toy locker follows the family. If that’s your group, our guide to chartering with kids covers which of these toys each age will use.
The eFoil is the one powered item that doesn’t keep climbing. Mentions rise from 5.6% of the cheapest quarter to 42.5% of the third, then dip to 39.9% at the top. It’s more a catamaran toy than a motor yacht one, and we traced how the eFoil reached the charter fleet in its own piece.
Which toys run the other way?
The hand-launched ones. Hammocks sit on 26.1% of the cheapest quarter of the fleet and 7.4% of the priciest. Subwing mentions fall from 15.6% to 2.5%, floating dock mentions from 35.6% to 13.5%, and floating mats from 53.0% to 38.2%. Sea scooters peak in the second quartile at 38.1% and drop to 15.9% at the top. Source: Vital Charters analysis of 663 active crewed charter yachts, September 2026.
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| Toy | Q1 ($23,875) | Q2 ($37,000) | Q3 ($59,987) | Q4 ($119,340) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floating mats | 53.0% (79/149) | 63.3% (95/150) | 47.4% (74/156) | 38.2% (60/157) |
| Floating dock (mentions, floor) | 35.6% (57/160) | 42.5% (68/160) | 23.8% (38/160) | 13.5% (22/163) |
| Sea scooter | 26.7% (40/150) | 38.1% (51/134) | 28.5% (43/151) | 15.9% (25/157) |
| Hammock | 26.1% (41/157) | 14.4% (23/160) | 9.6% (15/157) | 7.4% (12/162) |
| Subwing (mentions, floor) | 15.6% (25/160) | 16.2% (26/160) | 7.5% (12/160) | 2.5% (4/163) |
| Kiteboarding | 4.4% (7/160) | 1.9% (3/160) | 1.9% (3/157) | 0.6% (1/161) |
| Board games | 59.4% (92/155) | 48.1% (74/154) | 40.9% (65/159) | 36.4% (59/162) |
Median all-in weekly rate shown per quartile. As of 29 September 2026.
None of this is a thinner box. It’s a different one. Count the self-launched items (sea scooters, snorkel gear, floating mats, hammocks, kiteboards and windsurfers) and the cheapest quarter averages 1.6 of them per yacht against 1.2 in the priciest. Add the engine-powered and towed items and the totals meet in the middle, which is why the overall count sits at 5 all the way up.
The two ends of the fleet barely overlap. A yacht that carries a SeaBob is about half as likely as chance to carry a sea scooter or a hammock, and a yacht with a sea scooter is well under half as likely as chance to carry a jet ski. These are two toy boxes, one built around engines and one around muscle, and most yachts hold one or the other rather than both.
That split is mostly the hull. Sailing catamarans, 88% of the cheapest quarter, have the deck space and the swim platforms for hand-launched kit and nowhere to stow a jet ski. Motor yachts, 71% of the priciest quarter, have the garage and the crane. Our comparison of sailing and power catamarans shows the same pattern inside the catamaran fleet, in miniature.
Which toys don’t care about money at all?
Paddleboards, snorkel gear and towable tubes. Vital Charters’ analysis of 663 Caribbean crewed charter yachts, September 2026, finds paddleboards aboard 76.9% of the cheapest price quartile and 73.0% of the priciest, snorkel gear on 73.8% and 70.1%, and towable tubes on 44.9% and 51.6%. These are the items you can assume at any budget.
| Toy | Q1 ($23,875) | Q2 ($37,000) | Q3 ($59,987) | Q4 ($119,340) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddleboards | 76.9% | 75.6% | 71.2% | 73.0% |
| Snorkel gear | 73.8% | 69.5% | 69.5% | 70.1% |
| Towable tube | 44.9% | 52.6% | 53.4% | 51.6% |
| Kneeboard | 16.2% | 21.5% | 22.5% | 21.5% |
As of 29 September 2026. Paddleboards are recorded as a count rather than a yes or no, so the figure is the share of all 663 yachts stating at least one.
What’s striking is how flat these are. Paddleboards hold inside a six-point band across a fivefold price range. They’re the only toy that neither price nor length predicts, and they’re the closest thing the fleet has to standard equipment. Diving off the yacht is the same story, and price does not predict it either, as our look at how the Caribbean fleet handles scuba found.
What the money doesn’t buy is more of them. Among the 316 yachts that state a number of paddleboards, 267 say exactly two, and that answer is as common on a 100-foot motor yacht as on a 50-foot catamaran. Ten guests and two boards is a queue at any price, so ask for the count rather than the tick box.
Is it the price or the size of the yacht?
Size, and the tender that comes with it. Vital Charters’ analysis of 663 Caribbean crewed charter yachts, September 2026, finds no jet ski on any of the 66 yachts under 50 feet, jet skis on 1.4% of 50 to 60 footers and on 19.3% of yachts over 100 feet. Waterslide mentions appear on 17.5% of yachts over 100 feet and on 1% or less of every smaller band.
| Toy | Under 50 ft (66) | 50-60 ft (213) | 60-75 ft (129) | 75-100 ft (129) | 100 ft and over (126) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet ski | 0.0% | 1.4% | 5.6% | 16.7% | 19.3% |
| SeaBob | 1.5% | 5.2% | 20.3% | 43.5% | 45.8% |
| Waverunner | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 7.1% | 12.4% |
| Waterslide (mentions, floor) | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 17.5% |
| Sea scooter | 26.6% | 35.5% | 31.5% | 21.6% | 12.8% |
| Hammock | 30.8% | 17.5% | 16.4% | 8.8% | 4.0% |
| Subwing (mentions, floor) | 16.7% | 18.8% | 10.1% | 3.1% | 0.0% |
| Paddleboards | 77.3% | 74.2% | 78.3% | 69.8% | 72.2% |
| Median toys carried, of 21 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
As of 29 September 2026. Yacht count per band in brackets.
Price and length move together, so the two tables tell one story. But which one is doing the work? Length. A jet ski weighs as much as four adults and has to be lifted aboard, so under 50 feet there simply isn’t one. A waterslide needs a deck high enough to slide from, which is why it appears almost only above 100 feet. The Subwing runs the other way, from 16.7% of the smallest band to zero above 100 feet, because it’s towed at snorkelling speed behind a light tender.
The tender is the hidden variable in all of this. Among the 370 yachts that state their tender’s horsepower, the median runs from 25 hp in the smallest quarter to 150 hp in the largest. Water skis go from 8.7% of yachts with the smallest tenders to 68.5% with the largest, and wakeboards from 21.7% to 78.7%. Ask what the tender is before you ask what’s in the locker.
Hull type explains the rest. Sailing catamarans carry a median of 6 toys and motor yachts a median of 3, on 356 and 229 yachts respectively. Motor yachts carry the heavy powered kit, and less of everything else. If a full locker is the goal rather than a single headline item, a crewed catamaran is the better bet at almost any budget.
How many guests can a superyacht charter carry?
Twelve at most, almost without exception. Vital Charters’ analysis of 663 active crewed charter yachts in the Caribbean and Bahamas, September 2026, finds 99.5% sleep 12 guests or fewer, the median is 8, and 40.6% sleep exactly 8. Only three yachts in the fleet exceed 12. The priciest quarter’s median is 10, so five times the money buys four more berths, not forty.
| Price quartile | Median guests | Middle half of yachts | Sleep 12 or fewer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1, cheapest | 6 | 6 to 8 | 100% |
| Q2 | 8 | 6 to 9 | 100% |
| Q3 | 8 | 8 to 9 | 99.4% |
| Q4, priciest | 10 | 8 to 11 | 98.8% |
As of 29 September 2026. Guest counts are the berths each yacht states, 663 of 663 reporting.
The ceiling is regulatory rather than stylistic. A yacht carrying more than 12 guests overnight falls under a far heavier certification regime, so nearly every charter yacht is built and certified to stop at 12. We explain the 12 person yacht rule in full elsewhere, including what it means for a group of 14.
For the toy box, the useful number is the fleet’s most common berth count: 8. A yacht with eight guests, two paddleboards and one SeaBob has a rota problem, not an equipment problem. A SeaBob carries one rider at a time, and so does a jet ski. If your group is at the top of a yacht’s capacity, the count of each toy is what decides whether people wait. Our guide to choosing the right yacht size for your group covers the berth question in detail, including what a party past 12 does about it.
How to use this when you’re booking
Say the toy first and let the price band follow. Across the Caribbean crewed fleet the median yacht carries 5 toys at every price, so a bigger budget is not the way to get a longer list. It’s the way to get a particular kind of list, and knowing which kind you want saves a lot of brochure reading.
If it has to be a SeaBob or a jet ski, budget from $60,000 a week. Nine in ten SeaBob yachts sit in the top two price quartiles, and jet skis don’t appear at all under 50 feet. That’s a size signal and a price signal at once, and it points at a motor yacht.
If you want to live in the water, look at the cheaper half of the fleet, not the dearer. Sea scooters, floating docks, Subwings and hammocks are all more common below $40,000 a week than above $100,000. A sailing catamaran between 55 and 75 feet usually carries the fullest box of hand-launched kit going.
Ask for counts, not ticks. Two paddleboards is the fleet’s standard answer at every price. Ask how many, how many sea scooters, and how many people the tender takes for skiing.
Ask about the tender before the toys. Everything towed depends on it. A 25 hp tender pulls a tube; a 150 hp tender pulls a slalom skier, and the yachts with the biggest tenders carry water skis eight times as often as the yachts with the smallest.
If you’re weighing up a first charter, the first-timer’s guide covers the rest of the questions to ask, and our breakdown of charter rates and APA explains what the all-in figure above actually includes. Or tell us what your group wants to do all week. You can browse crewed yachts at Vital Charters or get in touch directly, and we’ll match the boat to the activity rather than the other way round.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do more expensive yachts have more water toys?
Not in number. Across 663 Caribbean crewed charter yachts, the median carries 5 of 21 tracked toys in every price quartile, and the average rises only from 4.8 to 5.6 between a $23,875 week and a $119,340 week. What changes is the kind: engine-powered toys climb from 3.8% of the cheapest quarter to 59.5% of the priciest. Source: Vital Charters analysis, September 2026.
What toys come with a superyacht charter?
On the 126 Caribbean crewed yachts over 100 feet, the staples come first: snorkel gear (73.3%), paddleboards (72.2%), wakeboards (56.7%), towable tubes (51.6%) and water skis (50.4%). Then the engine-powered kit: SeaBobs (45.8%), jet skis (19.3%) and waterslide mentions (17.5%), which appear almost nowhere below 100 feet. Hand-launched items are rarer up here, with sea scooters on 12.8% and hammocks on 4.0%. Source: Vital Charters analysis, September 2026.
How much does it cost to charter a yacht with a SeaBob?
Usually $60,000 a week or more, all in. Of the 142 priced Caribbean crewed yachts that list a SeaBob, 128 sit in the top two price quartiles, where the median week runs $59,987 and $119,340 respectively. Only 14 sit in the cheaper half of the fleet. Source: Vital Charters analysis of 643 priced crewed charter yachts, September 2026.
Do superyachts have jet skis?
Some do, and size decides it. Jet skis appear on 19.3% of Caribbean crewed yachts over 100 feet and 16.7% of those between 75 and 100 feet, against 1.4% of 50 to 60 footers and none under 50 feet. Motor yachts carry them far more often than catamarans, at 19.7% against 1.1%. Source: Vital Charters analysis of 663 active crewed charter yachts, September 2026.
Are superyacht toys included in the charter price?
The toys aboard are included in the weekly rate on a crewed charter, and you’re not charged per use. Fuel for powered toys depends on the contract: on an all-inclusive yacht it’s inside the rate, and the only addition at the end is the crew gratuity; on a plus-expenses yacht it comes out of the provisioning allowance. Confirm the current toy list in writing before you sign, because published equipment fields go stale.
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