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Eleven yachts have publicly committed to crossing the Atlantic for the 2026 to 2027 Caribbean season as of the May 2026 publication date. Four of those are first-time Caribbean charters. The other seven are returning. The remaining 30 to 40 yachts that will end up in the Caribbean by December 2026 have not yet committed publicly and will do so in the post-Monaco-show window in late September.
This post is the early-commitment list. It is useful if you are booking December 2026 or the 2027 Christmas and New Year window and want to identify yachts before the rest of the market does. The full Caribbean fleet snapshot will publish in the November update.
Why the Caribbean fleet is smaller than the Med fleet
Before we go through the list, a structural note. The Caribbean charter fleet is roughly 35% smaller than the Med fleet in any given peak season. The reasons are three.
First, the season is shorter. December to early April is 18 weeks. The Med season is 22 to 24 weeks. Yachts that price weekly want the longer base.
Second, the crossing is expensive. A 60m yacht running on its own bottom from the Med to the Caribbean costs roughly €180,000 in fuel, crew overtime, and routing services. A shipped crossing (yacht-carrier) is €350K to €600K depending on size. Either way, the yacht needs four to six bookable weeks to amortize the crossing.
Third, the Caribbean is harder on the yacht. UV exposure, salt, weather-system uncertainty, and shore-side wear all run higher than a Med season. Some owners simply prefer to keep the yacht in the Med and Atlantic-adjacent service yards rather than rotate.
First-time Caribbean entrants for 2026 to 2027
M/Y Cresc, 44m, Heesen hybrid, built 2023
Same yacht we covered in the Med fleet additions piece. Cresc is making her first Caribbean season after a debut 2025 Med run and a 2026 Med season. Weekly rate USD $245K low, $290K shoulder, $340K peak (Christmas/NY priced separately at $475K). APA 28%.
The hybrid system is the differentiator. On a BVI or USVI itinerary that involves significant at-anchor service hours and limited high-speed transit, the hybrid is well-suited. We would change the listing approach for the Caribbean season, which the broker is running essentially as a copy of the Med page. The Caribbean charter client is reading for a different set of things (water visibility, beach access, watersport count) than the Med client. The page should reflect it.
M/Y Pyxis, 65m, Feadship 815, built 2023
Cross-listed for both Med 2026 and Caribbean 2026 to 2027. The yacht will cross in November. Weekly rate USD $725K low, $825K shoulder, $935K peak (Christmas/NY priced at $1.45M). APA 30%.
Pyxis is the highest-rate first-time Caribbean entrant on this list and possibly the most consequential. Captain Whitfield ran Caribbean seasons on his previous yacht and knows the cruising grounds. The yacht has a touch-and-go helideck which is meaningful for the Caribbean because helicopter shuttles between St Thomas, BVI, and St Barths are the right way to connect three islands in a 10-day window. We would change nothing about the yacht. We would push the broker to publish the helideck class spec in the headline of the Caribbean listing.
M/Y Aurelius, 49m, Sanlorenzo SX112, built 2024
First Caribbean season after a 2024 Med shakedown and 2025 Med-only season. Weekly rate USD $295K low, $345K shoulder, $395K peak. APA 30%.
Aurelius is one of the SX line yachts and is well-suited to the Caribbean cruising profile. Fast-displacement hull, high deck volume, and a tender garage that takes the right tender for the Caribbean (Williams 565 plus a smaller second tender). We would change the watersport inventory. The yacht crossed for charter with a Med-spec toy fleet (foilboards, two SeaBobs) and is short on what Caribbean clients actually want (paddleboards, two Caribbean-spec snorkel sets per cabin, fishing gear).
M/Y Solis, 73m, Lürssen, built 2022
First Caribbean season for Solis after three Med private seasons. The yacht has committed to 8 Caribbean weeks. Weekly rate USD $1.15M low, $1.3M shoulder, $1.5M peak (Christmas/NY at $2.25M). APA 35%.
Solis is the largest first-time Caribbean entrant in this cycle. The yacht crosses in November and will be based in St Maarten for the first two weeks before relocating to BVI. We would change nothing structurally. The 35% APA is high for the Caribbean and we would push for 32%. The Caribbean fuel-burn profile is lower than the Med (less transit, more at-anchor) and the APA is over-provisioning.
Returning Caribbean entrants for 2026 to 2027
These seven yachts have run the Caribbean before and are repeating. We are listing them because each has notable changes from their 2024 to 2025 or 2025 to 2026 seasons.
M/Y Madsummer, 95m, Lürssen, built 2019, refit 2024
Captain David Marsh, with the yacht since 2019. Weekly rate USD $1.95M low, $2.2M shoulder, $2.5M peak (Christmas/NY priced at $3.65M). APA 32%.
Same Madsummer that runs the Med. The yacht has done four prior Caribbean seasons and is one of the most reliable bookings in the size class. The 2024 refit added at-anchor stabilizer upgrades that materially improved the at-anchor experience on the BVI ground swell. We would not change anything. We would book early. Madsummer's Christmas and New Year weeks are typically gone 14 months out.
M/Y Lana, 107m, Benetti, built 2020
Cross-listed Med and Caribbean as usual. Weekly rate USD $2.2M low, $2.45M shoulder, $2.75M peak (Christmas/NY at $4.1M). APA 30%.
The most-booked 107m in the Caribbean and one of the most over-booked. If you want this yacht for a 2026 to 2027 Caribbean week, you are already late unless you can take the first week of December or the last week of March. We covered the over-booking dynamic in the Lana profile.
M/Y Cloudbreak, 73m, Abeking, built 2016
Cross-season Caribbean to ski-charter pivot. Cloudbreak runs Caribbean through January, then crosses back for the European ski charter season, then returns to the Med. Weekly rate USD $895K low, $995K shoulder, $1.1M peak. APA 30%.
The ski-charter pivot is the differentiator. Cloudbreak is the only yacht in this list that runs a documented heli-ski itinerary out of a yacht base, and the Caribbean booking through January is the lead-in to that. We covered the heli-ski charter format separately.
M/Y Here Comes The Sun, 89m, Amels, built 2017, refit 2022
Captain. Weekly rate USD $1.45M low, $1.65M shoulder, $1.85M peak (Christmas/NY at $2.75M). APA 32%.
A regular Caribbean yacht with a strong service signature and a captain who works the BVI and St Barths grounds well. We would not change anything. APA at 32% is on the higher side of Caribbean norms and the broker can defend it with reference to provisioning costs in remote BVI anchorages.
M/Y Spectre, 69m, Benetti, built 2018
Captain. Weekly rate USD $695K low, $785K shoulder, $895K peak. APA 30%.
Returning for a fifth Caribbean season. The yacht has a good track record and a solid service signature. The interior is a design that some clients describe as "more masculine than the segment average," which is a real factor for client-fit conversations.
M/Y Galactica Super Nova, 70m, Heesen, built 2016
Weekly rate USD $695K low, $785K shoulder, $895K peak. APA 30%.
Heesen's fast yacht. The 30-knot top speed is rarely useful on a Caribbean charter, but the deck layout is strong. We would change nothing.
M/Y Talisman C, 70m, Proteksan, built 2011, refit 2023
Weekly rate USD $625K low, $695K shoulder, $785K peak. APA 30%.
The longest-running Caribbean charter on this list. Talisman C has done seven prior Caribbean seasons. The 2023 refit was substantive (engines, AV, master suite) and the yacht is in better condition now than it was three seasons ago. The rate has not moved up to reflect the post-refit condition, which makes it the value pick in this list at the 70m size class.
What this means for booking
If you want a Christmas or New Year 2026-27 week, you are negotiating against full booked-out calendars on the established yachts. The four first-time entrants (Cresc, Pyxis, Aurelius, Solis) all have Christmas weeks open as of May 2026 because the market has not yet committed to first-time Caribbean yachts. That window will close by August.
If you want a January or February 2027 week, the inventory is wider and the rate is at full peak. No one is discounting January or February yet.
If you want an early-December 2026 or an April 2027 week, you have leverage. Shoulder discounts on Caribbean shoulder are running 15% to 25% below peak on most of these yachts. We covered the shoulder gap in the peak-versus-shoulder piece.
Passed on
Three yachts that were rumored to be crossing for 2026 to 2027 have not committed and we are not naming them. Two of those have ownership-decision uncertainty (one is in a divorce process, one is in a tax-residency rearrangement) and the third has a refit running late. The list will firm by Monaco show in late September.
CTA BLOCKS
Primary: "Inquire about a 2026 to 2027 Caribbean charter." Routes to the charter desk with a Caribbean filter. Secondary: Newsletter signup, "The Brief." Tertiary: Related-post grid linking to the Med fleet additions, the Caribbean April shoulder window, the Lana over-booking story, and the Caribbean Thanksgiving week piece.