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A 50 to 60m motor yacht the Costa Brava in the 2026 peak window (mid-July through mid-August) sits on a weekly rate of $370,000 to $585,000 plus 27 to 29 percent APA, takes 10 to 12 guests on the 6-cabin standard, and runs 14 to 17 crew. The Costa Brava is the Catalan northeastern coast running 200 kilometres from Blanes north to the French border at Portbou, with the harbours of Palamos on the central coast, the Empuriabrava marina on the northern Gulf of Roses, and the structural berthing fallback at Port de Roses. The structural arrival runs through Barcelona El Prat (BCN) at 120 kilometres south or Girona (GRO) at 30 to 60 kilometres inland, with the helicopter transit landing at the Palamos or Empuriabrava heliports. The bracket runs the Costa Brava as the structural Barcelona-to-Saint-Tropez repositioning leg or the shoulder-week northern Catalan coastal programme; the southern half of the coast holds the marina infrastructure and the northern Cap de Creus and Cadaques half holds the anchor-led programme. Roughly 3 to 7 yachts in this LOA work the Costa Brava through a typical August week.
Why the bracket works the Costa Brava
Palamos. The central coast Palamos harbour holds the 50m-line on the Marina Palamos eastern quay on prior arrangement at the harbour master, with the supplementary outer-mole 55m-and-up line on the seaward face. The Palamos shore programme runs the fishing-port brief (the daily 16:00 Lonja del Pescado prawn auction is the structural Catalan day-call), the chief stew's prior reservation at La Gamba on the harbourside or at Mas Pou inland at Palau-Sator, and the supplementary day-call to the Calella de Palafrugell and Llafranc whitewashed villages 5 kilometres north on the tender or the captain's car transfer.
Cadaques. The northern Cap de Creus coast holds Cadaques on the natural harbour 0.5 nautical mile inside the structural anchor on the Cala Sa Conca eastern bay, with the supplementary western Cala Jugadora anchor on the leeward face of the prevailing summer tramontana. The Cadaques shore programme (the Dali house at Portlligat, the village white-painted old-town brief, Compartir Cadaques on the central waterfront for the Roca-brothers tasting bench) runs the structural daytime tour rhythm on the chief stew's prior reservation desk.
The Cap de Creus and Roses anchor sequence. The Cap de Creus natural-park promontory on the northern coast runs the structural daytime swim brief on the Cala Culip and Cala Tabaquera northern-face anchors on the marine-park permit basis with the captain's prior agency notification (the Culip is the structural late-afternoon photographic anchor), and the southern Gulf of Roses face runs the Empuriabrava marina overnight or the Roca de Maria anchor. The Punta dels Tres Frares headland at the cape rounding runs the supplementary daylight call on the calm-water August window.
Empuriabrava and Roses. The Empuriabrava marina on the southern Gulf of Roses holds the supplementary 55m-line allocation on the outer Avant-port berths on prior arrangement (the inner-marina channel runs structurally narrow for the bracket), with the Port de Roses harbour 8 kilometres west holding the structural 60m-line allocation on the commercial mole on prior arrangement. The Roses harbour shore programme runs the town brief, the Mas Marroch (the inland Roca-brothers private-event venue 25 kilometres west on the captain's car transfer for the high-end family-arrival dinner), and the daylight Cala Montjoi anchor with the structural former-El Bulli site at the bay head.
What is in the bracket in this bracket on the Costa Brava
Cabins. Six standard. The 6-cabin August week reads through the Costa Brava as the structural Barcelona-to-Saint-Tropez repositioning leg or the four to six-night Catalan shoulder programme.
Crew. Fourteen to seventeen. Spanish or Maltese-flag charter list dominates the Costa Brava fleet and the captain plus chief stew hold the Spanish-and-Catalan-language operational fluency on the Palamos and Roses harbour masters and the Cap de Creus marine-park agency. The chief stew's prior bench on the Compartir Cadaques, the Mas Marroch Roses, the La Gamba Palamos, and the Mas Pou inland Catalan reservations is the structural broker-side question at inquiry.
Tenders. Primary 10 to 12m for the Palamos and Roses shore transfer plus the Cadaques village tender shuttle, secondary 7 to 8m for the at-anchor lunch programme at the Cala Sa Conca and Cala Culip, plus a chase boat for the daytime water-sports brief and the Cap de Creus seaward shore brief. The Costa Brava tender programme runs through the August window on the structural anchor-based daylight rhythm and the inter-port marina transit.
At-anchor stabilizers. Required. The Cala Sa Conca Cadaques, the Cala Culip Cap de Creus, the Cala Montjoi Roses, and the Calella de Palafrugell anchors run the at-anchor stabilizers through the August calm window, and the supplementary tramontana-window holds the at-anchor load on the leeward face. The 2018-and-newer hulls run the structural zero-speed product.
Beach club. Required. The Cala Sa Conca, the Cala Culip, and the Cala Montjoi anchors run the beach club open through the swim brief and the bracket runs the fold-out terraces hard through the August daylight window. The Costa Brava August daytime water band runs 22 to 25 degrees on the northern Cap de Creus face and 24 to 26 degrees on the central Palamos face.
Helipad. Cat A useful. The Barcelona and Girona fixed-wing transit runs the 25 to 40-minute helicopter leg to the Palamos or Empuriabrava heliports, and the supplementary Cap de Creus marine-park rotation runs the 8 to 12-minute helicopter window. The captain's prior helipad protocol and the marine-park agency notification hold the bracket-fit Cap de Creus operation.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The Costa Brava runs the structural Barcelona-to-Saint-Tropez repositioning leg or the four to six-night Catalan shoulder programme. The 5-night Costa Brava shape runs Palamos embarkation, one night Calella de Palafrugell anchor with the village shore brief, two nights Cadaques Cala Sa Conca with the Dali house tour and the Compartir Cadaques dinner, one night Cap de Creus Cala Culip with the natural-park daylight, one night Roses with the Mas Marroch private-event dinner, return Palamos. Five nights. The Costa Brava shape suits the late May to mid-June season-open and the late September shoulder window.
For the 7-night Barcelona-to-Saint-Tropez repositioning the bracket runs Palamos (one night) plus Calella de Palafrugell (one night) plus Cadaques two nights plus Roses (one night) plus the northern Gulf of Lion crossing to Cap d'Agde or the Cassis southern Provence anchor (one night transit) plus Saint-Tropez (one night). For the 10-day Catalan-and-Balearic combined charter the bracket runs Palamos (one night) plus Cadaques (two nights) plus the Cap de Creus daylight plus the Balearic southern crossing to Menorca Mahon (one night transit) plus the Menorca-Mallorca rotation (five nights). For destination context see Charter Mallorca, Charter Ibiza, and the Mediterranean charter weekly rates report.
What the bracket does not do well on the Costa Brava
The Cadaques inner harbour stern-to at the bracket. The Cadaques natural harbour holds the structural anchor on the inner-bay floor with the bracket-fit shore tender shuttle, and the inner-quay stern-to slots are structurally non-existent for the 50m-and-up bracket. We would pass on broker representations of a Cadaques inner-quay stern-to and hold the Cala Sa Conca eastern anchor on the leeward face instead.
The Empuriabrava inner-marina channel for the 55m-and-up line. The Empuriabrava inner-marina canal system runs structurally narrow for the bracket and the bracket-fit overnight reads through the outer Avant-port berths on prior arrangement or the supplementary Port de Roses commercial mole. We would pass on Empuriabrava inner-marina representations at the 55m-and-up bracket and hold the Avant-port or the Roses commercial mole instead.
The single-week Costa Brava-only charter at the August tramontana window. The Cap de Creus and northern Costa Brava at the August tramontana wind window (the structural three to five-day northwesterly gale event) runs structurally exposed on the cape rounding and the bracket-fit week reads through the southern Palamos-and-central shoulder window or the structural Saint-Tropez repositioning leg instead. We would pass on broker representations of a peak-week Cadaques-only charter at the bracket on the tramontana exposure and suggest the wider repositioning shape or the southern shelter rotation.
Two we would book
For a couples-only 5-night Costa Brava shoulder-week in late May at the season open with Palamos as the embarkation, Calella de Palafrugell as the central anchor opener, Cadaques Cala Sa Conca as the two-night northern base with the Dali house tour and the Compartir dinner, Cap de Creus Cala Culip as the daylight call, and Roses as the closing Mas Marroch dinner: a 53 to 55m motor yacht with the 6-cabin layout, full beach club, primary plus secondary tender plus chase boat, captain holding prior Cap de Creus marine-park agency tenure and Cala Sa Conca anchor experience, and the Compartir Cadaques plus the Mas Marroch Roses reservations arranged at contract. Budget $410K per week pro-rated at 75 percent for 5 nights, all-in roughly $400K including APA at 28 percent. Booking lead time: 6 to 9 months.
For a family of 10, 7-night Barcelona-to-Saint-Tropez repositioning in late June at the shoulder peak with Barcelona Port Vell as the embarkation transit, Palamos and Calella de Palafrugell as the central two-night base, Cadaques as the northern two-night anchor lean, Cap de Creus as the daylight call, and the Gulf of Lion crossing to Saint-Tropez as the closing leg: a 55 to 57m motor yacht with the 6-cabin layout, Cat A helipad for the Barcelona or Girona transit, primary plus secondary tender plus chase boat, captain experience for the Gulf of Lion crossing and the Saint-Tropez Vieux Port stern-to allocation, and the La Gamba Palamos plus the Compartir Cadaques plus the Senequier Saint-Tropez dinner brief arranged at contract. Budget $480K per week, all-in roughly $635K. Booking lead time: 8 to 12 months.
For a multigenerational group of 12, 10-night Catalan-and-Balearic charter in early September at the shoulder close with Palamos as the embarkation, Cadaques and Cap de Creus as the northern two-night base, the southern Balearic crossing transit, and the Mallorca and Menorca four-night southern base: a 57 to 60m motor yacht with the 7-cabin layout, Cat A helipad, primary plus secondary tender plus chase boat, captain experience for the Catalan-to-Balearic crossing and the Mallorca STP Palma marina pre-clearance, and the Compartir Cadaques plus the Mas Marroch Roses plus the Mahon old-town dinner brief arranged at contract. Budget $560K per week, all-in for 10 nights roughly $1.05M including APA at 28 percent. Booking lead time: 10 to 14 months.
Inventory
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