At 900,000 euros per week, the charter fleet counts fewer than five active vessels worldwide. These are the most ambitious private yachts ever built: from 130 to 160 metres, each representing a singular statement of engineering ambition and design vision. Their charter terms are complex, their availability limited, and their arrival in any anchorage is an event.
For a charter in Guadeloupe at this level, the island becomes a starting point rather than a destination. The yacht arrives in Pointe-a-Pitre outer roadstead and the Leeward Islands become stops on a programme that unfolds at the yacht speed and the charter party preference. Iles des Saintes, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, the Tobago Cays: the full Eastern Caribbean arc is accessible within a single week for a 140 metre vessel running at eighteen knots.
The crew complement reaches thirty-five or more. The helicopter is managed by a licensed commercial pilot with Eastern Caribbean routing experience. The submersible dives to 300 metres. The sommelier oversees a cellar of 1,000 or more bottles. The chef runs a kitchen indistinguishable from the best restaurants in Paris or New York.
At this level, the APA becomes a secondary consideration: provisioning, helicopter operations, fuel and all activities are managed by the yacht management company as part of a comprehensive service that covers every aspect of the week from flight arrangements to departure gifts. The APA runs to 250,000 euros or above.
