Gulf Craft is a UAE-based manufacturer producing a range of leisure and commercial vessels from its facilities in the United Arab Emirates. The company builds fibreglass powerboats and leisure yachts, and its charter fleet in the Anegada area numbers around three vessels suited to smaller charter parties looking for accessible and practical water transport in the British Virgin Islands. The compact nature of the Gulf Craft fleet relative to the larger superyachts in the BVI makes these vessels well-suited to the shallower approaches and tight anchorages around Anegada’s coral reef system. Weekly charter rates for a Gulf Craft in the Anegada area start considerably below the superyacht rate bands of larger production yards, typically from around 30,000 euros per week in low season, with an advance provisioning allowance of roughly 30 percent covering fuel, food and harbour fees. Anegada itself provides an excellent base for exploring the BVI on a more modest vessel: the island’s flat atoll geography, its calm anchorages and the short distances to neighbouring islands mean that a smaller charter yacht covers the essential BVI highlights without difficulty. The Horseshoe Reef diving and the beaches at Loblolly Bay and Cow Wreck Beach are as accessible from a smaller vessel as from a larger one, and the shallow draught of Gulf Craft vessels offers advantages in the reef approaches. From Anegada the surrounding islands of the BVI, including Virgin Gorda, Tortola and Jost Van Dyke, are all within comfortable day passages.
