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Yacht charter guides.
Regional overviews, charter-format primers and considered explainers: the pieces a Balthazar advisor sends ahead of a brief.
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Guides · 7 min read
A week on the French Riviera, sample itineraries.
A good Riviera itinerary is built around the water and the crowds, not the map: where to be in the morning, where to be at night.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
Choosing the right charter yacht.
The right charter yacht is rarely the largest one available; it is the one whose layout, crew and range fit the week you actually have in mind.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
A first Mediterranean charter, what to expect.
A first charter is rarely undone by the yacht; it is undone by the parts no one explained: the timing, the crew, the rhythm of a week aboard.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
Crewed versus bareboat charter.
The choice between a crewed and a bareboat charter is less about budget than about what you want your week to be.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
The Ibiza and Balearics yacht charter guide.
Ibiza and Formentera reward a charter that uses the sea to step out of the crowds, not into them.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
The Amalfi Coast and Capri yacht charter guide.
On the Amalfi Coast a yacht is less a luxury than a practicality: it is the only way to see Positano, Capri and the grottoes without the road.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
The Antibes and Cap d'Antibes yacht charter guide.
Antibes is where much of the Riviera's charter fleet actually lives, which makes it one of the easier coasts to charter well.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
The Monaco yacht charter guide.
Monaco works as a charter base in two registers: the headline weeks everyone competes for, and the quieter stretches that often charter better.
Jun 2026
Guides · 8 min read
The Greek islands yacht charter guide.
Athens repositioning, the Cyclades anchorage rotation, the Dodecanese as a second-week extension, and the meltemi wind that decides July routings.
May 2026
Guides · 7 min read
The Sardinia yacht charter guide.
Porto Cervo and the Costa Smeralda, the Maddalena archipelago, and the southern Sardinia routings, a brokerage perspective.
May 2026
Guides · 7 min read
The Saint-Tropez yacht charter guide.
Vieux Port and Port Gallice, Pampelonne beach club logistics, and the Festival-week distortions, a brokerage perspective on chartering out of Saint-Tropez.
May 2026
Guides · 6 min read
Superyacht charter vs yacht charter.
It’s not just length. The differences between a 30-metre and a 50-metre charter run through crew structure, range, harbour access, and pricing model, and matter to your brief.
May 2026
Guides · 6 min read
The Cannes yacht charter guide.
Vieux Port and Port Pierre Canto, the Lérins islands, and the festival weeks that shape Cannes pricing, a brokerage perspective.
Mar 2026
Guides · 8 min read
The Mediterranean yacht charter guide.
From the French Riviera to the Greek islands: how the European charter season actually unfolds, when to brief, and where the fleet is most reliable.
Mar 2026
Guides · 7 min read
What a yacht charter costs.
The base rate, the APA, the VAT, the gratuity: what the line items are, and what changes them. No marketing rounding.
Mar 2026
Guides · 7 min read
The Dubai yacht charter guide.
Year-round Gulf cruising, day and evening formats, and the calendar weeks that drive Dubai’s charter demand. From our headquarters in Business Bay, Dubai.
Feb 2026
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