Eight guests in four cabins is the most balanced arrangement in charter. Four couples, four rooms of broadly matched size, nobody negotiating over who takes the pullman. Seventeen of the eighteen yachts we list for eight guests are laid out this way, which makes it the cleanest configuration in the market and the one that causes the fewest conversations before departure.
It is also where chartering tends to begin. These yachts run from twenty six metres to forty six, with the median at thirty, and that size brings the whole exercise within reach of a group that has never taken a yacht before. Sunseeker, Princess, Ferretti, Pershing, Sanlorenzo and Ocean Alexander cover the smaller end, while Westport, Alloy Yachts, Custom Line and Burger Boat handle the larger hulls. Crew numbers run from three to eight, which keeps the service personal rather than formal.
Weekly rates start below twenty thousand euros and reach two hundred thousand, with the median near seventy one thousand and most of the fleet between fifty five and a hundred thousand, plus an advance provisioning allowance around thirty percent covering fuel, food, berthing and drinks.
A thirty metre yacht goes where a seventy metre one cannot, which is the real argument for this part of the fleet. Shallow bays in Formentera, the Kornati islands and the smaller Cyclades harbours all open up. Mediterranean dates fill first, so tell us your week early and we will show you what is free.
