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A 60 to 70m yacht the Caribbean in the winter window (December through April 2026 to 2027) runs $690,000 to $1,300,000 per week plus 30 to 38 percent APA, takes 12 to 14 guests across 7 to 9 cabins, and carries 18 to 26 crew. The 60 to 70m Caribbean-rotated fleet at any winter week sits at 18 to 28 hulls under active charter on prior positioning from the Mediterranean fall trans-Atlantic on the late-October Caribbean 1500 and the ARC fall fleet movement. The structural reality at this LOA is the same berth-bound constraint as the Mediterranean summer pattern, and the bracket-fit Caribbean week runs through 5 to 7 specific superyacht-grade alongside structures only. The IGY Yacht Haven Grande St Thomas base in the USVI, the Christophe Harbour St Kitts mega-yacht alongside, the Falmouth Harbour Marina Antigua outer-T, the IGY Simpson Bay and the Yacht Club Isle de Sol St Maarten on the Dutch and French sides, the Port Louis Marina Grenada on the southern Caribbean rotation, and the Gustavia outer-roads anchor for the St Barths Christmas-to-NYE cluster run the bracket-fit Caribbean alongside structure. The harbour master and port captain of each base runs the prior berth-allocation framework on the 12 to 24 month lead-time for the bracket-fit NYE and Antigua Charter Yacht Show window.
Why the bracket-fit Caribbean week reads structurally tight
The IGY Yacht Haven Grande St Thomas base. Yacht Haven Grande on the Long Bay southeastern St Thomas face at 18 degrees 20 minutes north handles the bracket alongside on the deep-water 60m-plus outer-T berth structure (the IGY Marinas standing 100m-plus capacity on the inner-T plus outer-T pair) with the prior IGY allocation on the structural USVI USCG cruising-license framework. The base runs the structural USVI clearance through the US Customs and Border Protection on the St Thomas Charlotte Amalie alongside and the wider eastward repositioning onward to the BVI through the BVI Customs at Soper's Hole or West End on the same-day clearance. The Yacht Haven Grande base runs 12 minutes by road from the St Thomas Cyril E King International (STT) and handles the bracket-fit guest transfer on the central January-through-March wider-Caribbean rotation.
The Christophe Harbour St Kitts mega-yacht alongside. Christophe Harbour on the southeastern St Kitts face at 17 degrees 14 minutes north handles the bracket-fit alongside on the structural 90m-plus capacity (the largest single-port-of-call alongside in the eastern Caribbean) with the prior Christophe Harbour Marina allocation through the Kiawah-developed standing structure. The Christophe Harbour base runs the structural southern St Kitts isolated-private development setting and the prior Marina-clubhouse and Pavilion fine-dining shore programme on the captain's-coordination. The base runs 30 minutes by road from the St Kitts Robert L Bradshaw International (SKB) and handles the bracket-fit guest transfer on the central winter rotation with the structural January-to-March anchor product.
The Falmouth Harbour Marina Antigua and the Antigua Yacht Club Marina outer-T. Falmouth Harbour on the southern Antigua face at 17 degrees 0 minutes north handles the bracket-fit alongside on the Falmouth Harbour Marina outer-T berth and the Antigua Yacht Club Marina western-quay structure with the structural Antigua Charter Yacht Show (the first week of December) and the New Year's wider-week allocation through the broker network on the 12 to 18 month lead-time. The Falmouth-and-English-Harbour pair holds the bracket's structural December Antigua Show anchor and the wider winter shore programme through the Catherine's Cafe Plage, the Pillars Restaurant at Admiral's Inn, and the Boom on the Falmouth eastern face. The base runs 50 minutes by road from the Antigua VC Bird International (ANU) and handles the bracket-fit guest transfer on the December Show wider-week and the central winter rotation.
The IGY Simpson Bay and the Yacht Club Isle de Sol St Maarten. Simpson Bay on the southern Dutch Sint Maarten face at 18 degrees 1 minute north handles the bracket-fit alongside on the IGY Simpson Bay Marina structural 70m-plus capacity (the inner-lagoon access through the Simpson Bay Bridge runs the wider Sint Maarten lagoon-fleet rotation). The Yacht Club Isle de Sol on the southwestern Dutch Sint Maarten face handles the structural 70m-plus alongside on the prior IGY Marinas coordination. The base runs 10 minutes by road from the Princess Juliana International (SXM) and handles the bracket-fit guest transfer on the central winter rotation with the structurally short SXM-to-quay transfer.
The Gustavia outer-roads anchor for the St Barths NYE cluster. Gustavia on the southwestern St Barthélemy face at 17 degrees 53 minutes north runs the bracket on the outer-roads anchor only at the 60 to 70m LOA (the Gustavia inner-harbour Med-moor stern-to runs the structural 45m-plus capacity on the maximum-allocation basis and the bracket-fit Gustavia call routes the at-anchor footprint on the outer Baie de Gustavia with the prior tender-routing through the Gustavia Customs and the wider tender pontoon). The St Barths Christmas-to-NYE wider-week (December 24 through January 4) runs the structurally tight outer-roads anchor allocation on the 18 to 24 month lead-time. The bracket-fit Gustavia call routes the central shore programme through the Le Sereno, the Eden Rock, the Hotel Le Toiny, and the Nikki Beach tender shore on the daily structure.
Weekly rate map for winter 2026 to 2027
Rates below are firm winter pricing (December 2026 through April 2027), before APA at 30 to 38 percent (the higher APA reflects the structural Caribbean fuel cost on the 60 to 70m bracket-fit cruise consumption on the wider trans-island routing and the higher provisioning standard relative to the at-base Mediterranean profile) and gratuity at 12 to 15 percent.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 63m | $690K to $830K per week | $530K to $660K per week |
| 63 to 67m | $830K to $1,020K per week | $620K to $790K per week |
| 67 to 70m | $1,020K to $1,300K per week | $760K to $970K per week |
The peak Caribbean window runs the structural December 22 through January 3 NYE cluster on the Gustavia outer-roads anchor and the Antigua Falmouth Harbour wider-week, with the Christmas Day to NYE plus 3-day-wider window pulling 15 to 25 percent above the central January base. The Antigua Charter Yacht Show wider-week (the first week of December) pulls the structural 8 to 14 percent premium on the Falmouth outer-T allocation. The central January through mid-March window runs the bracket-fit standard winter routing with the structurally tight allocation on the BVI Bitter End and the Anguilla shoulder weeks. The late March and April shoulder edges run the wider Easter and the Antigua Sailing Week (Race Week, late April) wider-week and read 8 to 14 percent below the central winter base. The Caribbean 60 to 70m all-in week at the bracket runs roughly 5 to 12 percent below the equivalent Mediterranean summer week on the structural berth-fee differential (the IGY and the Christophe Harbour standing rate runs structurally below the Saint-Tropez New Port and the Porto Cervo north quay daily-fee scale) and roughly 30 to 45 percent above the equivalent 50 to 60m Caribbean winter week. For broader context see 60-70m Mediterranean, 50-60m Caribbean, and the How Caribbean APA works guide.
What is in the bracket in this bracket
Cabins. Seven to nine. The Caribbean winter pool at the bracket runs the bridge-deck owner suite plus the on-deck VIP plus the five to seven main-deck and lower-deck guest doubles as the layout, calibrated to the multi-couple multi-generational NYE and central-winter pattern on the 12 to 14 guest envelope.
Crew. Eighteen to twenty-six. The Caribbean call rewards a captain bench with prior IGY Yacht Haven Grande outer-T allocation routine, prior Christophe Harbour clearance and Marina-clubhouse coordination, prior Falmouth Harbour Marina and Antigua Yacht Club Marina alongside tenure, prior IGY Simpson Bay inner-lagoon and Isle de Sol outer-face standing, and prior Gustavia outer-roads NYE-cluster anchor routine through the Saint Barths Customs framework. The chief stew bench with prior Le Sereno St Barths, Eden Rock Villa Rental, Catherine's Cafe Plage Antigua, and the Carlisle Bay Antigua shore-coordination is the structural client-facing load-bearing question. The chef bench runs the wider Caribbean Michelin and named-chef pool with the Eden Rock cross-pollination structure.
Tenders. Primary 12 to 14m fast tender plus a 10 to 11m beach tender plus a chase boat plus a dedicated dive tender plus a 9 to 10m limousine tender. The Gustavia inner-harbour tender approach on the Customs and the Le Sereno shore tender, the Antigua Nelson's Dockyard UNESCO shore landing, the St Barths Shell Beach and the Anse de Colombier daylight, the Anguilla Sandy Ground tender shore on the central shore programme, the BVI Soper's Hole and the Anegada Loblolly Bay day-anchor, and the Mustique Britannia Bay tender mooring run tender-heavy on the wider daily programme. The limousine tender takes the primary on the Gustavia and the Falmouth guest-arrival.
At-anchor stabilizers. Load-bearing at the bracket. The Caribbean winter protected hold runs the structurally light residual-swell window through the central December to March calendar on the leeward-island lee-side anchor, but the windward-side and the wider open-Atlantic passage (the Anegada Passage, the wider Antigua-to-St-Barths leg, the southern St Lucia to Grenadines transit) runs the 1.5 to 2.5 metre residual North Atlantic swell on the structurally heavier basin. The 2018-and-newer hulls with the gyro-and-fin combination on the modern zero-speed package hold the bracket fit on the wider Caribbean corridor.
Beach club. Load-bearing at the bracket. The Caribbean water temperature runs 26 to 28 degrees through the central December to April window and the beach club open-platform daylight runs the structural day-anchor swim and the wider swim-and-water-toy daily programme. The bracket-fit guest swim runs the open beach-club deck on the St Barths Shell Beach, the Anguilla Shoal Bay, the BVI Norman Island and the Anegada Loblolly Bay, and the Mustique Macaroni Beach at-anchor hold on the daily structure with the bracket-fit slide, water-park, and pool combination.
Helipad. Cat A load-bearing at the bracket. The cross-Caribbean helicopter shuttle from St Maarten SXM, Antigua ANU, and Barbados BGI to the at-anchor or outer-marina pickup runs the bracket-fit upper-end guest transfer and the structural overnight transit-shaving routine on the wider Antigua-to-St-Barths and St-Maarten-to-Anguilla leg. The St Barths airport (SBH) STOL runway runs the structural fixed-wing capacity on the 20-seat aircraft only and the bracket-fit guest transfer from SXM to SBH or the prior helicopter shuttle on the SXM-to-Gustavia 10-minute routing handles the NYE-cluster arrival. The bracket without the Cat A helipad reads structurally short on the wider Caribbean cross-basin product.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's Caribbean winter week runs the structural 7-night Leeward Islands NYE-cluster routing, the 10-night Leeward-to-Windward extension, or the 14-night Bahamas-to-BVI-to-Leewards full-rotation pattern. The 7-night Leeward Islands NYE-cluster routing runs Gustavia outer-roads anchor or the Sint Maarten Yacht Club Isle de Sol embarkation on the prior December 22 through January 4 wider-week, two nights at the Gustavia outer-roads anchor with the Le Sereno, Eden Rock, and Nikki Beach St Barths shore tender on the central NYE cluster (with the prior fireworks-window allocation on the Gustavia harbour-master coordination), the eastbound transit to Anguilla, two nights at the Anguilla Sandy Ground and the Shoal Bay anchor with the central shore programme through the Cap Juluca and the Belmond Cap Juluca tender, two nights at the Saint-Martin Anse Marcel and the Tintamarre day-anchor with the central French-side shore tender, one night on the Sint Maarten return with the disembark.
The 10-night Leeward-to-Windward extension routing runs the Sint Maarten or the Antigua embarkation, the 5-night Leeward Islands central programme on the St Barths plus Anguilla plus St Kitts (Christophe Harbour alongside) plus Antigua Falmouth Harbour pattern, the southbound transit to the Saintes and Dominica, two nights at the Iles des Saintes and the Dominica Portsmouth anchor with the central southern-Leeward shore tender, the Martinique day-anchor at the Anse Mitan, two nights at the Mustique Britannia Bay tender mooring and the Bequia Admiralty Bay anchor on the Grenadines northern leg, one night on the Bequia or the Mustique return with the disembark on the Mustique private-airport (MQS) or the Bequia (BQU) STOL connection.
The 14-night Bahamas-to-BVI-to-Leewards full-rotation runs the Nassau or the Exuma embarkation, three nights through the central Exuma chain on the Big Major Cay Pig Beach day-anchor and the Compass Cay Marina tender shore programme, the southbound transit to the BVI through the Turks and Caicos rest-stop on the bracket-fit lead-time consideration, three nights through the BVI on the Bitter End Yacht Club Virgin Gorda anchor, the Soper's Hole alongside, and the Anegada Loblolly Bay day-anchor, the eastbound transit to the USVI through the Yacht Haven Grande St Thomas alongside, the wider eastward leg to the Leeward Islands on the central 7-night NYE-cluster or central-January programme with the disembark on the St Maarten or Antigua return.
What the bracket does not do well in the Caribbean
The non-prior-allocation Gustavia NYE plan. The Gustavia outer-roads anchor on the December 22 through January 4 NYE cluster runs the structurally tight allocation on the 18 to 24 month lead-time, and the walk-up plan without the prior harbour-master coordination reads as the structural blocker at the bracket. We would pass on any non-prior-allocation Gustavia NYE plan and route the bracket-fit week on the early-December Antigua Show wider-week or the post-Epiphany January central window with the structural allocation confirmed in writing.
The non-IGY-grade walk-up alongside plan. The Caribbean bracket-fit alongside structure runs through the IGY Yacht Haven Grande, the IGY Simpson Bay, the IGY Yacht Club Isle de Sol, the Christophe Harbour, the Falmouth Harbour Marina, the Antigua Yacht Club Marina, and the Port Louis Marina Grenada framework on the prior allocation. The non-IGY-grade walk-up alongside plan reads structurally short on the seasonal-peak congestion at the bracket. We would pass on the walk-up alongside plan and require the prior allocation in writing through the captain's office at the contract.
The Maria-and-Irma corridor September-and-October plan. The Caribbean hurricane season runs the structural June through November window with the structural concentration on the September and October peak frequency, and the September-and-October bracket-fit plan on the wider Leeward Islands runs the residual storm risk on the open-Atlantic exposure. The 2017 Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria pattern on the structural BVI, Sint Maarten, Anguilla, and Dominica reconstruction post-event reads as the structural reference. We would pass on any September-and-October Caribbean plan and route the bracket on the Mediterranean shoulder rotation or the trans-Atlantic ARC repositioning leg for the same calendar.
The high-volume Gustavia inner-harbour Med-moor proposal. The Gustavia inner-harbour Med-moor stern-to runs the structural 45m-plus capacity on the maximum-allocation basis at the bracket, and the bracket-fit 60 to 70m hull on the inner-harbour proposal reads structurally short. We would pass on the inner-harbour Med-moor proposal and route the Gustavia call on the outer-roads anchor structure with the prior tender-routing through the Gustavia tender pontoon.
Two we would book
For two couples, 7-night Leeward Islands NYE-cluster routing in late December (December 26 through January 2) with the Sint Maarten Yacht Club Isle de Sol embarkation, two nights at the Gustavia outer-roads anchor on the central NYE cluster with the Le Sereno and the Nikki Beach tender shore, the eastbound transit to Anguilla, two nights at the Anguilla Sandy Ground and the Shoal Bay anchor with the Cap Juluca tender, two nights at the Saint-Martin Anse Marcel and the Tintamarre day-anchor, one night on the Sint Maarten return: a 63 to 65m motor yacht, 8 cabins, twin tenders plus chase plus dive plus limousine, Cat A helipad on the SXM-Gustavia 10-minute routing, captain bench on the Gustavia outer-roads NYE allocation and the fireworks-window coordination. Budget $1,150K per week (NYE-cluster premium), all-in roughly $1.55M including APA at 34 percent. Lead time 18 to 24 months for the NYE-wider-week.
For a family of 12, 10-night Leeward-to-Windward extension routing in mid-January with the structural-fit upper-end hull, the 5-night Leeward Islands central programme (St Barths, Anguilla, Christophe Harbour St Kitts, Falmouth Antigua), the southbound transit to the Saintes and Dominica with the Iles des Saintes and the Portsmouth anchor, the Martinique Anse Mitan day-anchor, two nights at the Mustique Britannia Bay and the Bequia Admiralty Bay on the Grenadines northern leg, one night on the Mustique private-airport (MQS) disembark: a 66 to 68m motor yacht, 8 to 9 cabins, twin tenders plus chase plus dive plus limousine, Cat A helipad load-bearing on the wider cross-basin guest-routing, captain bench on the Christophe Harbour Marina clubhouse coordination and the Mustique Company Britannia Bay mooring NYE-to-January allocation. Budget $980K per week, all-in roughly $1.35M. Lead time 18 to 24 months.
Inventory
The live 60 to 70m Caribbean winter inventory updates weekly through the December to April calendar.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the How Caribbean APA works guide.