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.
Ask several charter companies what your week costs
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.
What a BVI catamaran charter with captain includes
A captain and usually a chef on a catamaran of 45 feet and up, with the cabins staying yours. All inclusive in the BVI normally means the boat, the crew and the food, and normally excludes fuel, the cruising permit, National Parks Trust moorings, dockage where you take it, and drinks beyond a basic bar. Ask for the exclusions line by line, because two boats quoted as all inclusive can differ by thousands across a week.
Why the BVI suits a crewed catamaran particularly
The distances are very short and the anchorages are mostly moorings rather than anchor work, which means a crew can run a week with far less passage-making than in the Mediterranean and spend the time cooking and diving instead. It is also why the crewed product here is so often a catamaran: the flat deck and the cockpit are the whole point when the sailing is an hour a day.
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.
How much is a crewed catamaran charter in the BVI?
No company in this record publishes one. The Moorings' BVI page reaches 49,584 USD for a 7 day charter for 2 and the top of that range is where crew are aboard; bareboat catamarans there are published up to 9,999 USD a week.
What do BVI catamaran charters all inclusive actually cover?
Usually the boat, the crew and the food. Fuel, the cruising permit, National Parks Trust moorings, dockage and drinks beyond a basic bar are normally charged on top.
Is there an APA in the BVI?
On broker-quoted crewed charters, yes: a float paid to the captain up front for fuel, food, drink, dockage and permits, reconciled at the end of the trip.