Sailing catamaranSail Brazil.
The Charter Desk arranges bareboat, skippered and crewed yacht charters across the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, with live availability and a real person on the other end of every enquiry.
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.
Brazil · Crewed.
Most of Brazil's coast is beach and surf, not sailing. The Southeast is the exception. Between Rio de Janeiro and Paraty the shoreline folds into a run of protected bays, granite headlands and hundreds of islands — the kind of coast where you can anchor in flat water with the Atlantic swell held off by land. Ilha Grande alone has enough coves for a week. The water runs warm year-round, the forest comes right down to the tideline, and the sailing is short-hop and forgiving rather than open-passage hard. We sail it for the anchorages more than the distances: you rarely need to be under way more than two or three hours to find somewhere new to swim.
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.