Caribbean Bareboat Chartering Basics: 2025 Updates

Newly built iconic locations and fresh charter fleet upgrades make sailing the BVIs blissful, even post-hurricane damage.

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Marc Robic
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Our home for 10 days, Saint-Blue, a Lagoon 38. (Photo/ Marc Robic)
Our home for 10 days, Saint-Blue, a Lagoon 38. (Photo/ Marc Robic)

We just got back from a 10 day bareboat charter in the British Virgin Island (BVIs) and I wanted to share some new information that will help you plan your trip and manage budgets and expectations.

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Marc Robic
Marc caught his love of sailing and all things water from his father from a very young age. He has owned many sailboats in his 40+ years of sailing. An avid do-it-yourselfer and handyman, he builds, modifies, improves and executes all his own repairs. He also enjoys testing, documenting & sharing products and how-to methods with other sailors and boaters. Posting many how to videos on his YouTube channel and Facebook page. He is a member of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron. Currently, he sails his Catalina 270, Aquaholic 3, out of the Ile-Perrot Yacht Club in Montreal, where Marc spent 16 years as Harbour Master. He is also a regular bareboat yacht charterer, having sailed most of the Caribbean islands. In the winter months, Marc regularly hand builds exact scale models of friends’ boats to give them away in the spring.
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