An Exumas Week:
Seven nights, one crewed yacht.

Day one is usually Nassau or a Highbourne Cay start after the guests land. If the aircraft uses MYNN, the marina transfer is part of the first afternoon, not a free extra. If the yacht is already in the cays, the flight might be MYEF and a longer car. Pick one and tell the flight guide.

Norman’s Cay and the park stops at Warderick Wells and Cambridge Cay depend on moorings. The Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park is not a first-come anchorage you can assume in March. Shroud Cay and Compass Cay are requests. Staniel Cay is the provisioning and Thunderball Grotto day, and it is also where a marina can reset a week that has been living on the hook.

The last day should be able to reach the airport you are actually using. A sunset at Cambridge Cay is a poor plan if the flight leaves MYEF at noon. Build the disembarkation backward from the aircraft.

Crewed sailing catamarans in the Lagoon and Sunreef class are the usual Exumas tool because drafts around 4.5 to 5.8 feet, confirmed per model, open the banks. Read the catamaran guide. A monohull with an 8 to 14 foot keel belongs on the sailing yacht page and a different route.

A large motor yacht can still be the right brief if the guests want a crew, a tender and Nassau berthing more than they want Staniel’s shallows. The large yacht guide covers APA and MYNN slips. Do not force that hull onto a park mooring drawn for a catamaran.

Weekly planning bands on this site run about 30,000 to 150,000 dollars and above before APA and tax. Your boat will not be the whole band. The agreement states the fee, the APA percentage and 10% Bahamas VAT and applicable Bahamas Port Department charter fees (confirmed per vessel in the written charter agreement)

Dates, guest count, cabins, draft tolerance, MYNN or MYEF, and whether anyone scuba dives with their own gear. Food preferences belong in the APA conversation. A request to visit every beach in the brochure is how weeks break. Pick three must-stops.

ALINARI does not own the yacht. All flights, if you add them, are operated by properly licensed carriers. Email charter@alinariairandsea.com.

March moorings in the park disappear early. A flexible order is a feature.

Thunderball Grotto is a swim, not a private booking. Go early or accept company.

Generator hours and air conditioning on a catamaran are a comfort topic for guests who think they booked a motor yacht.

A chase tender for toys is a large-yacht item. A catamaran week usually carries less and moves lighter.

Fuel and cases of water are APA, not a surprise at the dock on day seven.

If a guest must take a call on a specific day, put that day near Staniel or Nassau, not on a mooring with a weak radio plan.

The color of the water is not a depth sounding. Trust the captain’s refusal.

One email thread for the flight and the yacht keeps the airport and the marina on the same date.

Guests often ask for both the Exumas and a night in Nassau with a restaurant. That night is easy at the start and expensive at the end if the flight is MYEF. Choose. A week that tries to be a city weekend and a park week will do neither well, and the APA will show the fuel for the extra miles. The captain’s suggested order is usually the one that still has a mooring when you arrive.

Park moorings at Warderick Wells are the week’s scarce resource. If you do not have a flexible day order, you do not have an Exumas week in March. Tell the captain which two stops are emotional and which are optional. The optional ones are how the boat stays legal and pleasant.

A catamaran generator running all night at a park mooring is both a comfort choice and a neighbor problem. Ask what the boat does for air conditioning on the hook. Guests who need a silent night and guests who need a cold cabin are booking different yachts.

The finish near MYEF only works if the last night is close enough. Cambridge Cay at sunset and a noon flight is a story people tell after they miss the aircraft. Put the flight time in the yacht brief on day one.

APA spending in the Exumas is fuel, water, park fees and food, not a surprise tip invented at the dock. Ask for the percentage and for what the captain will not buy without asking. The statutory Bahamas wording still has to appear as its own line.