Does the captain cook on a skippered bareboat charter?

No, the captain does not cook on a skippered bareboat charter: the hire covers the helm, the anchoring and the weather calls, and the guests buy the groceries, cook the meals and wash up. The skipper eats from the boat’s provisions too, so plan food for one more person all week. Some freelance skippers will run the grill or dry a few dishes as a courtesy. It is not in the contract. BVI operators list a skipper at $250 to $330 a night and a freelance cook at about the same, each needing a guest cabin, so a captain-and-cook pairing on a four-cabin catamaran leaves two cabins for guests. A crewed yacht works the other way round. The chef provisions from a preference sheet before anyone lands, and every meal, snack and drink sits inside the weekly rate. What a crewed yacht charter includes sets out that side of the comparison.