Perini Navi, the La Spezia yard renowned for large aluminium ketch and sloop-rigged sailing yachts, builds vessels that combine the romance of sail with performance and creature comforts equivalent to many motor yachts. In the Bahamas, the trade winds that define the winter season are ideally suited to Perini Navi downwind passages: from Nassau southeast to the Exumas is a reach or broad reach in the prevailing northeast trade, making Staniel Cay accessible under sail in a long day. The seven Perini Navi yachts available for charter in this region range from 40 to over 60 metres, with professional deck crews skilled in short-handed offshore handling and Caribbean conditions. Charter weeks from December to April offer consistent sailing conditions, with the best upwind passages in February and March when the trades are steadiest. Rates start from around 80,000 euros per week for a 40-metre ketch and reach 200,000 euros for the largest examples. The advance provisioning allowance of around 30 percent covers fuel for the generator and engine, provisioning, marina fees at Staniel Cay Yacht Club, and crew expenses. Perini Navi charters attract guests who want to feel the yacht as a sailing vessel, not just a floating hotel: the experience of rounding Exuma Sound under a full press of sail at sunrise, with dolphins on the bow and flying fish clearing the chop, is one that motor yachts cannot replicate.
