Ocean Alexander, the Taiwanese yard with Pacific Northwest distribution, builds sports-bridge motor yachts suited to warm-water cruising, and four are available for charter in the Sint Eustatius region of the Leeward Islands. The yard Omega and Classic series models, in the thirty-five to forty-metre range, combine flybridge entertaining space with practical charter layouts that suit the island hopping nature of a Leeward Islands week.
Sint Eustatius suits Ocean Alexander yachts particularly well. Their shallow-ish draught allows access to the island roadstead anchorage at Oranjestad, the tender gets regular use for the island shore activities, and the compact size of these vessels relative to the larger superyacht fleet means they can tuck into anchorages that are too small for bigger vessels. The island zero mass tourism character means the anchorage is rarely crowded.
Four Ocean Alexander charter yachts operate in the Sint Eustatius region, accommodating four to eight guests in two to four staterooms. Weekly charter rates typically run between 40,000 and 80,000 euros, with advance provisioning allowances of around thirty percent covering fuel, food, berthing and drinks. The Leeward Islands season runs November through April.
From Sint Eustatius, Saba is fifteen miles north-west, St Kitts Basseterre is a comfortable morning run south, and Sint Maarten is forty miles north. The island provides a quiet and historically rewarding opening for a week that covers the breadth of the northern Leewards.
