VSY, Vittoria Shipyard, builds custom displacement motor yachts in northern Italy with a focus on sea-keeping, range and the kind of considered interior architecture that rewards extended charter voyages. Three VSY yachts cruise the Bahamas and Caribbean, each built to a specific owner’s brief with a consistent emphasis on stability and comfort at sea. Nassau provides a well-equipped operational base for these vessels, whose range and stable hull forms are well matched to the variety of conditions the Bahamian archipelago can present across a charter week. From November through May, settled trade winds and clear water make the Bahamas among the most rewarding cruising grounds in the Atlantic, and a VSY’s displacement hull handles the occasional ocean swell better than many of its planing counterparts. Charter rates for VSY yachts in the Bahamas typically range from 100,000 to 250,000 euros per week depending on hull size and specification. An advance provisioning allowance of approximately 30 percent applies. Provisioning and fuel are readily available at Nassau Harbour and Atlantis Marina. The Exuma Cays form the natural itinerary for a VSY charter out of Nassau, with the combination of deep-water channels and shallow anchorages providing varied conditions for a vessel that is equally comfortable making an overnight passage or sitting at anchor in a remote bay. Rose Island, Warderick Wells and the southern Exumas are reliable stops.
