Boat advisor
How to choose your charter boat
The six questions above are the ones that decide a charter — who is coming, from where, when, who sails, which kind of boat and what the boat should cost. Here is the short answer to each, with the page that answers it in full.
Who's coming aboard?
Count everyone who sleeps aboard, children included. We check each boat's own cabin plan for your group — and, if you add a skipper or a cook later, for their beds too. Boats are listed as cabins plus extra berths: a “4+2” catamaran has four guest cabins and two small bow bunks, best for children or a single sailor. The number can change later without losing anything.
What this changes: which boats can take you at all.
Where would you like to sail from?
You sail a loop from the marina you start at and return there, so the country and the base decide your week's islands, your airport and the season. Pick one or more countries to compare, or a marina you already know; the results name the marina each boat sails from for your dates.
What this changes: which boats, which islands, which airport.
When would you like to go?
In season nearly every charter runs Saturday to Saturday, so a week is the easiest thing to book and the cheapest per night. We keep the dates you choose — a boat whose owner does not allow them is simply not shown. Our own skipper and cook are booked by the whole week; exact dates that are not whole weeks show only boats with the owner's crew.
What this changes: the price, which boats are free, and whether our crew can come.
Who will take care of the sailing?
Adding our skipper costs 2.100 € per week. He sleeps aboard, so we only show boats with a bed for him beside your group — and he eats with you, nothing extra. Our cook is another 2.100 € per week plus 500 € per guest per week for half-board catering (breakfast and one meal; provisions included). On a crewed yacht or gulet the crew is already in the boat's price — we say so on the boat.
What this changes: the boats (a bed per crew member), and the price by those rates.
What kind of boat appeals to you?
Compare space, the sailing itself and running costs — not the look. A catamaran gives every cabin its own hull and stays level at anchor; a sailboat is the purer sail and the better price; motor and power boats cover more sea on fuel you pay for. Crewed yachts and gulets come with their crew, already in the boat's price, so your crew choice does not apply to them.
What this changes: the boats — and a gulet or crewed yacht brings its own crew.
What would you like to spend on the boat?
This limit is the boat's price for your stay. Each boat then shows two more numbers before you decide: its mandatory extras (cleaning, transit log, linen — paid before arrival or at the base) and the total with them. Not in any of these: fuel, marina nights, food and drink, and the refundable deposit, held at the base. Our skipper or cook, if chosen, are listed on the boat at the rates you saw.
What this changes: the order and the length of the list, nothing else — a budget is a shortlist, never a gate.