Author: Jason Acosta
Charter Guides
Why Charter Guests Want to Ride an eFoil
Why charter guests want to ride an eFoil: it needs no waves or wind, a first flight often comes within an hour, and 180 of 631 crewed yachts list one.
Destinations
How to Choose a BVI Charter Company for a Crewed Week
How to choose a BVI charter company: the median crewed week is $32,000 at the largest agencies and the rest alike, so judge the crew, its reviews and license.
Charter Research
Subwing: What It Is, and Why Many Caribbean Charter Yachts Carry One
What is a Subwing? Many Caribbean crewed charter yachts carry one, almost all sailing catamarans. Founder Simon Sivertsen on why it suits a charter week.
Charter Research
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.
Charter Research
Can You Scuba Dive From a Charter Yacht? How the Caribbean Fleet Does It
Across 654 Caribbean crewed yachts, 74.8% arrange rendezvous diving and 13.3% run it from the boat. What is included, what a dive costs, and which yachts are dive-equipped.
Charter Research
Best Water Toys on a Yacht Charter: What Caribbean Yachts Actually Carry
What the Caribbean crewed fleet really carries, counted yacht by yacht, and how the toy box changes with hull type and with budget.
Charter Research, Industry News
How the eFoil Became Standard Kit on Caribbean Charter Yachts
196 of 633 active crewed yachts in the Caribbean and Bahamas carry an eFoil, or 31.0%. Prevalence by size, hull, brand and price, measured 26 October 2026.
Charter Guides
Caribbean Crewed Charter Rates: The 2026 Fleet Report
The Bahamas looks 2.3x the price of the BVI. In reality the gap is 3%. We explain the math on Caribbean crewed charter rates and how to spot a normal quote.
Yachting Tips
Do You Need a Passport for a Caribbean Yacht Charter?
A US citizen needs a passport for the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas, and does not need one for the US Virgin Islands. What to bring, what your crew handles, and the six-month rule that catches people out.
Charter Guides
All-Inclusive Yacht Charter Virgin Islands: 2026 Rates
An all-inclusive Virgin Islands charter week runs a $32,000 median across 282 crewed yachts, and the territory you pick barely moves it. BVI and USVI rates, passport rules and per-guest fees, measured in October 2026.