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Martinique at 40 to 50m is the bracket's southern French Antilles base and the natural corridor link between Guadeloupe to the north and St Lucia to the south. A 40 to 50m motor yacht Martinique in winter 2026 (December through April) runs $170,000 to $250,000 per week plus 30 percent APA, takes 8 to 12 guests, and most commonly embarks at the Fort-de-France Bay outer roads with the Le Marin marina at the southern end of the island handling the bareboat-derived charter base trade at smaller LOA. The active 40 to 50m fleet using Martinique through any given winter is roughly 12 yachts, the majority operating under French commercial-yacht charter rules and clearing at Fort-de-France or Le Marin.
Why the bracket reads Martinique on a corridor pattern
Martinique runs 65km north to south, with the Soufrière-style Mount Pelée volcano at the north end (the town of Saint-Pierre at its foot is the leeward stop), the Fort-de-France Bay forming the central indentation on the leeward coast, and the southern peninsula carrying Le Marin, Sainte-Anne, and the Anses d'Arlet cluster. The bracket runs the full leeward coast on day positions: Saint-Pierre at the north, Anse Mitan and Anse à l'Ane across from Fort-de-France in the bay's southern lobe, the Anses d'Arlet (Grande Anse and Anse Dufour) midway down, and the southern bracket at Sainte-Anne, Diamond Rock, and the Le Marin outer roads.
The windward south coast holds the Cul-de-Sac du Marin and the Caravelle peninsula but the bracket runs leeward almost exclusively because the windward swell and the reef arrangement make the windward south uneconomic at 40 to 50m. The crossing distances are Martinique to St Lucia 25nm south, Martinique to Dominica 25nm north, and Fort-de-France to Le Marin 22nm by water on the leeward side.
Weekly rate map for winter 2026
Rates below are high season (mid-December through mid-April) for winter 2025-26 and winter 2026-27, before APA at 30 percent and crew gratuity at 12 to 15 percent. Martinique is a French overseas region and the charter operates under the same French Antilles charter-VAT framework as Guadeloupe and the French side of St Martin. The 12 percent effective rate before any extra-territorial-waters reduction is the assumption; confirm at contract.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht and motor-sailor (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 40 to 43m | $170K to $195K per week | $145K to $170K per week |
| 43 to 47m | $190K to $220K per week | $165K to $195K per week |
| 47 to 50m | $220K to $250K per week | $190K to $225K per week |
Christmas and New Year weeks (21 December through 5 January) price at a 30 to 50 percent premium. Off-peak windows in mid-January and the second half of April drop the headline 20 to 25 percent. Martinique's all-in week runs roughly 6 to 10 percent below the St Lucia equivalent at the same LOA because the destination's stationary product is thinner and the corridor weight is the primary value driver.
What the bracket includes in this bracket
Cabins. Five to six. The corridor pattern at the bracket runs across Christmas family weeks, February couples weeks, and friend-group February weeks, and the 5-cabin Caribbean standard with the occasional 6-cabin upper-end build runs the inventory.
Crew. Nine to thirteen. The Martinique crew bench is workable through the French Antilles network at St Martin, with strong French-language coverage on chef and stewardess positions and a useful Creole-fluency edge for the Anses d'Arlet shore-side product. The bracket benefits from a captain with prior Le Marin and Fort-de-France clearance experience. Confirm at inquiry.
Tenders. A primary 9 to 11m fast tender plus a 6 to 7m beach-landing secondary is mandatory. The Anses d'Arlet, Anse Mitan, and Grande Anse landings all run on sand approaches and the secondary is operational. The Diamond Rock dive site at the southern tip sits in deeper water but the tender programme runs the dive shuttle.
At-anchor stabilizers. Mandatory. The Fort-de-France Bay outer holds at Pointe du Bout take wind-driven chop on building tradewind days, and the Saint-Pierre roads at the north end face an open leeward shore with residual northwesterly swell exposure through January and February. The at-anchor spec is the comfort variable that decides whether the stationary nights work.
Helipad. Touch-and-go on the upper end. Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport sits 8 kilometres from the Fort-de-France anchorage and the road transfer is competitive with the helicopter for most logistics. The helipad earns its keep for the inter-island corridor (Dominica direct, St Lucia direct) rather than within Martinique itself.
The standard weekly itinerary
The seven-night Martinique-titled charter at the bracket reads as a leeward-coast circuit with a southern corridor leg. Day one: Fort-de-France embarkation at Anse Mitan with overnight in the bay. Day two: position south to the Anses d'Arlet for two nights anchored off Grande Anse with shore lunches at Ti Sable and Petibonum. Day three: continue at Anses d'Arlet with dive at Cap Salomon. Day four: position to Sainte-Anne via Diamond Rock, overnight at Sainte-Anne anchor. Day five: Le Marin and the Sainte-Luce bays, return to Anses d'Arlet. Day six: position north to Saint-Pierre with overnight on the leeward roads, Mount Pelée walking programme onshore. Day seven: return to Fort-de-France.
A 10 to 14 night paired charter extends the corridor south to St Lucia (Marigot Bay and the Pitons) or north to Dominica (Portsmouth and Roseau). The full Windward Islands corridor at the bracket links Martinique to St Lucia to St Vincent to the Grenadines on a southbound run; the route is the strongest French Antilles corridor at the bracket and the standard 10-night corridor product.
Embarkation logistics
Fort-de-France Bay holds the bracket at anchor on the Pointe du Bout and Anse Mitan outer roads. There is no commercial 40 to 50m alongside marina inside Fort-de-France itself for charter operations; the commercial port handles cargo and cruise tonnage and is not a yacht berth. The Le Marin marina at the southern end of the island is the French Antilles' largest bareboat and crewed-yacht base but the 40 to 50m bracket sits at the outer fairway approach rather than alongside. Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport handles direct fixed-wing from Paris CDG and Orly via Air France, Corsair, and Air Caraibes, with inter-island connections via Caribbean and LIAT-replacement carriers. Crew rotation runs via Paris or via St Martin.
What does not make the cut
Standalone Martinique seven-night charters at the bracket without the corridor leg to St Lucia or Dominica. The leeward-coast cruising ground is structurally a four to five-day product at the bracket and the seven-night charter needs the southern corridor leg to justify the rate.
Windward south coast attempts at the bracket. The windward south below Sainte-Anne carries reef hazards and limited anchorages for 40 to 50m, and the cruising day across to the windward side rarely pays out against the leeward alternatives.
Fort-de-France commercial port alongside attempts. The commercial port is not a yacht berth and the bracket should hold at anchor in the bay. Le Marin alongside at the upper end of the bracket is constrained by approach depth and the outer-fairway hold is the pattern.
Hurricane-season weeks. Martinique's hurricane exposure runs through August and September with named-storm activity in most modern seasons. Weeks priced into June to October at the bracket carry weather risk that the Mediterranean reposition does not.
Inventory
The live 40 to 50m Martinique corridor inventory updates weekly through the winter season.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the Caribbean charter weekly rates report.