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A 60 to 70m motor yacht French Polynesia in the 2026 May through October dry-season austral-winter window runs $640,000 to $960,000 per week plus 30 to 34 percent APA, takes 12 to 14 guests across 7 to 9 cabins, and carries 18 to 26 crew. The bracket runs three geographies sharing the Papeete PPT base on the western Tahiti coast: the Society Islands cluster (Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora, Maupiti) inside a 150-mile radius, the Tuamotus atoll arc (Rangiroa, Fakarava, Tikehau, Manihi) 200 to 400 nautical miles northeast, and the Marquesas expedition extension (Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Pou, Fatu Hiva) 750 to 850 nautical miles further northeast. Papeete carries the Papeete Marina Taina alongside structurally inside 50m at the bracket; the 60 to 70m fleet anchors off the Papeete commercial port on the prior Direction Polynesienne des Affaires Maritimes coordination. Roughly 3 to 6 yachts at the LOA work the basin across a typical season on the structurally thin Pacific upper-bracket pool, with the basin running a single dry-season rotation rather than a year-round programme.
Why French Polynesia works as a Papeete-anchorage and lagoon product at the bracket
The basin carries no commercial superyacht marina at any LOA in the 60 to 70m range across the 118 islands and atolls of the five archipelagos. The bracket runs the structural at-anchor and lagoon-mooring across the Society Islands lagoons (the Bora Bora lagoon mooring inside the protected barrier reef, the Tahaa coral garden, the Huahine Avea Bay, the Moorea Opunohu Bay), the Tuamotus atoll passes (the Tiputa and Avatoru passes at Rangiroa, the Garuae and Tumakohua passes at Fakarava), and the Marquesas deep-water bays. The Papeete Faa'a PPT international airport on the western Tahiti coast at 5 kilometres from the commercial port runs the inbound logistics, with the Air Tahiti inter-island domestic network running guest movement to Bora Bora and Rangiroa. The cruising permit issued by the Direction Polynesienne des Affaires Maritimes runs the structural prior coordination at the 60 to 90 day lead-time minimum, and the UNESCO Fakarava Biosphere Reserve pass-permit on the southern Fakarava Tumakohua manta-aggregation framework runs separate allocation through the DIREN.
Society Islands, Tuamotus, and Marquesas daily structure
The bracket runs the Polynesian weekly product on a Society Islands cluster pattern with the cross-archipelago Tuamotus or Marquesas extension. The 7-night Society Islands routes Papeete embarkation, two nights at Moorea (Opunohu Bay and Cook's Bay) for the resort-tender to the Hilton Moorea and the Sofitel Kia Ora shore-table, one night at Tahaa for the coral-garden lagoon, two nights at Bora Bora (Bora Bora Yacht Club mooring on the Vaitape side and the inner-lagoon at-anchor on the western face) with the St Regis Bora Bora and Four Seasons Bora Bora shore-tender, one night at Huahine on the Fare anchorage, and the final night at Moorea on the Papeete return transit. The 10 to 14 night Tuamotus extension routes the northeast overnight passage to Rangiroa on the Tiputa Pass dive call and to Fakarava on the Garuae and Tumakohua Pass UNESCO Biosphere Reserve framework. The 18 to 28 night Marquesas expedition routes the further northeast open-ocean passage (3 to 4 days each way) to Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, and Fatu Hiva on the bracket's structural deep-water Pacific product. The dry-season austral-winter window from May through October runs the structural calendar; the November through April southern-cyclone season runs the basin's structural off-season.
Weekly rate map for 2026
Rates below are firm peak pricing (May through October 2026 dry-season austral-winter window) before APA at 30 to 34 percent and gratuity at 10 to 15 percent on the Pacific framework. The Direction Polynesienne des Affaires Maritimes cruising permit, the UNESCO Fakarava Biosphere Reserve pass-permit, the Tuamotus atoll-pass entry framework, the Polynesian VAT and harbour dues, the structural import-everything Pacific provisioning supply chain, and the daily lagoon-mooring tender consumption run through the APA.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Sailing yacht (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 63m | $640K to $740K per week | $520K to $610K per week |
| 63 to 67m | $735K to $850K per week | $600K to $700K per week |
| 67 to 70m | $845K to $960K per week | $695K to $790K per week |
The mid-July to mid-August central dry-season peak and the French summer holiday window hold the headline rate with the bracket inventory tight 12 to 18 months out on the structurally limited 3 to 6 yacht basin pool. The Tuamotus expedition extension runs a 20 to 35 percent premium on the Society Islands base plus the expedition supplement covering passage fuel, UNESCO Fakarava permits, and the 10-night minimum charter requirement. The Marquesas expedition runs a 35 to 60 percent premium plus the 18 to 28 night minimum and the structural ice-classed-or-expedition-fit pattern. For wider context see 60-70m Maldives, 60-70m Seychelles, 60-70m Caribbean, and the lower-LOA comparison at 50-60m French Polynesia.
What you actually get in this bracket
Cabins. Seven to nine. Bridge-deck owner suite plus on-deck VIP plus five to seven main and lower-deck doubles on the 12 to 14 guest envelope.
Crew. Eighteen to twenty-six. The Polynesian captain bench rewards prior Direction Polynesienne des Affaires Maritimes cruising-permit coordination, prior UNESCO Fakarava Biosphere Reserve permit on the Tumakohua manta-aggregation framework, prior Tuamotus atoll-pass open-ocean transit on the Tiputa, Avatoru, Garuae, and Tumakohua entry, prior Bora Bora inner-lagoon mooring tenure on the Vaitape and western-face structure, prior Marquesas open-water passage hours, and prior MYBA Pacific addendum coordination. The chief stew bench with prior St Regis Bora Bora, Four Seasons Bora Bora, Brando Tetiaroa, and Hilton Moorea shore-coordination is the client-facing load.
Tenders. Primary 14 to 16m fast tender plus a 12m beach-landing tender for the Society Islands lagoon programme plus a chase boat plus a dedicated dive tender (8 to 10m support boat with rack and compressor) for the Tuamotus pass-drift dive programme plus an 11 to 12m limousine tender for the Bora Bora resort-table evening. The Tuamotus pattern runs the dive tender hard.
At-anchor stabilizers. Load-bearing. The southeast trade wind on the open-water transit between archipelagos and the Tuamotus atoll-rim swell on the pass entries run the structural daily comfort variable.
Helipad. Cat A useful at the upper end. The Air Tahiti inter-island domestic network and the Papeete PPT international shuttle cover most guest movement, but the on-board Cat A converts the PPT to Bora Bora 250-mile and the PPT to Rangiroa 200-mile guest transfer to a single rotary leg on the bracket's structural option.
Submarine and watersports kit. The bracket's structural equipment differentiator. The Society Islands and Tuamotus reward a deep dive-and-snorkel programme (paddleboards, kayaks, e-foils, multi-day dive support, manta-aggregation snorkel platforms), and the submarine option at a small share of the bracket runs as the marquee value-add for the Fakarava UNESCO and the Rangiroa Tiputa Pass programme.
Expedition kit. For the Marquesas extension the bracket runs the watermaker redundancy, the confirmed 1,800-nautical-mile open-ocean range with margin, dedicated rebreather dive support, Iridium satellite redundancy, and Pacific medical-evacuation framework.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The 7-night Society Islands programme runs Papeete embarkation, two nights at Moorea (Opunohu and Cook's), one night at Tahaa coral garden, two nights at Bora Bora (Vaitape side and western inner-lagoon), one night at Huahine on the Fare anchorage, and the final night at Moorea for the Papeete return. The 10-night Society Islands plus Rangiroa adds the northeast overnight transit and two nights at Rangiroa on the Tiputa Pass dive call and the Avatoru Pass daylight. The 14-night Society Islands plus Fakarava adds the further northeast transit to Fakarava on the Garuae north-pass entry and the southern Tumakohua UNESCO Biosphere Reserve pass on the prior DIREN coordination. The 18 to 28 night Marquesas expedition routes the bracket's structural deep-water Pacific product. See Charter French Polynesia and How to plan a Pacific charter for routing detail.
What the bracket does not do well in French Polynesia
The marina-side weekly plan. Papeete Marina Taina structurally caps inside 50m at the alongside framework and the 60 to 70m fleet anchors off the Papeete commercial port on the prior Direction Polynesienne des Affaires Maritimes coordination. We would pass on the marina-side plan and route the booking on the Papeete commercial anchorage with the tender shuttle for the embarkation.
The November through April cyclone-season plan. The southern-cyclone season from November through April runs the basin's structural off-season with the fleet exodus east to the Pacific Southern Hemisphere shoulder programme or repositioning west to the Indian Ocean Maldives winter. We would pass on the November through April programme and route the booking on the central May through October dry-season austral-winter window.
The walk-up Bora Bora at the central July to August peak. The Bora Bora inner-lagoon mooring on the Vaitape side and the western-face inner-lagoon at-anchor runs the structurally limited bracket-fit positions and the walk-up at the central peak reads as the structural blocker on the headline lagoon-overnight. We would route the Bora Bora hold with the prior mooring coordination confirmed in writing at contract.
The pick
For two couples plus children, 10-night Society Islands plus Rangiroa Tuamotus extension in late June at the dry-season open: a 63 to 65m motor yacht, 8 cabins, Cat A helipad, primary plus secondary tender plus chase plus dive tender plus limousine, submarine optional, captain on the Direction Polynesienne des Affaires Maritimes permit coordination, Tuamotus atoll-pass open-ocean transit, and Bora Bora inner-lagoon mooring tenure, chief stew bench with prior St Regis Bora Bora and Brando Tetiaroa shore-coordination, French-Polynesian and pan-Pacific chef capability. Budget $780,000 per week plus APA at 32 percent, all-in for the 10-night programme roughly $1.47M including UNESCO Fakarava and Tuamotus pass-permit framework. Lead time 12 to 18 months for the central peak.
Inventory
The live 60 to 70m French Polynesia inventory updates weekly through the May to October dry-season austral-winter window on the structurally thin 3 to 6 yacht basin pool.. For broker-side inquiry see the brokers pillar and the French Polynesia charter guide.