Capri is four square miles of limestone with two small harbours and no room for a fleet, so the boats that work its water mostly come from Sorrento, Naples and the Amalfi coast across the bay. What is listed on the island itself is a handful of boats sold for the circuit: round the island, into the grottoes, lunch at anchor, back before the hydrofoils fill Marina Grande.
The three boats on the island
Read on 11 September 2026, Sailo lists three boats at Capri at an average of 1,350 EUR a day, between 1,100 and 1,600. They are a 30 foot gozzo for six with a captain at 400 EUR for four hours, a 43 foot XL Marine for six at 1,250 EUR for four hours, and a MonteCarlo 66 for twelve at 4,030 EUR for eight hours. That is the whole island fleet on this marketplace, and it is a fair picture of the three ways people do this day.
The gozzo is the right boat
The traditional Sorrentine gozzo, an open wooden hulled launch with a canopy, is what the local operators use and what the water suits. It gets into the Grotta Bianca and under the Faraglioni arch where a 66 foot flybridge cannot go, it costs a quarter of the money, and the day it produces is the day people came for. The larger boats buy space and shade, not access.
What a circuit involves
Anti clockwise from Marina Grande past the Grotta Azzurra, which is entered on a rowing tender for a separate fee and only when the swell allows, round the western end to the Faraglioni stacks on the south side, into the Grotta Verde, then a stop to swim off Marina Piccola and back. Three to four hours at a gentle pace. The Blue Grotto closes in any south westerly swell and there is no refund for weather in most contracts.
Questions people ask about yacht rental capri
How much is a boat for the day at Capri?
Three boats are listed on the island averaging 1,350 EUR a day, read on 11 September 2026: a 30 foot gozzo at 400 EUR for four hours, a 43 foot XL Marine at 1,250, and a MonteCarlo 66 at 4,030 for eight hours.
Which boat should you take?
The traditional gozzo, unless you need space for twelve. It reaches the grottoes and the arch that a large flybridge cannot, and it is a quarter of the price of the big boats.
Is the Blue Grotto included?
Almost never. Entry is on a small rowing tender for a separate fee and only when the swell allows, and it closes in a south westerly. Most contracts carry no refund for weather.
Can you charter Capri from the mainland?
That is how most of it is done. Sorrento, Naples and the Amalfi coast all send boats across the bay, and the island itself has no room for a fleet of any size.