A crewed catamaran in the British Virgin Islands is the most requested charter product in the Caribbean, and it sits on top of the best-published bareboat market in this record. That makes it one of the few places where you can see the floor clearly, even though nobody publishes the crewed figure itself.
The published floor underneath it
Sunsail publishes about $5,700 for a low-season bareboat four-cabin catamaran in the BVI and about $10,000 for the same boat in high season. The Moorings publishes $3,284 to $49,584 for a 7 day charter for 2 people across hull types. A crewed catamaran starts above those numbers, because it is the same boat with a skipper and usually a chef aboard and their time added to the fee.
What the crew changes about a BVI week
The mooring balls, mostly. The BVI runs on moorings rather than anchoring in the popular bays and the good ones go early, which means a crew that knows to be at the Bight or Cane Garden Bay before mid-afternoon. Add somebody cooking on a boat with no shore power, and the crew is buying you the two things a bareboat party spends the week managing.
What the fee does not include
Cruising permits and National Parks fees per person per day, the mooring balls themselves paid nightly, fuel, and provisioning. On a crewed charter those run through an Advance Provisioning Allowance paid before the trip, and the crew gratuity is customary and separate again. None of it is in any published bareboat figure.
Questions people ask about crewed catamaran charter bvi
How much is a crewed catamaran in the BVI?
No company in this record publishes a crewed rate. The published bareboat floor is Sunsail's about $5,700 low season and about $10,000 high season for a four-cabin catamaran.
What does the crew do on a BVI charter?
Sails and moors the boat, gets to the good mooring balls early, and cooks. Those are the two things a bareboat party spends the week managing.
What extras are on top?
Cruising permits and park fees per person per day, mooring balls nightly, fuel and provisioning, usually through an Advance Provisioning Allowance, plus the customary crew gratuity.