Eleuthera is a 180-kilometre island in the central Bahamas, thin enough that you can see both coasts from the Glass Window Bridge and varied enough to fill a week of charter without repeating an anchorage. Harbour Island at the north is a benchmark Caribbean small-island experience; Hatchet Bay on the west provides the only fully enclosed harbour on the island; and the Exuma Sound crossing from the southern tip connects to the Exumas circuit if the schedule allows. Benetti is the largest and oldest superyacht builder in Italy, producing motor yachts from 38 to over 100 metres in Livorno and Viareggio, with a charter fleet of greater breadth than any other yard.
Benetti yachts available for charter at Eleuthera range from 38-metre Fast series vessels to 60-metre Classic and Oasis series superyachts, covering four to seven guest cabins and crews from eight to sixteen. Interior styling across the range spans contemporary Italian minimalism and more traditional panelled layouts, and every yacht is provisioned with a full watertoy inventory for island charter.
Weekly charter rates for Benetti yachts at Eleuthera run from 85,000 to 680,000 euros per week, with an advance provisioning allowance of approximately 30 percent. No Bahamian VAT applies.
Harbour Island off the northern tip of Eleuthera, reached by water taxi from the Government Dock, has a pink sand beach stretching three miles and the colonial village of Dunmore Town. Hatchet Bay on the west coast provides a fully enclosed harbour and fuel point. Governor Harbour is the main provisioning town. Current Cut, the narrow tidal pass between Eleuthera and Current Island, runs fast at peak tide and is navigable at slack water. The Glass Window Bridge at the island narrowest point offers a view of both the Atlantic and the Bahamas Bank simultaneously.
