The Moorings

moorings.com

Charter operator working since 1969, with its flagship base in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and around twenty destinations from Belize to Greece and the Seychelles. The fleet is owned, not brokered: mostly Beneteau monohulls and Leopard catamarans on a short replacement cycle, offered bareboat, with a skipper, or fully crewed with a cook aboard.

The obvious pick for a first Caribbean charter, because briefings are thorough, chart packs and provisioning are organised in advance, and a shore team answers by radio when something breaks. Bareboat hire still requires a sailing résumé and, in many countries, a licence. Prices sit at the upper end of the market, and extras such as mooring fees, fuel, insurance excess reduction and provisioning add up quickly, so the headline weekly rate is never the final figure.

Address: 93 North Park Place Blvd, Clearwater, Florida, USA

+1 800 416 0820