Alloy Yachts, the New Zealand sailing yacht specialist, produces aluminium performance sailing yachts designed for serious offshore passages and downwind ocean runs. The yard has built some of the most accomplished bluewater sailing yachts to emerge from the Southern Hemisphere, with a reputation for weight optimisation, structural engineering and sail plans that give real speed in a trade wind passage. In the Bahamas, Freeport serves as an accessible base for a sailing charter aboard an Alloy vessel, offering Port Lucaya Marina’s full facilities alongside easy access to the open Atlantic beyond Grand Bahama’s eastern end. The northeast trade winds that blow reliably through the Bahamas winter are perfectly suited to Alloy’s hull forms. Passages from Freeport to Nassau, the Abacos or Eleuthera are rewarding runs with the wind on the beam or quarter. Locally, Gold Rock Beach in Lucayan National Park is a highlight reachable by tender from a Freeport anchorage , a long, deserted beach of exceptional quality accessible from the national park’s dock. UNEXSO at Port Lucaya offers guided blue hole dives in Ben’s Cave for those in the party who dive. Charter rates for Alloy yachts in the Bahamas vary significantly with vessel size, from approximately 60,000 to 250,000 euros per week before expenses. The advance provisioning allowance adds around 30 per cent for fuel for generator and tender use, provisioning, berthing and crew gratuity. Peak season runs December through April.
