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A 50 to 60m yacht calling at Mustique through the 2026 winter (mid-December to mid-April) runs $295,000 to $440,000 per week plus 30 percent APA, takes 10 to 12 guests across 6 cabins, and carries 14 to 17 crew. Mustique at this LOA is a one or two-night anchor inside a wider Grenadines rotation, not a standalone-week destination. The island is privately held by The Mustique Company and the entire shoreside infrastructure runs through company-managed reservation and access control. Britannia Bay on the western lee handles the bracket on prior Mustique Company mooring confirmation (the moorings are not first-come), with the captain's prior Saturday-and-Sunday allocation booked 6 to 9 months ahead through company-side reservation. Macaroni Beach on the southeastern face holds the bracket's signature daylight call inside the Mustique Company beach reservation. The Mustique airfield (MQS) handles light fixed-wing arrivals only, with the wider rotation embarking through Argyle (SVD) on St Vincent or Argyle disembark on the bracket-fit one-way. Roughly 6 to 12 yachts in this LOA call at Mustique through the NYE window and 3 to 6 through the central January and February weeks.
Why the bracket calls at Mustique specifically
The Mustique Company access framework is the structural variable that defines the bracket-fit visit. Britannia Bay holds 6 to 8 yacht moorings on the company-managed buoy line in 10 to 25 metres of sand on the western lee, with the bracket-fit overnight reading on prior written allocation through the company-side Manager of Operations on 6 to 9 month lead time. The 50 to 60m bracket holds the outer mooring line only; the inner line carries the under-40m allocation. The mooring fee runs at the captain-side and the captain's prior bench on the company protocol is the binding broker-side question at inquiry.
The shore programme at Mustique runs on company-issued daylight passes through Basil's Bar on Britannia Bay for the structural lunch-and-bar call, Macaroni Beach on the southeastern face for the daylight beach reservation, Endeavour Bay on the northern face for the daylight watersports allocation, and the Cotton House hotel reservation for the dinner-only call. The chief stew's prior reservation bench at the Cotton House, the Cotton Club at the Cotton House for the Wednesday cocktail call, and the Basil's Bar Wednesday jump-up is the structural shore-side question.
The NYE cluster at Mustique runs the densest concentration of bracket-fit tonnage in the southern Caribbean, with the Britannia Bay mooring line running at maximum capacity from 26 December through 6 January. The 2026 NYE allocation booked through autumn 2025 with carry-over for repeat-client tenure, and the captain's prior Mustique Company standing reads as the binding constraint on the NYE booking through inquiry.
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 Mustique call inside a wider Grenadines rotation books at the corresponding base rate (typically the St Lucia or Antigua bracket figure) plus the Mustique Company mooring fee and the St Vincent and the Grenadines port-of-entry clearance through Wallilabou or Bequia through the APA.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht and motor-sailor (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 53m | $295K to $335K per week | $240K to $285K per week |
| 53 to 57m | $335K to $390K per week | $280K to $335K per week |
| 57 to 60m | $375K to $440K per week | $315K to $375K per week |
The NYE window (week 51 to week 1) runs a 50 to 80 percent premium against the central January figure and the slot fills 14 to 20 months ahead. The mid-January to mid-March window holds the headline rate with materially better availability than the NYE bracket. For wider context see Caribbean charter weekly rates and the 40-50m Mustique bracket.
What the bracket includes in this bracket
Cabins. Six standard. The Grenadines winter pool at the bracket runs the on-deck master plus VIP plus four guest doubles as the layout, with the seven-cabin layout at the 57m-plus upper end for the NYE family pattern.
Crew. Fourteen to seventeen. The Mustique call rewards a captain bench with prior Mustique Company Manager of Operations tenure, the Britannia Bay mooring allocation calendar, and the company-side reservation chain for Basil's Bar, the Cotton House, and Macaroni Beach. The chef bench is calibrated to the British, French, and South African Grenadines pool, and the chief stew's prior bench on the Cotton Club Wednesday and the Basil's Bar Wednesday jump-up is the structural question.
Tenders. Primary 11 to 12m fast tender plus a 7 to 8m beach tender plus a chase boat. The Macaroni Beach and the Pasture Bay landings run tender-heavy daylight calls, and the Britannia Bay mooring runs the primary tender as the shore-shuttle to Basil's Bar daylight and night.
At-anchor stabilizers. Required. The Britannia Bay roadstead holds protected water through most of the trade-wind window but takes the westerly afternoon chop and the occasional westerly swell episode. The 2018-and-newer hulls running the zero-speed product hold the bracket fit.
Beach club. Required. The Macaroni Beach, the Pasture Bay, and the Lagoon Bay daylight anchorages run the beach club open hard through the 26 to 27 degree water band.
Helipad. Cat A not relevant. The Mustique airfield (MQS) handles light fixed-wing only and the cross-island shuttle to Argyle SVD or to Bequia BQU runs through the captain's prior Mustique airline and St Vincent airport agency confirmation.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's Mustique call sits inside a 7 to 14 night Grenadines rotation rather than a standalone week. The 7-night Grenadines round trip runs St Lucia or Bequia embarkation, one night at Bequia Admiralty Bay, two nights at Mustique on the Britannia Bay mooring with the Basil's Bar and Macaroni Beach daylight, two nights at the Tobago Cays on the marine park anchorage, one night at Canouan, return north for the disembark.
The 10-night NYE pattern runs Antigua or St Lucia embarkation, southbound transit to Bequia for one night, Mustique for three to five nights through the company-allocated NYE window with the Wednesday Basil's Bar jump-up and the Cotton House NYE programme, return north through Bequia and St Lucia for the disembark. The 10-night NYE shape is the bracket's signature programme at Mustique and the slot is the binding constraint.
The 14-night Grenadines full rotation runs Martinique embarkation, southbound through St Lucia and Bequia, three to four nights at Mustique, two to three nights at the Tobago Cays and Mayreau, two nights at Union Island and Petit Saint Vincent, return north. The 14-night routing is the bracket's deepest Grenadines reach with multiple Mustique nights and full company-side shore programme.
What the bracket does not do well at Mustique
The standalone Mustique 7-night stay at the bracket. The island infrastructure runs the company-managed daylight programme but the anchorage variety exhausts inside 48 hours and the bracket-fit captain's at-anchor read on Macaroni Beach and Pasture Bay reads thin past day three. We would pass on a Mustique-only week and position the Grenadines 7 to 14 night rotation with 2 to 5 Mustique nights as the bracket-fit shape.
The Britannia Bay mooring without the prior written Mustique Company allocation. The company-managed mooring line does not run on a first-come basis at the bracket and the captain's prior allocation through the Manager of Operations is the binding compliance line. We would pass on any plan that books a Mustique overnight at the bracket without the company confirmation in writing 6 to 9 months ahead.
The hurricane-window summer call. The Mustique Company runs the closed shore season from mid-August through early October and the bracket-fit yachts reposition north or east through the storm window. We would pass on any summer Mustique call at the bracket except as a brief daylight at-anchor on the captain's prior weather routing.
The pick
For two couples, 7-night Grenadines round trip in mid-February with Bequia embarkation, two nights at Mustique on the Britannia Bay mooring with the Basil's Bar and Macaroni Beach daylight, two nights at the Tobago Cays, return Bequia: a 53 to 55m motor yacht, 6 cabins, twin tenders plus chase boat, captain bench on the Mustique Company allocation and the Tobago Cays marine park anchorage. Budget $365K per week, all-in roughly $485K including APA at 30 percent. Lead time 8 to 12 months for non-NYE weeks.
For a family of 10, 10-night NYE pattern with St Lucia embarkation, southbound transit to Bequia, four nights at Mustique through the NYE window with the Cotton House and Basil's Bar reservations confirmed at contract: a 56 to 58m motor yacht, 6 cabins, captain bench on the Mustique Company NYE allocation, French commercial flag or Cayman flag for the SVG charter compliance. Budget $700K per week through the NYE premium, all-in roughly $930K including APA at 32 percent. Lead time 14 to 20 months. The NYE Mustique mooring is the binding constraint on the routing.
Inventory
The live 50 to 60m Grenadines and Mustique-bracket inventory updates weekly through the winter season.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the Caribbean charter weekly rates report.