Private catamaran charters in Turks and Caicos: seven catamarans compared

• Best for sailing: the 65ft Ultra Lux Sailing Cat and the 41ft sailing catamaran.
• Most comfortable: the 44ft Luxury Catamaran Yacht, with an air-conditioned cabin and two bathrooms with showers.
• Most room: the 51ft Ultra Lux Powercat, for up to 25, with four staterooms and four bathrooms.
• Best for a big group on a budget: the Adventure Boat, a 35ft catamaran for up to 25, with a waterslide.
• Best for families and couples: the 35ft Catamaran, a bestseller for up to 10.
• Most room on a small catamaran: the 30ft Catamaran, for up to 13.

On the two sailing catamarans, the engines go off and the sails go up when the wind allows. The 41ft sailing catamaran takes up to 12, with bow netting and sunbeds up front, two bathrooms and a Subwing, the board you hold as the boat tows you gliding under the surface.

The 65ft Ultra Lux Sailing Cat takes up to 20, with five bathrooms, a shaded cockpit lounge, an open foredeck and freshly prepared food and an open bar all day. Both sail five and seven-hour charters, enough time to get somewhere worth sailing to.

How a sailing day runs

Turks and Caicos sits in a steady east-southeast trade wind, usually 12 to 20 mph, so there’s wind to sail with on most days. The captain motors out of Leeward, raises the sails when the wind allows and drops them for the stops; nobody can promise a particular day, so the sails are the bonus and the swimming is the plan. Under sail you move at the wind’s pace, which means one stop fewer than a powerboat fits in the same hours, and the 41ft doesn’t cross to West Caicos or French Cay. It’s always back before dark, which is why its seven-hour sail starts at 9, 10 or 11 am. The bow netting is the best seat on board and the sunniest; bring the hat.

Wind by season

The trade wind blows all year, but winter adds a twist. From roughly December to March, cold fronts sweep down from the north: the breeze dies, swings round to the southwest, then fills in from the northwest, sometimes with squalls and a north swell breaking on the reef, and a sail that day may move to the sheltered water in the lee of the cays or to another date. Hurricane season runs June to November, busiest from August into October. Most days, though, the 12 to 20 mph trade is exactly the wind a sailing catamaran wants: enough to sail, not enough to make the crossings wet.

Good to know

The 41ft’s five-hour sail is $2,455 all-in for four guests, then $114 per extra adult and $91 per child aged 4 to 14, with free cancellation up to 72 hours before. The 65ft’s five-hour charter is $7,536 all-in for ten, with 48 hours’ free cancellation; its menu is arranged after you book, and nothing in glass comes aboard. Both leave from Blue Haven Marina in Leeward, 5 to 15 minutes from Grace Bay, and neither does resort pickups, so plan a taxi.

Sail or power?

Sail if getting there is part of the day for you: the hush when the engines stop, the hulls hissing along, the bow netting with the water rushing underneath. Choose power if the stops are the point: a motor catamaran holds a schedule, runs straight into the wind without tacking, and fits one more stop into the same hours. Even on the sailing cats it is never all-or-nothing; the sails come up for the long legs and the engines take over for the anchorages.

New for 2026, the 44ft Luxury Catamaran Yacht is one of the most comfortable ways to put a big group on the water. Up to 20 guests get a shaded flybridge lounge with a grill and wet bar, an air-conditioned cabin, a full-width bow deck for sunbathing and two bathrooms with showers.

Lunch is ribs, chicken wings, rice and mac and cheese on the four and six-hour charters, and a BBQ with fresh fish and lobster in season on the full day, with champagne, wine and rum punch on board.

Bigger still, and new this season, the 51ft Ultra Lux Powercat takes up to 25 across three levels: a shaded flybridge lounge, a wide aft deck and a sun pad on the bow. It has four staterooms and four bathrooms, a crew of three, including a bartender, and a tender, a kayak and paddle boards for the stops. Lunch is chosen in advance from a full menu, from coconut shrimp to grilled mahi-mahi and, in season, lobster.

Good to know

Both leave from Turtle Cove Marina, 10 to 15 minutes from Grace Bay. You can cancel the 44ft free up to 24 hours before, and the 51ft up to 72 hours before.

The price on each card covers a set number of guests, eight on the 44ft and six on the 51ft, and every guest beyond that is priced per head on the listing, so for a full boat compare the all-in total for your exact headcount rather than the From price.

Shade, sun and motion

On a catamaran the shade is under the flybridge or the cockpit roof and the sun is out front on the bow nets and sun pads, so a group sorts itself without anyone asking. The bow is the bounciest seat when the boat is moving into the waves and the best one at anchor; the cockpit at the back, low and in the middle with the horizon in view, is where anyone who feels queasy should sit. Seasickness is uncommon here, because the reef breaks the ocean swell and the water inside is flat more often than not, but a breezy crossing to the far cays is where it shows up, so anyone prone to it should take their remedy before boarding, not after.

These two motor catamarans are built for easy days in the cays. The 35ft Catamaran, a bestseller with families and couples, takes up to 10; the 30ft takes up to 13. Both have bow netting and a Subwing, and both serve fruit and a charcuterie platter on the four-hour charter, and a sandwich platter with caprese salad on the seven-hour.

A typical day takes in a snorkel on the barrier reef, sand dollars on the beach at Fort George Cay, the cannons of its old fort and, at Half Moon Bay, young lemon sharks in the shallows. On the seven-hour charter, they can even reach North Caicos.

How the day runs

Half days leave at 8:30 am or 1 pm from November to mid-March and at 9 am or 2 pm the rest of the year; the seven-hour leaves at 10 am. Four hours fits two or three stops, seven hours five or more, and you set the order with the captain on the morning. Both cost the same, $1,484 all-in for two on the half day and $2,569 on the seven-hour, then $114 per extra adult and $91 per child, with free cancellation up to 72 hours before. There’s no resort shuttle or beach pickup on these two, so you make your own way to Leeward, and bring towels, which aren’t provided.

Good to know

The 35ft has a bathroom on board; the 30ft doesn’t. On both, children 4 to 14 pay a lower rate and under-4s ride free. The 35ft leaves from a private dock in Leeward, close to Blue Haven Marina, and the 30ft from Blue Haven itself. Neither runs on Sundays, and neither does the 41ft.

For a big group on a budget, the Adventure Boat is a 35ft catamaran that takes up to 25, with a waterslide, WiFi, a bathroom and a big sound system. Lunch is sandwiches and fruit on the four-hour charter and a beach BBQ with fresh conch ceviche on the eight-hour.

The four-hour is $2,054 all-in for nine guests and the eight-hour $3,311 for twelve, then $113 a head, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. It leaves from Heaving Down Rock Marina in Leeward, and it’s the one catamaran here that comes to you: a free boat pickup from the beach at select Grace Bay resorts when conditions allow, or a $20-a-head round-trip shuttle from Grace Bay.

Sail if you can: the 41ft for a smaller group, the 65ft for a big one. If comfort matters most, or there are kids and grandparents on board, the 44ft’s cabin and two bathrooms make the day easy. For the biggest group in the most style, it’s the 51ft Ultra Lux Powercat. And for a lively group that wants the waterslide, it’s the Adventure Boat.

If anyone is prone to seasickness, a catamaran is already the right call: two hulls barely roll at anchor, and the water between the cays stays flat on most breezy days. Booking works the same on all seven: the price shown includes taxes, a deposit secures the boat, each listing shows its free-cancellation window, and a request is confirmed within a few hours, nearly all within the day.

For most families and couples, the answer is the 35ft Catamaran’s four hours: $1,484 all-in for two, then $114 per extra adult and $91 per child, with a bathroom, bow netting, a Subwing, a charcuterie platter and rum punch, dark and stormys and Moscow mules on board. To really sail, the 41ft’s five hours, $2,455 all-in for four. For 20 in comfort, the 44ft’s four hours, $5,481 all-in for eight, with lunch and champagne. And for up to 25 with a waterslide, the Adventure Boat’s four hours, $2,054 all-in for nine. Pick the date on the listing’s calendar and pay the deposit, and the request is confirmed within a few hours, nearly all within the day.

Every catamaran on TCI Experiences is handpicked and verified for safety, service and upkeep. For the yachts, see our guide to luxury yacht charters.