Good morning. Where shall we wake you?
Bespoke yachting experiences from someone who has spent twenty years learning the difference between a beautiful yacht and the right one.
Morning · The Fjords
Norway · By Sea
Norwegian Farm · LofotenIn a world of endless yacht listings, we do the opposite of search. We choose — carefully, slowly, in person.
The magic is in the match: the right yacht, the right crew, and someone who understands how to bring it all together.
Chartering or buying a yacht should feel effortless
Too often it doesn't — the wrong yacht, the wrong crew, costs nobody mentioned until later. We make sure none of that happens to you.
Charters
We vet the yachts and crew, and curate the itinerary around how you actually want to travel.
Get inspiredCrew & Yacht Owner Matching
Because often the crew, not the yacht, decides whether ownership is a pleasure or a problem.
Find your crewOwnership Advisory
We advise on selection, fit, and the things that surface only after you own the yacht.
Start the ownership conversationThe simplest way to charter a yacht you'll love
Tell us where you want to go, how you like to travel, and who is joining you. We match you with the right yacht, crew, and itinerary — then handle the details until you step aboard.
Four steps to the perfect yacht charter week
Tell us your vision
We reply with a yacht we think you'll love.
Approve your yacht
We create a personalized itinerary around it.
Sail with us beside you
We're on hand throughout.
Simply arrive
Pack your bags. Everything else is handled.
The right yacht, at the right price
Three worlds, three very different journeys on the water. Here's the honest map of what each one is, who it suits, and roughly what to expect.
CatamaransCatamarans
Wide, stable, budget and family-friendly. Two hulls, lots of deck, shallow draft for closer anchorages and easier swims. We work with smaller catamarans in Croatia only.
Sailing YachtsSailing Yachts
Wind in the sails and a real captain's hand on the wheel. Quiet passages, intimate cabins, and the closest you'll get to the sea itself.
Motor YachtsMotor Yachts
Full crew, top-notch chef, tender garage and toys. The widest range of comfort, speed and setting.
Indicative low-season pricing. Final quotes depend on yacht, week, route and crew gratuity. Plus VAT, depending on the cruising destination.
What shapes the price: the shipyard and build quality, year built, season, how booked the yacht already is, destination (VAT and permits vary), crew calibre, and the toys and tenders on board.
40–60 ft sailing yachts & catamarans
We work only in Croatia with smaller boats. Skippered, sometimes with a hostess. Home cooking, relaxed island-hopping — mostly Croatia.
60+ ft premium catamarans & gulets
60–80 ft catamarans or traditional gulets. Crew of 3–4 with a proper chef and a solid toy selection.
Yachts · 25–40 m
Master suite, multiple guest cabins, crew of 5–9, tenders and toys garage.
Yachts · 35–65 m
Five-star cabins and service. Michelin-trained chef, crew of 8–15. Beach club, jacuzzi, jet skis, seabobs.
Yachts · 65 m+
Helipads, cinemas, spas, submarines. Crew of 20+, anywhere from the Med to Polynesia or Antarctica.
All figures are weekly base rates. Add VAT, APA (30–40%), and customary crew tip (10–15%).
Yachts on our desk this season
A short, growing shortlist of yachts we know personally — the yachts and the crew. On the list now: Bold (85 m explorer, Norway, €875,000/wk + VAT + APA), Sheergold in Norway and Corsario in Croatia, with more added through the season.
Where 2026 takes us
Amongst others — a handful of coastlines we're building journeys around, each a different kind of morning.
Sun deck · CroatiaCroatia, by people who live it
A thousand islands, and the handful that are worth your week.
The Adriatic rewards those who know it. We trade the obvious anchorages for the quiet ones — the konoba a captain swears by, the cove that's empty by eight, the morning swim before the day catches up with you.
As local experts and travel curators, we shape the whole of it: the route, the table, the timing. You simply wake up somewhere extraordinary, then do it again tomorrow.
Plan Croatia
Stiniva · Vis, CroatiaHidden Adriatic coves
Beyond Hvar and the headlines — the outer islands where the water turns glacial green and a single yacht fits the cove like a key.
Monte Carlo · French RivieraThe Riviera, unhurried
Cannes to Saint-Tropez and the quiet of Porquerolles — terrace lunches, golden coves, and all the glamour without the crush.
The Norwegian FjordsFjords under the midnight sun
Sheer cliffs, mirror-still water, and a summer light that never quite goes out — the dramatic counterpoint to the Mediterranean.
Positano · Amalfi CoastAmalfi, in slow motion
Positano at first light, lemon groves above the cliffs, a long lunch in Nerano — the Italian south at the pace it was meant to be seen.
Faraglioni · CapriCapri, by tender
The Faraglioni at breakfast, a swim into the Blue Grotto before the day-trippers, aperitivo in the Piazzetta after the last hydrofoil has gone — the island as only overnight guests get to see it.
Borgo lanes · ItalyThe Italy between the anchorages
A Vespa through a hilltop borgo, a family trattoria the captain grew up in, a late gelato on a piazza that empties by ten — the shore-side Italy that makes the sea time land.
Dubrovnik · Southern DalmatiaWalls, roofs, and the deep Adriatic
The southern gateway to the Adriatic — a night inside the walls, a morning swim off Lokrum, and a slow route north through the Elaphiti and Mljet as the season empties out.
Estérel coast · French RivieraThe red coast by sea
Between Cannes and Saint-Tropez the road hugs red porphyry cliffs above deep-blue water — best seen from a quiet anchorage below, swim first, lunch after.
The South PacificThe far side of the map
Glassy lagoons, untouched reefs, and islands most charts forget — for the traveller who's already seen the rest.
Western AustraliaThe wild west coast
Ningaloo to the Kimberley — white-sand beaches with kangaroos at the tide line, whale sharks offshore, and a horizon you'll have to yourself.
Lofoten · Arctic NorwayLofoten under the aurora
Snow on the peaks, green fire in the sky, and a yacht warm at anchor below — the shoulder-season trip for people who don't follow the calendar.
South Georgia · AntarcticaThe white continent
King penguins on the beach, an expedition yacht at anchor, and a silence you won't find anywhere else on earth. The longest journey we plan — and the one that changes people most.
The Greek IslesCyclades to the Ionian
Whitewashed villages above sapphire bays, taverna lunches that drift into evening, and a different island for every mood — from the breeze of the Cyclades to the calm of the Ionian.
Paros · The CycladesLunches that become afternoons
Bougainvillea on white walls, a table by the water, a long Cycladic lunch that quietly turns into the rest of the day.
Zakynthos · The IonianSea stacks and glass-blue water
The Ionian's quieter sister — dramatic cliffs, electric turquoise shallows, and anchorages most yacht charter routes still overlook.
The CaribbeanThe winter escape
British Virgin Islands, St. Barths, the Grenadines — easy trade winds, soft anchorages, and rum at sundown. The Mediterranean's off-season answer, when Europe goes cold.
The MaldivesAtolls, reef breaks, and blue beyond blue
Long coral rings, barefoot sandbanks, and clear water in impossible shades of turquoise — the Indian Ocean answer to winter, done by yacht.
Padar · Komodo, IndonesiaDragons, mantas, and pink sand
Sunrise on Padar's ridges, manta squadrons in the shallows, and a phinisi at anchor between empty islands. Indonesia at its most cinematic.
Manta Point · KomodoUnder the surface
Drift dives with mantas overhead, coral gardens that still feel undiscovered, and the kind of clear water that ruins you for anywhere else.
Caci · Flores, IndonesiaThe culture, not just the coast
A village welcome, a Caci dance at dusk, hand-woven ikat over the shoulders — the Indonesia you only see when someone local opens the door.
Alor · The Forgotten IslandsThe far edge of Indonesia
Past Komodo, past Flores — volcanic islands where the diving is world-class and the villages have never seen a yacht charter group. The trip for travellers who've already done the rest.
The Weavers · AlorMornings ashore
Coffee in a village kitchen, ikat looms under the trees, a quiet conversation with the elders — the part of the journey people remember longest.
Costa Smeralda · SardiniaGranite coves and gin-clear water
The Maddalena archipelago at first light, lunch in a pink-rock cove, and an evening berth in Porto Cervo — Sardinia at the pace only a yacht allows.
Alaçatı · Turkish AegeanThe Turkish Aegean, off the postcard
Gulet cruising between Çeşme, Alaçatı and the Datça peninsula — bougainvillea-draped villages, hidden coves and dinners on hand-laid teak. The Mediterranean as it used to feel.
Dondurma · BodrumWhere the welcome is part of the trip
Long lunches at family tavernas, the dondurma vendor's theatre on the quay, gulet captains who know every cove and every cousin who runs one. Turkey, the way the locals share it.
WorldwideAnywhere the water takes you
If it floats and it's beautiful, we'll find it. Beyond the regions above, we plan private journeys wherever you'd like to wake up next.
Also in this issue
The yacht is the setting. These are the moments people remember long after they've come ashore.
Dine longer, live better
A deeply personal approach to food aboard — gourmet and health, together. Built around your tastes, with guidance to carry the lifestyle home.
Step away from the screens
One of Croatia's finest pastry chefs joins you on deck — clean, beautiful desserts, fresh local ingredients, and the coastline as your kitchen window.
Reconnect, on the water
Designed with a certified coach: a journey to slow down, strengthen the bonds that matter, and return to shore a little closer.
Say "I do" at sea
With a renowned luxury planner: sun-kissed horizons, pristine water, and an intimacy no venue on land can offer.
A small house, built on twenty years at sea
BomDia Yachting is independent, Amsterdam-based and European-registered, personally led. Every yacht on our desk has been boarded. Every crew, met.
The vocabulary, demystified
The four terms that shape almost every yacht charter quote. Worth two minutes now — it saves a lot of guesswork later.
Advance Provisioning Allowance
Roughly 30–40% of the base fare, paid up front. It covers fuel, food, drinks, marina fees and local taxes. Unspent funds come back to you at the end of the week.
Where you sail matters
VAT is set by the cruising country, not the flag. Standard 2026 rates: Croatia 13%, Greece 12% (as low as ~5% with the high-seas exemption), Spain 21%, Italy 22% (reducible via itinerary), France 20%. We flag the effective rate in every quote.
High, mid, low
Peak is July–August (and Christmas / New Year in the Caribbean). Late May–June and September are often the sweet spot: same weather, quieter coves, softer rates.
Crew gratuity
Customarily 10–15% of the base fare, handed to the captain at the end of the trip and shared amongst the crew. It's discretionary — but it is expected on a good week.
A few questions, honestly answered
01How much does a yacht charter cost?+
Weekly base rates in our fleet start around €10,000 for a smaller catamaran and can reach €3,000,000+ for a fully crewed superyacht. On top of the base rate, plan for VAT depending on the cruising destination, plus an APA (Advance Provisioning Allowance) of roughly 30–40% to cover fuel, food, drinks, dockage, and local taxes — and a customary crew tip of 10–15%.
02What's included in the yacht charter price?+
The yacht itself, the crew's salaries, and basic equipment on board. Food, beverages, fuel, marina fees, and taxes are paid separately through the APA, so you only ever pay for what you actually use.
03How far in advance should I book?+
For peak summer in the Mediterranean (July–August), six to twelve months ahead is ideal — the best yachts and crews go first. For shoulder season or the Caribbean, three to six months is usually enough. Last-minute openings do happen and we're happy to hunt them down.
04Do I need any sailing experience?+
Not at all. Every yacht we offer comes fully crewed — captain, chef, and stewardess at minimum — so you can switch off entirely. If you'd like to take the helm or learn along the way, the crew will gladly involve you.
05How many guests can sleep on board?+
Most yacht charter yachts sleep between 6 and 12 guests in en-suite cabins. By maritime law, no more than 12 guests can sleep overnight on a yacht charter yacht, regardless of size — though larger groups can join for day cruising. There are exceptions: private luxury passenger vessels can accommodate more people, up to 30.
06Which destinations do you cover?+
Year-round across the Mediterranean (Croatia, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey), the Caribbean in winter (BVI, St. Barths, Bahamas), and tailored expeditions further afield — Seychelles, Polynesia, Norway, and beyond.
07Can the itinerary be customised?+
Always. Nothing is fixed. We plan a route around what you actually want — quiet anchorages, lively harbours, specific restaurants, diving spots, family-friendly beaches — and the captain adapts day by day to weather and your mood.
08What happens if the weather turns bad?+
The captain always has the final say on routing for safety, and will adjust the itinerary to find sheltered anchorages or alternative regions. Cancellations due to weather are extremely rare; flexibility is built into every yacht charter.
Tell us the trip you're dreaming of
We'll take it from there. A short conversation is all it takes to begin.
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