Fifty metres is where a charter yacht acquires genuine scale. At around one hundred and sixty four feet, the fleet in this bracket carries four decks on many designs, a crew of ten to thirteen, and the interior volume to give twelve guests distinct spaces for morning, afternoon and evening without any sense of compromise.
What changes at this size is not simply more of the same. Lifts between decks become common, spa facilities appear as dedicated rooms rather than an afterthought, and the beach club opens into a proper water level space with a gym, a sauna and fold-down terraces. Tender complements grow to two or three, so a limousine tender can run guests ashore while the chase boat stays free for diving and towing. Several yachts in this bracket carry touch-and-go helipads.
Rates typically run from two hundred and fifty thousand to five hundred thousand euros a week, with the newest deliveries and the most sought-after yards sitting higher still. The advance provisioning allowance remains near thirty percent, though fuel becomes a more significant line as displacement rises.
Fifty metre yachts are equally at home in the Western Mediterranean in August and in the Caribbean from Christmas onwards, and many carry the range and the classification for longer crossings. If your group wants space for twelve without ever feeling like twelve, this is where to look. Tell us your dates and we will tell you what is worth seeing.
