A brand-new 2026 Fountaine Pajot Aura 51 with six queen cabins and room for twelve. Skipper her yourself, or add a captain and chef.
Bottlenose dolphins are at home in these waters. Nobody can promise you one, and nobody should chase one. But it is a good reason to take your coffee down to the swim steps.
Crude Escape is a privately owned yacht, and we want everyone who steps aboard to love her the way we do.
She is a new Fountaine Pajot Aura 51: easy to handle under sail, steady and roomy at anchor, with air conditioning, a generator, a watermaker and filtration system, mattress toppers and unlimited WiFi, so long days away from the marina are easy. Bring your family, your sailing friends or the whole reunion. Each cabin has its own head.
Crude Escape is maintained and chartered by our partners at BVI Yacht Charters in Road Town, Tortola, so the boat is ready when you arrive and help is a radio call away.
The cockpit opens straight into the salon and galley, so the whole main deck becomes one bright room over the water.
There is no set route: Crude Escape goes where you want to go. This is just how Wendell and Sharon like to spend seven days aboard. Mix up the order, stay longer where you love it, add more islands and stops, or spend a night ashore at an island resort. Make it your dream vacation.
These are a few favorites, not a schedule. Sail wherever you like, stay longer where you love it, and build the trip you have always dreamed about.
“Where the escape begins.”
Signature momentSunset at Cane Garden Bay, your first night out.
Step inside Tortola“Pirates, caves, and hidden treasure.”
Signature momentInto the Caves by sunlight.
Step inside Norman Island“Nature’s sculpture garden.”
Signature momentLight through the boulders.
Step inside Virgin Gorda“Everything you need, nothing you don’t.”
Signature momentSunset from Saba Rock.
Step inside North Sound“The edge of the map.”
Signature momentLobster under the stars.
Step inside Anegada“Resort life, right off the boat.”
Signature momentGolden hour from the hillside.
Step inside Scrub Island“Swim up. Kick back.”
Signature momentPainkiller in hand, toes in the sand.
Step inside Jost Van Dyke“Save the best beach for last.”
Signature momentOne last sunset at anchor.
Step inside Peter Island
The anchor is down, the phones are somewhere below, and the whole evening is still ahead of you.
Sear fresh fish on the onboard gas plancha, or add a private chef for a candlelit dinner in the cockpit.
Switch on the underwater lights and watch the water come alive under the hulls. Tomorrow, you decide where she goes.
Fly into Beef Island, walk out into warm air, and have a rum punch at Trellis Bay before you ever see the marina. The trip starts the moment you land.
Your first hour on Beef IslandThree quick questions, and we’ll match you to the island that fits your mood. Then take the free planning guide with you.
From about $1,250 per guest when twelve share the yacht. Choose a season and see the whole week, not just the rate.
This is the charter rate only. Captain, chef, provisioning, insurance and fuel are quoted together for your week, because they change with the dates and the captain available. Rates and dates are confirmed at booking, with a 50% deposit.
Check availabilityTell us your dates and who is coming, and we will check availability and get back to you by email.
From 1 guest review.
Twelve of us, from our grandkids to my parents, and there was room for everyone. We snorkeled the caves at Norman Island, ate lobster on Anegada and switched the underwater lights on every night. Wendell and Sharon had her spotless and ready when we stepped aboard.
No license is required, but your skipper needs to be a recent, experienced captain on a catamaran of similar size. They send BVI Yacht Charters a Captain’s Résumé, and it has to be signed off before you can sail bareboat. If no one in your group qualifies, add a licensed captain and the sailing is taken care of.
Start any day of the week. The minimum is 5 consecutive days, and you can book as long as she is available. You board at noon on your first day and are back at the dock by noon on your last, so plan an afternoon flight home. No charters start or end on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day.
No. You are renting the boat for your dates, and how you use them is up to you. Several islands have resorts, and if anyone would like a night ashore at one, that is completely doable.
Crude Escape is based in Road Town, Tortola, with BVI Yacht Charters. Most guests fly into Beef Island (EIS). From there it is a quick, scenic 45-minute ride to the boat.
Insurance, fuel and any captain, chef or provisioning are quoted together as one package for your week. Not every captain charges the same, so we quote your dates rather than promise a nightly rate. A 50% deposit is due within 7 days of your contract, and the balance 45 days before you sail.
Yes, and both are quoted for your week. A captain lives aboard and uses one cabin, so a captained charter sleeps up to 10 guests. A chef uses one more, for up to 8. You provide crew meals.
There is a grocery store right by the marina, so you can pick up snacks, drinks and everything you want for the trip before you step aboard. Scrub Island and Leverick Bay have stores to restock along the way. Full provisioning can also be quoted.
Yes. Leverick Bay in North Sound has a laundromat, so you can wash clothes partway through your trip.
Yes, with approval. Your captain completes BVI Yacht Charters’ Captain’s Résumé: charter history, certificates and endorsements (with copies), and experience with anchoring, moorings, docking, navigation and sailing in strong winds. It must be approved before your charter, and the same cabin and meal rules apply. Mention your captain in the availability form and we will start the approval with you.
Yes, weather permitting. Sail wherever you like: Crude Escape cruises at about 10 knots, so plan your days around that. For Anegada, BVI Yacht Charters asks you to call by 9am that morning, with winds under 20 knots and seas under 8 feet.
Send your dates with the Check availability form. We will confirm your dates and walk you through booking from there.
