True cost of a week's yacht or catamaran charter: every destination compared

Bareboat, food at €20 per person per day (the low end), cheapest month:

Same, priciest month:

On a crewed charter the APA (advance provisioning allowance) of about 25–35% of the charter fee for sailing yachts and catamarans covers food, drink, fuel and port fees (Helm, checked 27 Oct 2026), so those lines leave the bill. A crew gratuity of 10–20% is customary (Worth Avenue Yachts, checked 27 Oct 2026). We show no crewed total: 12 Knots' averages mix bareboat and crewed listings, so "charter + APA" would mislead. See crewed vs bareboat and bareboat vs skippered.

Bareboat total = 12 Knots' average weekly price for the month + fuel + 6 marina nights + mandatory extras + any verified per-person-per-night tax in euros × people × 7 + food at €20 (low) to €40 (high) per person per day for 7 days. A skippered total adds 7 × the destination's skipper day rate; the skipper is not counted as a guest. Lines that are not verified, or not in euros, are shown but never added, and the total is called partial. Park fees depend on your route and are never added. All-in = charter + fuel per week + 6 marina nights + mandatory extras + food at €20 per person per day for 8 people. Inputs are The Globe Sailor's September 2026 catamaran figures (The Globe Sailor, checked 28 Oct 2026) (fuel per week and port fee per night are our reading of its table); the sums are our arithmetic. We include no tourist tax yet because we could not verify a per-night euro rate for charter guests. Drinks, park fees, flights and the refundable deposit are not included. Full method: methodology. Run your own numbers: cost calculator.

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• 12 Knots: Catamaran charter in Croatia (secondary, not official), checked 27 Oct 2026.
• The Globe Sailor: What it really costs to charter a yacht (secondary, not official), checked 28 Oct 2026.
• Helm: What is an APA? (secondary, not official), checked 27 Oct 2026.
• Worth Avenue Yachts: Charter terms & conditions (secondary, not official), checked 27 Oct 2026.
• zakon.hr (legal database): Zakon o turističkoj pristojbi (Tourist Tax Act), NN 52/19, 32/20, 42/20, consolidated (official), checked 28 Oct 2026.
• Legal 500 (law-firm article, first published on Mondaq): BVI Government raises charter cruising permit fees effective 1 August (secondary, not official), checked 28 Oct 2026.
• Tisland (travel site): Similan Islands open on 15 October 2026 (secondary, not official), checked 28 Oct 2026.
• The San Pedro Sun (newspaper): Governor General approves PACT amendment bill: departure taxes increase (secondary, not official), checked 28 Oct 2026.

12 Knots sources for every area are listed on each destination page. Data: JSON.

• [Secondary source]: From a newspaper, law firm, travel site or charter company; not official.
• [Not verified]: We could not confirm it. We leave it open rather than guess, and never add it to a total.
• No label: Read in an official text: government, port or park authority, ministry, or an operator's own published tariff.

Charter prices are 12 Knots' asking prices and cost lines are The Globe Sailor's, so most lines are secondary. Totals, per-person figures, APA amounts and ranges are our arithmetic. Amounts in other currencies are shown as published and never converted or added.

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