St. Martin Crewed Overnight Charter
Crewed overnight charter in St. Martin: a professional skipper aboard, several days sleeping on board, with live availability. Tell us your week and we answer the same day.
Yachts
What does the hostess do?
Plans meals (from your preferences), provisions ashore with the captain, cooks 1-2 meals/day, makes beds, services cabins, cleans the saloon. Bigger boats have dedicated chef + separate hostess.
Can we have specific food preferences?
Yes — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, allergies, kid-friendly: tell us when you book. Last-minute requests are easy too.
How much do we tip?
5-15% of charter fee, end of week, in cash. The captain typically distributes.
Can we drink the bar dry?
Within reason. Standard wine + beer comes with the trip; for top-shelf gin or specific Burgundy, factor it into the APA.
Is the crew always around?
They give you privacy. Captain on watch at the helm, hostess in the galley or her cabin. You get the cockpit and deck to yourselves outside of meals.
St. Martin is two countries on one small island, and a short hop from some of the best day-sailing anchorages in the north-east Caribbean. From Simpson Bay you can be at anchor off Tintamarre by lunch, or across the channel to Anguilla's sand cays by early afternoon. The trades blow steady, the water sits around 27C most of the year, and you're never far from a lee shore if the wind picks up. It's a working sailors' base too: chandleries, sailmakers and provisioning are all within a dinghy ride, which matters when you want gear sorted before you leave the dock.
Living aboard — the skipper does the work
A crewed charter is the full sailing holiday with none of the workload: a professional skipper (and on larger yachts a hostess and chef) handles the sailing, the cooking and the logistics while you relax.
It suits families, groups and anyone who wants to wake up in a new bay each morning without lifting a winch — multi-day, sleeping aboard, the itinerary shaped around you.