BVI Yacht Charter

Enjoy being your own captain by booking a bareboat charter. Boat choices range from sail and power yachts. Get the right boat in terms of size, number of people and the location. Dreaming of a Caribbean cruise onboard a luxury, bareboat charter yacht? Charter a Caribbean motor yacht, bareboat or power catamaran in Tortola, BVI and cruise the magnificent British Virgin Islands to satisfy your luxurious tropical dreams!

There has been increasing demand for yacht vacations in BVI and many who have had experience with yachts now consider it easier and less expensive to book a BVI yacht charter, rather than a crewed yacht. It is possible to charter all types of motor yachts, from small day charters to skip around the islands, to Super Yachts. Additionally, there are number of excellent day charter boats, both sail and motor, if you're interested in a family or business event in the BVI(British Virgin Islands).

If you want to plan an extended cruise it’s good to have a rough idea of how many nights you plan to dine ashore and how many you’d like to cook or barbecue onboard the yacht. This will help when stocking the provisions. If you're going bareboat yachting in Tortola and the British Virgin Islands, you'll need to be prepared for everything. That means you need to provide all the provisions for the extent of the trip.

If you gather up a group, upwards of 10 people depending on yacht choice, you can save a lot of money by splitting the cost of the trip evenly, per person. Booking payment must be paid in one payment, so this needs to be taken into consideration by the whole group.

Nothing Beats Caribbean Sailing

There's nothing that compares to a Caribbean sailing or power yacht vacation and no better place to sail than the British Virgin Islands! The Bahamas and Caribbean are popular destinations for yacht charters. Several companies in Miami and Fort Lauderdale offer ships for trips to these destinations.

You are the captain and your guests are the crew of the yacht, you cook the meals and take care of the cleaning. You need to have some experience handling a yacht. With top of the range appliances in the spacious galley you can cook as if you were at home. When you add a cook to your Moorings bareboat charter, you get more than just delicious meals prepared from the best local ingredients. You will have time to spend with your family and friends sailing, snorkeling, or simply relaxing.

The BVI offers the most consistently ideal sailing conditions for power, sail or catamaran charters. Trade winds blow on the norm from ten to twenty knots throughout most of the year. The Grenadines offer luxury hideaways of the rich and famous, historic sites and the unique Tobago Cays. Belize has deserted isles, great diving and the second longest barrier reef in the world.

The BVI also have many other Bareboat Charter fleets spread throughout Tortola, totaling around ten high quality, professionally run organizations, with bareboat yachts ranging from thirty-two feet up to fifty-one feet in length, in a monohull design. The bareboat catamaran yachts have gained quite a lot of popularity in the past five years or so because of their large open cockpits, stability and deck space, not to mention the spaciousness below deck. The Bareboat Catamaran Charter Yachts range from thirty-two feet to fifty feet in length.

Being a stable platform also makes them very appealing to bareboat charterers. To charter a BVI yacht charter from any of the Bareboat Yacht Companies in the BVI you are required to take an accredited course in sailing to show you have the abilities to operate a charter yacht safely. The best thing about Bareboat Yacht Chartering is the freedom you have to explore the wonders and beauty of the British Virgin Islands at your own pace.

While bareboat sailing yachts have been available for charter in the BVI for many years, chartering a bareboat motor yacht is a more recent development. The Virgin Traders charter fleet currently consists of just over 20 motor yachts, all the most recent models and customized for bareboat charter (though they can equally be hired with crew as well as bareboat).

With a bareboat charter you are your own skipper, so you will need to satisfy Virgin Traders that you have the necessary expertise to take care of their boat and equipment.