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A 50 to 60m yacht visiting Dominica through the 2026 winter (mid-December to mid-April) runs $285,000 to $425,000 per week plus 30 percent APA, takes 10 to 12 guests across 6 cabins, and carries 14 to 17 crew. Dominica at this LOA is a one or two-night transit anchor inside a wider Antigua to Martinique southbound rotation, not a resident base or a standalone-week destination. Prince Rupert Bay at Portsmouth on the northwestern face is the structural overnight anchorage on prior PAYS (Portsmouth Association of Yacht Security) mooring confirmation, with Roseau roadstead on the southwestern face holding the southern transit anchor. The Indian River tender-only daylight call and the Boiling Lake or Trafalgar Falls captain-car daylight programme are the bracket's signature shore lines. Douglas-Charles (DOM) airport in the northeast handles regional fixed-wing arrivals only, with the wider rotation embarking through Antigua (ANU), Martinique (FDF), or Guadeloupe (PTP). Roughly 4 to 8 yachts in this LOA call at Dominica through a typical February week as part of the wider southbound rotation.
Why the bracket treats Dominica as a transit anchor
Prince Rupert Bay at Portsmouth is the structural protected anchorage in the country and holds the bracket comfortably on 8 to 20 metres of mud and sand inside the PAYS mooring system. The PAYS mooring fee runs at the captain-side and the marine park rangers handle the local-boat boundary at the anchorage, with the structural anti-touting framework that earned the bay its bracket-fit reputation through the 2010s and 2020s. The yacht runs at anchor or on a PAYS mooring rather than at a marina line. Dominica has no commercial marina that handles the 50 to 60m bracket on stern-to.
The Roseau roadstead on the southwestern face holds the southern transit anchor on open water with the local Anchorage Hotel-side mooring system. The bay reads thinner than Portsmouth for the bracket because the trade-wind chop runs harder and the daylight programme is shorter, but the Roseau capital proximity and the Trafalgar Falls captain-car transfer hold the pattern for the southern leg of the rotation.
The structural daylight programme is the Indian River tender-only call at Portsmouth (the local-rower escort the secondary tender 1 to 2 nautical miles inland on the river up to the limit of navigation), the Boiling Lake hike via Wotten Waven (4 to 6 hour return, the captain-car transfer 35 minutes from Roseau), the Trafalgar Falls captain-car daylight call from the Roseau anchor, and the Champagne Reef snorkel at the southwestern face. The 2017 Hurricane Maria recovery on the Indian River infrastructure runs through the current PAYS local-guide chain on prior captain confirmation.
Weekly rate map for winter 2026
Rates below are peak season (mid-December 2026 to mid-April 2027), before APA at 28 to 32 percent and gratuity at 12 to 15 percent. The Dominica visit inside a wider rotation books at the corresponding base rate (typically the Antigua or Martinique bracket figure) plus the Dominica port-of-entry clearance through Portsmouth or Roseau and the PAYS mooring fee through the APA.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht and motor-sailor (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 53m | $285K to $325K per week | $230K to $275K per week |
| 53 to 57m | $325K to $380K per week | $270K to $325K per week |
| 57 to 60m | $365K to $425K per week | $305K to $365K per week |
The Christmas and New Year window runs a 35 to 55 percent premium against the central January figure and pulls the bracket north to St Barths or holds at Antigua, with the bracket's strongest Dominica calls falling between mid-January and mid-March when the trade-wind window stabilizes. The April shoulder runs a 20 to 30 percent discount across the wider southern rotation. For wider context see Caribbean charter weekly rates and the 40-50m Dominica bracket.
What the bracket includes in this bracket
Cabins. Six standard. The wider southern Caribbean rotation pool at the bracket runs the on-deck master plus VIP plus four guest doubles as the layout.
Crew. Fourteen to seventeen. The Dominica call rewards a captain bench with prior PAYS Portsmouth mooring tenure, the Indian River local-guide reservation chain, and the Champagne Reef daylight snorkel programme. The chef bench is calibrated to the wider Antigua to Martinique pool. The chief stew's prior reservation at Pagua Bay House on the eastern face for the captain-car daylight lunch is the bracket's structural shore-side question.
Tenders. Primary 11 to 12m fast tender plus a 7 to 8m beach tender plus a chase boat. The Indian River tender-only call runs the secondary tender as the river-shuttle platform with the PAYS local-rower escort, and the Champagne Reef snorkel runs the primary tender as the daylight dive-platform.
At-anchor stabilizers. Required. The Prince Rupert Bay roadstead holds protected water through most of the trade-wind window but the Roseau roadstead takes the southerly afternoon chop and the occasional westerly swell. The 2018-and-newer hulls running the zero-speed product hold the bracket fit.
Beach club. Standard but light use. The Dominica daylight programme runs heavy on the rainforest interior (Boiling Lake, Trafalgar Falls, Indian River) rather than the beach club pattern, with the Champagne Reef snorkel as the structural water-window call.
Helipad. Cat A not relevant. The Douglas-Charles (DOM) airport in the northeast holds regional fixed-wing only and the wider rotation embarkation runs through Antigua, Martinique, or Guadeloupe rather than Dominica.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's Dominica call sits inside a wider 7 to 14 night southern Caribbean rotation rather than a standalone week. The 7-night Antigua to Martinique southbound runs Falmouth Harbour embarkation, two nights at Antigua, southbound transit to Guadeloupe Les Saintes (one night), southbound transit to Dominica Portsmouth (one night with the Indian River daylight), southbound transit to Martinique Sainte-Anne (two nights), Le Marin disembark. Seven nights with the Dominica call held as a one-night Portsmouth anchor inside the rotation.
The 10-night Antigua to Martinique to St Vincent runs the same shape extended south, with two nights inside Dominica split between Portsmouth (Indian River and Boiling Lake daylight) and Roseau (Trafalgar Falls and Champagne Reef daylight). The 10-night routing is the bracket's strongest shape for spending material time inside Dominica.
The standalone Dominica 7-night week is not a bracket-fit programme. The anchorage variety exhausts inside 36 hours and the daylight programme runs the same Indian River, Boiling Lake, Trafalgar Falls, and Champagne Reef rotation on day three that ran on day one. Charter clients booking a Dominica-only week at the 50 to 60m bracket are misreading the geography.
What the bracket does not do well in Dominica
The standalone Dominica 7-night week at the bracket. The country has no commercial marina that holds the bracket on stern-to, no upper-bracket embarkation airport, and the daylight programme is rainforest-and-river-shore rather than the bracket-fit beach club and anchorage variety. We would pass on a Dominica-titled week and position the Antigua to Martinique southbound 7-night with Dominica as a one-night anchor as the bracket-fit shape.
The Atlantic east-coast circumnavigation at the bracket. The eastern face of Dominica is fully exposed to the trade-wind swell and the bracket runs no overnight anchorages east of the watershed. We would pass on any broker plan that books an east-coast daylight rotation at the bracket and hold the western-face Portsmouth and Roseau rotation only.
The Portsmouth anchorage without the prior PAYS mooring confirmation. The PAYS mooring system is the binding local infrastructure and the captain's prior confirmation 14 to 21 days ahead holds the bracket-fit overnight. We would pass on any plan that books a Portsmouth overnight at the bracket without the PAYS confirmation in writing.
What we would book
For two couples, 7-night Antigua to Martinique southbound rotation in mid-February with Falmouth Harbour embarkation, one-night Dominica Portsmouth anchor with the Indian River daylight, two nights at Martinique Sainte-Anne, Le Marin disembark: a 53 to 55m motor yacht, 6 cabins, twin tenders plus chase boat, captain bench on the PAYS Portsmouth mooring and the Indian River local-rower escort. Budget $355K per week, all-in roughly $475K including APA at 30 percent. Lead time 7 to 10 months.
For a family of 10, 10-night Antigua to Martinique to St Vincent rotation in early March with Falmouth Harbour embarkation, two nights inside Dominica (Portsmouth and Roseau), three nights at Martinique, two nights at St Lucia, one night at Wallilabou: a 56 to 58m motor yacht, 6 cabins, captain bench on the Portsmouth plus Roseau dual anchor and the Trafalgar Falls captain-car daylight programme. Budget $395K per week, all-in roughly $525K. Lead time 10 to 14 months.
Inventory
The live 50 to 60m southern Caribbean rotation inventory updates weekly through the winter season.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the Caribbean charter weekly rates report.