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A 50 to 60m yacht Guadeloupe through the 2026 winter (mid-December to mid-April) runs $275,000 to $415,000 per week plus 30 percent APA, takes 10 to 12 guests across 6 cabins, and carries 14 to 17 crew. Marina Bas-du-Fort at Pointe-a-Pitre is the structural embarkation port, with the outer west pontoon handling the bracket on prior commercial agreement and the 5.5 metre channel depth limiting the upper-end 58m-plus yachts to high-tide arrivals. The 50 to 60m Guadeloupe bracket runs as the southern French Antilles base for a seven-night Les Saintes and Marie-Galante programme, or as the southern half of a 10 to 14 night Antigua to Guadeloupe to Martinique rotation. Pole Caraibes (PTP) airport handles the structural fixed-wing arrival 4 kilometres from the marina. Roughly 3 to 6 yachts in this LOA work the southern French Antilles through a typical February week, materially thinner than the eastern Caribbean cluster but structurally available at the LOA.
Why the bracket bases Guadeloupe specifically
Marina Bas-du-Fort on the Pointe-a-Pitre southern face handles the bracket on the outer west pontoon line on prior Sopromer agency confirmation, with the inner basin restricted to the 35 metre line. The 5.5 metre marked channel depth from the Pointe Fouillole approach favours yachts drawing 4.5 metres or less and the upper-end 58m-plus tonnage holds at high tide only. The French commercial flag structuring (French SSN charter tax) reads through the standard French Antilles framework and the bracket's pool runs French, Cayman, and Marshall Islands flags through the November NAJ Antibes fitting and December delivery legs.
The structural anchorages are Les Saintes (Terre-de-Haut at Anse du Bourg, Anse Crawen on the southwest face, and Anse Mire on the south face), Marie-Galante (Saint-Louis on the western lee and Capesterre on the eastern face), La Désirade (the eastern outer reach), Petite-Terre (the protected lagoon at the northeastern outer reach), and the Cul-de-sac Marin protected basin between Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre on the inner reef line. The bracket runs Les Saintes as the structural overnight anchor, Marie-Galante as the daylight rum-and-beach call, and the Cul-de-sac Marin as the wet-weather refuge.
The Pole Caraibes (PTP) airport on the western face of Pointe-a-Pitre is the structural fixed-wing arrival, with the captain-car 8 minute transfer to Marina Bas-du-Fort. The PTP runway holds Cat C airliners with the Paris and Miami connection patterns, and the Air France daily widebody anchors the eastward charter-client flow through the season.
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 French SSN charter tax structuring applies through the standard French Antilles framework, and the captain's prior broker filing is the binding compliance line at contract.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht and motor-sailor (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 53m | $275K to $315K per week | $225K to $265K per week |
| 53 to 57m | $315K to $370K per week | $260K to $315K per week |
| 57 to 60m | $355K to $415K per week | $295K to $355K per week |
The Christmas and New Year window runs a 30 to 50 percent premium against the central January figure and pulls the bracket north to St Barths and Anguilla rather than holding at Guadeloupe, with the bracket's strongest Guadeloupe weeks falling between mid-January and mid-March. The April shoulder runs a 20 to 30 percent discount and reads as the bracket's value window. For wider context see Caribbean charter weekly rates and the 40-50m Guadeloupe bracket.
What you actually get in this bracket
Cabins. Six standard. The southern French Antilles winter pool runs the on-deck master plus VIP plus four guest doubles as the bracket norm, with the seven-cabin layout at the 57m-plus upper end.
Crew. Fourteen to seventeen. The French Antilles crew bench draws from the French, Caribbean, and South African pools, with the chef bench strongest on the French training pattern (the November NAJ Antibes refit window structurally exports French-trained tonnage to the Caribbean for the December delivery leg). The captain bench is calibrated to Les Saintes anchorage rotation and the Cul-de-sac Marin reef pilotage.
Tenders. Primary 11 to 12m fast tender plus a 7 to 8m beach tender plus a chase boat. The Les Saintes Anse Crawen and Petite-Terre lagoon landings run tender-heavy daylight calls, and the Marie-Galante Saint-Louis rum distillery shore programme runs the secondary tender as the structural shore-shuttle.
At-anchor stabilizers. Required. The Anse du Bourg roadstead at Terre-de-Haut takes the easterly trade-wind swell through January and February, and the Marie-Galante Saint-Louis anchorage takes the westerly afternoon chop. The 2018-and-newer hulls running the zero-speed product hold the bracket fit.
Beach club. Required. The Petite-Terre lagoon, the Anse Crawen Terre-de-Haut, and the Plage de la Feuillère Marie-Galante anchorages run the beach club open hard through the 25 to 27 degree water band.
Helipad. Cat A useful at the upper end. The PTP airport 8 minute road transit holds the road-transfer pattern as the bracket norm, with the helicopter leg holding for the cross-island shuttle to La Désirade or the southbound transfer to Fort-de-France on the wider French Antilles rotation.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's signature week is the seven-night Guadeloupe round trip. Embark Marina Bas-du-Fort Saturday afternoon, transit south to Les Saintes for two nights at Anse du Bourg with the Terre-de-Haut shore programme, run southwest to Marie-Galante for two nights split between Saint-Louis lee and Capesterre eastern face, return north to Petite-Terre for the protected-lagoon daylight, run inside the Cul-de-sac Marin for the wet-weather refuge night, return Marina Bas-du-Fort for the disembark. Seven nights with the southern French Antilles geography exhausted at the bracket norm.
The 10-night Antigua to Guadeloupe to Martinique runs Falmouth Harbour embarkation, two nights at Antigua with the Pillars of Hercules and Galleon Beach programme, southbound transit overnight to Les Saintes, three nights inside Guadeloupe on the Saintes plus Marie-Galante rotation, southbound transit to Dominica with a one-night Portsmouth anchor, two nights at Martinique on Sainte-Anne and Anse Mitan, Fort-de-France disembark. The 10-night rotation is the bracket's strongest French Antilles shape and the dual customs clearance routes through prior broker filing.
The 14-night French Antilles full rotation runs the same shape extended through the Tobago Cays and Bequia southern leg with the St Vincent and the Grenadines port-of-entry clearance at Wallilabou. The 14-night routing is the bracket's deepest French and southern Caribbean reach.
What the bracket does not do well in Guadeloupe
The Marina Bas-du-Fort high-tide-only arrival at the 58m-plus upper end. The 5.5 metre marked channel depth closes the upper bracket on a falling tide and the captain's prior tide-window confirmation is the binding constraint on the Saturday turnaround. We would pass on any broker plan that books a 58m-plus Bas-du-Fort embarkation without the high-tide window confirmed in writing 14 days ahead.
The Cul-de-sac Marin as a primary anchorage. The protected basin is the wet-weather refuge and the daylight programme reads thin inside it because the reef-line anchorages run mosquito-heavy through dusk. We would pass on a Cul-de-sac Marin-titled week at the bracket and position Les Saintes plus Marie-Galante as the primary rotation.
The Pointe-a-Pitre embarkation as a sit-and-restock week. The town runs a commercial pattern and the daylight programme reads thin at the bracket. We would pass on any plan that books more than one Bas-du-Fort overnight inside a 7-night Guadeloupe week.
The pick
For two couples, 7-night Guadeloupe round trip in early March with Marina Bas-du-Fort embarkation and the Les Saintes plus Marie-Galante plus Petite-Terre rotation: a 53 to 55m motor yacht, 6 cabins, twin tenders plus chase boat, French commercial flag for the SSN structuring, captain bench on the Anse Crawen daylight call and the Petite-Terre protected-lagoon programme. Budget $345K per week, all-in roughly $460K including APA at 30 percent. Lead time 7 to 10 months.
For a family of 10, 10-night Antigua to Guadeloupe to Martinique rotation in mid-February with Falmouth Harbour embarkation, three nights inside Guadeloupe, two nights at Martinique, Fort-de-France disembark: a 56 to 58m motor yacht, 6 cabins, Cat A helipad useful for the cross-island shuttle, French commercial flag, captain bench on the Antigua to Saintes overnight transit and the dual customs filing through Pointe-a-Pitre. Budget $400K per week, all-in roughly $535K. Lead time 10 to 14 months.
Inventory
The live 50 to 60m southern French Antilles inventory updates weekly through the winter season.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the Caribbean charter weekly rates report.