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A 50 to 60m yacht Martinique through the 2026 winter (mid-December to mid-April) runs $280,000 to $420,000 per week plus 30 percent APA, takes 10 to 12 guests across 6 cabins, and carries 14 to 17 crew. Martinique runs as the structural southern French Antilles base for the bracket, with Marina du Marin at Le Marin holding the south-coast embarkation and Fort-de-France Bay holding the at-anchor pattern for the upper-end 58m-plus tonnage. Aime Cesaire (FDF) airport on the north face of the bay handles the structural fixed-wing arrival 14 kilometres from Le Marin and 9 kilometres from Fort-de-France. The 50 to 60m Martinique bracket runs as the southern leg of a 10 to 14 night Antigua to Martinique to St Vincent rotation, with the standalone Martinique 7-night week reading thin at the LOA. Roughly 4 to 8 yachts in this LOA work the southern French Antilles through a typical February week.
Why the bracket bases Martinique specifically
Marina du Marin on the south coast is the largest charter base in the southern Caribbean and handles the bracket on the outer south pontoon line on prior commercial agency confirmation, with the 6 metre channel depth and the protected inner bay holding the pattern. Le Marin runs a deeper French charter-fleet logistical chain than any other southern French Antilles port, with the Carenantilles refit yard immediately north of the marina holding the bracket's mid-charter maintenance brief and the provisioning chain through Carrefour Genipa and Leader Price Marin running on 24 to 48 hour lead time. The French commercial flag structuring (French SSN charter tax) reads through the standard French Antilles framework on prior broker filing.
Fort-de-France Bay on the western lee handles the at-anchor pattern for the upper-end bracket, with the captain's prior bench on the FDF port agency holding the structural Saturday clearance through the Fort Saint-Louis approach. The bay's at-anchor capacity runs deep but the overnight is the south-coast Le Marin rotation on protected water rather than the open bay.
The structural anchorages are Sainte-Anne (Anse Mitan east face and Anse Salines south face), Anse Mitan and Trois-Ilets across the bay from Fort-de-France, Saint-Pierre on the northwestern face under the Mount Pelee volcano, Le Diamant with the Diamond Rock anchorage, and the southern Cap Chevalier approach. The bracket runs Sainte-Anne and Anse Mitan as the structural overnight anchors, Saint-Pierre as the daylight volcano-and-rum-distillery call, and Le Diamant as the daylight rock-tour call.
The Aime Cesaire (FDF) airport on the north face of Fort-de-France Bay handles Cat C airliners with the Paris and Miami connection patterns, and the Air France daily widebody anchors the eastward charter-client flow.
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 | $280K to $320K per week | $230K to $270K per week |
| 53 to 57m | $320K to $375K per week | $265K to $320K per week |
| 57 to 60m | $360K to $420K per week | $300K to $360K per week |
The Christmas and New Year window runs a 30 to 50 percent premium against the central January figure but pulls the bracket north to St Barths and Anguilla rather than holding at Martinique. The bracket's strongest Martinique weeks fall between mid-January and mid-March, with the April shoulder running a 20 to 30 percent discount. For wider context see Caribbean charter weekly rates and the 40-50m Martinique 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 Le Marin crew bench is the deepest French-trained pool in the southern Caribbean, with the chef bench calibrated to the French training pattern through the November NAJ Antibes refit window. The captain bench is calibrated to Sainte-Anne anchorage rotation, the Saint-Pierre Mount Pelee daylight programme, and the Diamond Rock southwest-coast pilotage. The chief stew's prior reservation bench at Le Petibonum on Le Carbet for the volcano-side dinner and at La Suite Villa Trois-Ilets for the bay-side call is the structural broker-side question at inquiry.
Tenders. Primary 11 to 12m fast tender plus a 7 to 8m beach tender plus a chase boat. The Sainte-Anne Anse Salines and Anse Mitan beach landings run tender-heavy daylight calls, and the Le Diamant rock-tour daylight runs the secondary tender as the rock-circumnavigation platform.
At-anchor stabilizers. Required. The Sainte-Anne Anse Mitan and Anse Salines anchorages take the easterly trade-wind swell through January and February, and the Saint-Pierre roadstead takes the prevailing northwest-swell episodes 4 to 6 times per season. The 2018-and-newer hulls running the zero-speed product hold the bracket fit.
Beach club. Required. The Anse Salines, the Sainte-Anne Anse Mitan, and the Anse Couleuvre on the northwestern face anchorages run the beach club open hard through the 26 to 27 degree water band.
Helipad. Cat A useful at the upper end. The FDF airport 9 to 14 minute road transit holds the road-transfer pattern as the bracket norm, with the helicopter leg holding for the cross-island shuttle to Saint-Pierre or the southbound transfer to St Lucia on the wider Caribbean rotation.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's signature week is the seven-night Martinique to St Lucia round trip. Embark Le Marin Saturday afternoon, two nights at Sainte-Anne with the Anse Salines and Anse Mitan daylight calls, southbound transit overnight to St Lucia for two nights at Marigot Bay and Soufriere with the Pitons anchorage, return north to Saint-Pierre for the Mount Pelee daylight, return Le Marin for the disembark. Seven nights with the southern French Antilles plus St Lucia geography handled at the bracket norm.
The 10-night Antigua to Martinique to St Vincent runs Falmouth Harbour embarkation, two nights at Antigua, southbound transit through Guadeloupe and Dominica with one-night Portsmouth and one-night Roseau anchors, three nights at Martinique, two nights at St Lucia, one night at Wallilabou St Vincent, Wallilabou or Argyle disembark. The 10-night rotation is the bracket's strongest southern French Antilles plus Windwards shape, with the dual customs clearance routing through prior broker filing.
The 14-night Lesser Antilles full rotation runs the same shape extended through the Tobago Cays plus Bequia plus Mustique Grenadines leg. The 14-night routing is the bracket's deepest French and southern Caribbean reach.
What the bracket does not do well in Martinique
The standalone Martinique 7-night week at the bracket. The anchorage variety inside Martinique exhausts inside 3 to 4 days and the captain's structural southbound transit to St Lucia or the southbound full rotation is the bracket-fit shape. We would pass on a Martinique-only week at the LOA and position the Martinique to St Lucia 7-night or the wider 10 to 14 night southern rotation instead.
The Marina du Marin commercial-pattern overnight at the bracket. Le Marin runs as the embarkation and disembarkation base only, not a sit-and-anchor week. The town and the marina hold the commercial pattern and the daylight programme reads thin at the bracket norm. We would pass on any plan that books more than one Le Marin overnight inside a 7-night Martinique week.
The Fort-de-France Bay as a primary anchorage in the winter trade-wind window. The bay holds the at-anchor pattern but the westerly afternoon chop and the commercial port traffic through the FDF cargo quay run heavy through the daylight window. We would pass on a Fort-de-France-titled overnight at the bracket except as a one-night transit anchor inside the wider rotation.
Two we would book
For two couples, 7-night Martinique to St Lucia round trip in early March with Le Marin embarkation, two nights at Sainte-Anne, two nights at the St Lucia Pitons, Saint-Pierre Mount Pelee daylight, return Le Marin: 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 Salines daylight call and the Pitons southbound transit. Budget $350K per week, all-in roughly $465K 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 mid-February with Falmouth Harbour embarkation, three nights at Martinique, two nights at St Lucia, one night at St Vincent: a 56 to 58m motor yacht, 6 cabins, Cat A helipad useful for the cross-island shuttle, French commercial flag, captain bench on the Dominica Portsmouth overnight transit and the dual customs filing through Le Marin. 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.