Alloy Yachts, the New Zealand yard that operated from Henderson near Auckland, built sailing superyachts of exceptional quality and scale from the 1980s until 2015. Their vessels, constructed in aluminium and designed for offshore passage-making, represent some of the finest large sailing yachts ever produced in the southern hemisphere. Three Alloy yachts are available for charter across the Greater Antilles, each a mature sailing vessel in the 30 to 50 metre range with a history of ocean voyaging and the pedigree to match.nnAlloy’s design partnerships included some of the world’s leading yacht architects, and their commissions ranged from racing-oriented cruisers to luxury ketches and schooners built for permanent liveaboard ownership. In the Greater Antilles, these yachts offer a sailing charter experience grounded in real offshore capability: the ability to make ocean crossings, handle the Greater Antilles’s varied sea conditions, and provide a stable, well-found platform for a week’s Caribbean sailing.nnWeekly rates for Alloy charter yachts in the Greater Antilles range from approximately 40,000 to 100,000 euros, with the advance provisioning allowance adding around 30 percent. The trade wind season from December to April gives these sailing yachts the conditions they were designed to exploit. Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the surrounding island passages all provide rewarding sailing ground.nnAnchorages like Culebra and Vieques off Puerto Rico, the open roadsteads of Samaná Bay in the Dominican Republic, and the deep harbours of Port Antonio in Jamaica are all natural stops on an Alloy yacht itinerary through the Greater Antilles.
