Corporate yacht charter is its own discipline. The desk maintains a vetted list of yachts that have run events successfully — boats with the right deck layout for a hundred-guest reception, crews trained to passenger-vessel service standards, and AV infrastructure (screens, PA, generator capacity) built in.

Common briefs

Monaco Grand Prix hospitality — book the harbour berth 18+ months out. Cannes Film Festival — anchor off Croisette, tender clients in. Fort Lauderdale boat show — dock at FLIBS for the week. Board off-site — five days, twelve principals, no phones.

Day charter vs. week

Day charters are operationally heavier (the yacht repositions twice). Most boats over 40m prefer four-day-plus engagements; for shorter, the desk has a separate day-charter list of 25–35m yachts.