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Sailescapes

Over sixty yachts across Phuket and Krabi, weighted towards sailing catamarans and the skippered end of the market. The place to go if you want to sail rather than be driven.

What you would not get from their own site

  • Around sixty charter yachts across two bases, which is a real fleet rather than a website with a booking form.
  • Weighted towards sail. If the group actually wants to sail, this end of the market is where the boats are, because the crewed motor fleet does very little sailing by definition.
  • One of the few operators that publishes a green-season programme rather than closing from May to October, running east-coast itineraries in the lee of Phuket.
  • Bareboat is genuinely available here, which raises the certificate question. Thailand has no single national standard, so what is accepted is decided by the operator and its insurer, not by a government list.

Charter licence

How this operator handles it

Primarily a sailing and catamaran fleet under Thai operation. Ask specifically about the bareboat qualification requirements before you assume yours is accepted.

Not on public record means no public statement was found. It is not a claim that a licence is missing, and the two are genuinely different. The licence belongs to the individual yacht and its management company, so inside one fleet the answer changes from hull to hull. What the licence covers.

  1. Ask them these five
  2. 01What flag does the yacht fly, and is it Thai or foreign?
  3. 02If it is foreign-flagged and 24 metres or longer, what is the Superyacht Charter Licence reference and when does it expire?
  4. 03Who is the Thai fiscal representative for the charter, and are they a TYBA member agent?
  5. 04Will the charter agreement name the yacht, the owning company and the licence, or only the broker?
  6. 05Is the 7 percent Thai VAT shown separately on the invoice, and against which company's tax number?

8 listings available through Sailescapes

  • Luxury sailing catamaran under way with sails set
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    CatamaranClass listing

    Sunreef 60

    Sunreef Yachts

    LOA
    18 m
    Guests
    10
    Cabins
    4
    Crew
    3

    Eighteen metres of crewed luxury catamaran, below the licence threshold and above the charter-fleet standard. The size most couples and small families actually want once they have seen the price of the next step up.

    from $48,000

    per week

    Phuket Yacht Haven

  • Charter catamaran at anchor in a sheltered bay
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    CatamaranClass listing

    Lagoon 42

    Lagoon

    LOA
    12.8 m
    Guests
    8
    Cabins
    4
    Crew
    None

    The workhorse of the Phuket bareboat fleet. Four cabins, eight berths, shallow draught for the limestone anchorages, and simple enough that a competent crew can run it without a skipper.

    from $6,500

    per week

    Phuket Yacht Haven

  • Four-cabin charter catamaran with flybridge helm at anchor
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    CatamaranClass listing

    Lagoon 46

    Lagoon

    LOA
    13.99 m
    Guests
    10
    Cabins
    4
    Crew
    None

    A metre longer than the 42 and noticeably more comfortable for eight adults, with the flybridge helm that has become the standard layout in the charter fleet.

    from $8,500

    per week

    Phuket Yacht Haven

  • Large charter catamaran with crew under way between islands
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    CatamaranClass listing

    Lagoon 52

    Lagoon

    LOA
    15.85 m
    Guests
    12
    Cabins
    5
    Crew
    2

    The size at which a catamaran stops being a bareboat and starts carrying crew: five cabins, twelve guests, and a skipper and cook in the forepeaks.

    from $16,000

    per week

    Phuket Yacht Haven

  • Sailing catamaran with a full main under way
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    CatamaranClass listing

    Fountaine Pajot Saba 50

    Fountaine Pajot

    LOA
    14.98 m
    Guests
    10
    Cabins
    5
    Crew
    None

    The main alternative to the Lagoon fleet, with finer hulls that sail better and a slightly less generous saloon. The choice if the group actually intends to use the sails.

    from $11,000

    per week

    Phuket Yacht Haven

  • Catamaran with an open saloon and cockpit at anchor
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    CatamaranClass listing

    Bali 5.4

    Bali Catamarans

    LOA
    16.7 m
    Guests
    12
    Cabins
    5
    Crew
    2

    The catamaran with the tilting garage door instead of a cockpit bulkhead, which turns the saloon and cockpit into one space. In a climate that is 30 degrees and humid, that single design decision is why this class charters well in Thailand.

    from $17,500

    per week

    Phuket Boat Lagoon

  • Cruising monohull sailing yacht under way with the rail down
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    Sailing yachtClass listing

    Beneteau Oceanis 46.1

    Beneteau

    LOA
    14.6 m
    Guests
    8
    Cabins
    4
    Crew
    None

    The cheapest way to charter a yacht in Phuket with cabins for eight, and the one that actually sails upwind. The trade-off is heel, less deck space and a draught that keeps you out of the thinnest anchorages.

    from $4,200

    per week

    Phuket Yacht Haven

  • Monohull cruising yacht at anchor in a limestone bay
    Representative image
    Sailing yachtClass listing

    Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 490

    Jeanneau

    LOA
    14.75 m
    Guests
    8
    Cabins
    4
    Crew
    None

    The main monohull alternative in the bareboat fleet, with the walk-around deck that makes moving forward at sea a normal act rather than a small adventure.

    from $4,400

    per week

    Phuket Yacht Haven

How this profile was written

From public sources: the operator's own website, published rates and itineraries, and marina and association listings. Nothing on this page comes from the operator reviewing it first, and nothing on it was paid for.

Where a fact is not publicly stated, the profile says so instead of guessing. If you operate this business and something here is wrong or has changed, the methodology page explains how corrections are made.