Le Marin, at the southern end of Martinique, is the biggest charter harbour in the Caribbean by boat count and almost nobody outside the French market knows it. Several hundred yachts lie there, the chandlery and yard trade is the best in the eastern Caribbean, and for a bareboat yacht charter, Martinique sits exactly halfway down the arc with Dominica and St Lucia within a day's sail either way.
Boat rental Martinique: what a boat costs here
Read on 11 September 2026, Click and Boat lists 305 boats in Martinique, with a 7.5 metre motorboat for eight from 350 EUR a day out of Fort de France, a similar boat from 450 out of Le Marin, a 12 metre four cabin catamaran from 357 and a 12.6 metre four cabin catamaran from 571. Sailo lists 143 boats on the island at about 400 EUR a day. Those are day rates on a marketplace rather than a fleet operator's weekly card, so they move week to week.
Why the French islands price differently
Martinique and Guadeloupe are French departments, which means euros, French paperwork, French provisioning and a domestic market that charters without crossing an ocean to get there. The effect on price is real: the marketplaces here quote in euros by the day and undercut the dollar bases in the Anglophone islands for the same class of boat. The counterweight is that the fleets are smaller operators rather than the large international brands, so the booking process is less standardized.
Where a week of Martinique sailing goes
South and west along the lee of the island to Sainte Anne and the Diamond Rock, then either north to Saint Pierre under the volcano, or across to St Lucia, twenty five miles south, or to Dominica, twenty five miles north. Both crossings are open water with trade wind swell and both are done by bareboats every week of the season. The lee of Martinique itself is flat and the anchorages are sand at four to eight metres.
What to check before booking
Whether the quoted rate is per day or per week, since the marketplaces here quote days and the fleet operators quote weeks. Whether a skipper is required for the boat class, which several French operators impose on catamarans over a certain length. Whether one way to St Lucia or Guadeloupe is allowed and at what fee. And what the deposit is: the French bases commonly hold a substantial security deposit against the card rather than selling a damage waiver.
Questions people ask about bareboat charter Martinique
How much is a bareboat in Martinique?
Click and Boat lists 305 boats from 350 EUR a day for a 7.5 metre motorboat and 357 for a 12 metre four cabin catamaran, read on 11 September 2026. Sailo lists 143 boats at about 400 a day.
Where is the main charter base in Martinique?
Le Marin at the southern end, which is the largest charter harbour in the Caribbean by boat count, with Fort de France and Pointe du Bout also carrying fleets.
Can you sail from Martinique to St Lucia?
Yes, twenty five miles south across open water, and bareboats do it every week of the season. Dominica is the same distance north. Both are separate countries, so you clear customs at each end.