Boat charters for large groups in Turks and Caicos: boats for 20 to 70 guests

• Up to 70: the Adventure Boat XL.
• Up to 50: the 70ft Sailboat, a hand-built schooner.
• Up to 25: the Adventure Boat, with a waterslide, and the 51ft Ultra Lux Powercat, with a bartender and four bathrooms.
• Up to 20, in comfort: the 62ft Lux Yacht, the 44ft Luxury Catamaran Yacht and the 65ft Ultra Lux Sailing Cat.

The Adventure Boat XL takes more guests than any other boat on TCI Experiences: a double-decker for up to 70 guests, with two waterslides, a bathroom and a boarding ramp. Lunch is sandwiches and fresh fruit on the four and six-hour charters, and a beach BBQ of chicken, ribs, and peas and rice with fresh conch ceviche on the eight-hour.

It leaves from Heaving Down Rock Marina in Leeward, 5 to 15 minutes from Grace Bay, and it can pick you up from the beach at select Grace Bay resorts.

The four-hour is $4,110 all-in for fifteen guests and $103 a head after that, the eight-hour with the beach BBQ $8,221, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Getting 70 people to a dock is the real logistics problem, and this boat solves it two ways: the free beach pickup at select Grace Bay resorts when conditions allow, or a $20-a-head round-trip shuttle from Grace Bay. The boarding ramp means grandparents and strollers walk on rather than climb; the morning slot leaves at 9 or 9:30 am depending on the season.

The 70ft Sailboat was built by hand in 1992 as a trading rum runner, and for more than 30 years she’s been the go-to for big groups and celebrations here. A local crew of three sails her, and local beer, rum punch, rosé and snacks are included from the moment you step aboard.

On the five and six-hour charters you can add a gourmet picnic lunch at checkout. And yes, she really sails: cut the engines and let the wind do the work when it allows.

Her four-hour is $2,740 all-in for twelve guests and $137 a head after that, with free cancellation up to 48 hours before. Two things to know before you book her for forty: nothing in glass comes aboard, so the champagne gets decanted, and under sail she moves at the wind’s pace, so plan on fewer, longer stops. She leaves from Blue Haven Marina in Leeward, with no shuttle.

The Adventure Boat is a 35ft catamaran for up to 25, with a waterslide, WiFi, a bathroom and a big sound system. It’s the easy choice for a lively group that wants to snorkel, stop at a floating bar and keep the music on, without paying for a yacht.

It’s $2,054 all-in for nine on the four-hour and $3,311 for twelve on the eight-hour, which ends with a beach BBQ and conch ceviche, then $113 a head, with the same free beach pickup and $20 shuttle as its big sister. For 20 to 25 it’s the cheapest boat on the water by some distance, and nobody worries about the upholstery.

For a group of 20 that wants more space and more service, three boats stand out. The 62ft Lux Yacht has two bathrooms, an air-conditioned outdoor cockpit and a dedicated bartender. The 44ft Luxury Catamaran Yacht has two bathrooms with showers and an air-conditioned cabin.

The 65ft Ultra Lux Sailing Cat has five bathrooms and serves freshly prepared food and an open bar all day. And for up to 25 in the same style, the new 51ft Ultra Lux Powercat has four staterooms, four bathrooms and a crew of three, including a bartender.

Over 25, it’s the 70ft Sailboat or the Adventure Boat XL. Up to 25, the Adventure Boat is the best value, and for 20 with more comfort and service, the 62ft, the 44ft catamaran or the 65ft sailing catamaran, at roughly three times the price; for up to 25 in that style, the 51ft Ultra Lux Powercat.

The honest trade-offs

Those two are different days: the double-decker is a party with sandwiches, slides and a bathroom shared by everyone, the schooner a sail with snacks, rum punch and an optional picnic lunch. A group of 30 that wants yacht service splits across two yachts from the same marina: two bookings, two captains, the same stops. The sandbars and Half Moon Bay take 70 people without noticing; the boardwalk at Little Water Cay, open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 3:30 pm, is better in two shifts.

Headcount is the other thing the desk always asks. Each price includes a set number of guests, fifteen on the double-decker, twelve on the schooner, nine on the 35ft catamaran and six to ten on the yachts, and every extra guest is priced per head. The maximum on each listing is a hard ceiling, and everyone counts toward it: toddlers, the photographer, the cousin who flies in on the morning. Commercial passenger boats here sail under a certificate of inspection from the Department of Maritime with a licensed boat master at the helm, and the listed maximum is the most that boat is set up to carry, so there is no squeezing in one more at the dock. Numbers going up are easy until the boat is full, so book for the firm yeses and add the maybes once they commit.

Running a day for forty

Name one organizer and one deputy. The organizer books, holds the final count and is the single voice the boat’s charter management hears; the deputy owns the dock on the day, with the list of who is in which van and who is always late. Send the whole group one message the night before: the marina, the dock time, what’s included, and what to bring, which is a swimsuit worn under clothes, a towel each (no boat provides them), reef-safe sunscreen as a lotion, a hat and some cash.

Set the meeting time 30 minutes before departure, not at it. The Adventure Boats and the 70ft Sailboat want everyone on the dock 15 minutes early, and forty people coming from three resorts lose ten minutes to every forgotten hat.

Getting everyone to the marina

Taxis on Providenciales are vans that seat about 9 to 15, charged per person rather than per car: on the tourism board’s figures the first two riders pay the full fare and everyone after that half, under government fare limits that are sometimes exceeded, so agree the total for every passenger before anyone climbs in. Forty people means three to five vans booked the day before. For the Adventure Boat XL and its smaller sister there’s a simpler answer, the $20-a-head round-trip shuttle from Grace Bay or the free beach pickup at select Grace Bay resorts when the sea allows; the 70ft Sailboat has neither, so plan the vans for Blue Haven.

Waivers, children and life jackets

Expect a liability waiver. It’s handled between you and the boat’s charter management, usually signed when the balance is paid or in person before the charter, and for a big group it’s worth doing before the day rather than passing one phone along a queue on the dock. A private charter has no minimum age, with the captain’s say on the day, and life jackets come in every size, toddler to adult.

Food and drink for a crowd

What each boat includes is on its listing, and every charter also welcomes your own food and drinks on top; most carry coolers and ice, and you can bring your own cooler. Shop the day before, and price it before you assume it’s a saving: groceries here can run about double U.S. prices. Pack more water than you think you need, decant anything in glass before the 70ft Sailboat, and tell us about allergies when you book so the sandwiches and the BBQ can be planned around them. Lunch timing is yours to set with the captain on the day.

Splitting the cost

Every price is for the whole boat, so the clean way is one booker and one card for the deposit, with everyone paying the organizer their share before the booking goes in. Scale is kind to the per-head figure: forty on the 70ft Sailboat’s four hours is $6,577 all-in, about $164 each, and forty on the Adventure Boat XL $6,680, about $167; seventy on the XL comes to roughly $140 each. Twenty on the Adventure Boat is about $165 a head, against about $550 on the 62ft Lux Yacht. Leave something in the kitty for the day itself: the National Trust lists $20 a head for the short boardwalk tour on Little Water Cay (2026), which is $800 for forty, in cash.

Which boat, then

So, for forty: the 70ft Sailboat’s four hours, $6,577 all-in with local beer, rum punch, rosé and snacks for everyone aboard and an engine that switches off when the wind allows, or the Adventure Boat XL’s eight-hour day for a group that wants the slides and the beach BBQ of chicken, ribs, peas and rice and conch ceviche. For twenty to twenty-five, the Adventure Boat. Booking works the same at 70 as at seven: the price shown includes taxes, a deposit secures the boat and the balance is due to our charter management, each listing shows its free-cancellation window, 24 hours on the two Adventure Boats and the 44ft, 48 on the 70ft and the 65ft, 72 on the 62ft and the 51ft, and a request is confirmed within a few hours, nearly all within the day.

Every boat on TCI Experiences is handpicked and verified for safety, service and upkeep, and one booking covers your whole group. For celebrations, see birthday and celebration charters, and for prices at other group sizes, what a charter costs.