Tortola is where the Virgin Islands charter fleet actually lives. Road Town, Nanny Cay and Wickhams Cay hold several hundred bareboats between them, and almost every catamaran chartered in the British Virgin Islands is handed over on one of those three docks. The prices differ by company more than by boat, and two of them publish.
By the day and by the week
Read on 11 September 2026, Horizon Yacht Charters prices its Tortola catamarans by the day at Nanny Cay: a Lagoon 51 of 2025 with six cabins at 2,599 USD a day and a Lagoon 51 owner's version of 2024 with four cabins at 2,299 a day. Conch Charters prices the same class by the week: from 6,999 USD for a four cabin Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 of 2018, 7,499 for a three cabin Lagoon 43, 7,999 for a Leopard 46 and 9,999 for a six cabin Saba 50.
Bareboat catamaran charter BVI: reading a daily rate against a weekly one
A 2,599 USD day rate is not a 18,193 week, because nobody charters a Caribbean catamaran for a single day and the weekly card is where the real price sits. What a daily figure tells you is the shape of a short charter or a late extension, and what the weekly card tells you is the market. Conch's seasonal pricelist shows a four cabin Bali 4.2 at 9,599 over Christmas and 6,599 from late April to mid July 2027.
Owner's version, and what BVI catamaran charters by owner means
An owner's version is a catamaran with one hull given over to a single large cabin rather than split into two, so a 51 foot boat sleeps eight rather than twelve and the accommodation is far better. Horizon's four cabin Lagoon 51 is cheaper than its six cabin sister for that reason. Charters by owner, in the phrase people search for, usually means a privately owned boat chartered through a management company rather than a fleet hull, which is most of the BVI fleet anyway.
Where the boat is handed over
Nanny Cay is two miles west of Road Town with its own yard and hotel and is the quietest handover. Road Town is the ferry and cruise port and the busiest. Wickhams Cay holds the largest fleets. All three are twenty minutes from Beef Island airport and all three put you at the western end of the Sir Francis Drake Channel, so the first afternoon is a short hop to Norman Island or Jost Van Dyke.
Questions people ask about tortola catamaran rental
How much is a catamaran at Tortola?
Horizon prices a six cabin Lagoon 51 at Nanny Cay at 2,599 USD a day and a four cabin owner's version at 2,299. Conch publishes catamarans from 6,999 USD a week, read on 11 September 2026.
What is an owner's version?
A catamaran with one hull given to a single large cabin instead of two, so a 51 footer sleeps eight rather than twelve. It costs less than the six cabin version and the accommodation is considerably better.
Which base should you choose?
Nanny Cay for the quietest handover, Road Town for the ferries, Wickhams Cay for the largest fleets. All three are twenty minutes from Beef Island airport and all three start you at the west end of the channel.