This yacht was tired exhibiting too many years of charter It wasn’t clean ….Bimini and spray hood filthy warps cheap and old, Jib old and baggy, anchor too light for size of boat making it difficult to get dug in Autohelm unreliable No instruction manuals (gps bow thrusters autohelm etc)on board Insufficient towels Mandraki is a harbour not a marina and as such has no on land showers or lavatories I get the impression that this charter company is operating on the lowest possible cost I’ve chartered many boats in many countries and I’m sorry to say that without doubt this was the worst

Nice boat, lovely host, great hospitality. We miss the time saling rather than engine that we requested from the begining, otherwise it was very good.

Very good experience. Good service. However, lack of winds

We rented for a weekend a nice boat. Direct surrounding was very nice.

Our vacation was good. We enjoyed the sailing and the exploring. Even so, the dynamics of checking out and into countries on a shared island (Dutch and French St Maarten) and then St Barths were complicated during the Year End holidays. The sailing was very easy and we could sail with good winds back from St Barths to St Maarten, reaching 7 knots. The boat was new (Excess 11) and everything worked on it, instruments, sails, kitchen appliances, bathrooms, dingy. St Barths was interesting to visit with the super yachts as our neighbors. The town is incredible with its high-end stores. The vacation was one of exploring which we love. On the negative side, we were surprised to find hidden expenses in the week, such as a 300 euro charge to sail out, under and back through a bridge in St Maarten and the fact that immigration for the boat was higher than expected. Marenauta was efficient. Unfortunately the local owner/administrator of the boat does not have an office and had to be reached through cel phone/whats app connections making the arrangements for the briefing and final sail-out and in, a little more complicated. Marenauta handles good pricing so you can overlook some of the frustrations or complications.

Sunsail in English harbour were very helpful in sorting out minor issues with the boat which was in good condition. The boat came with a generator and A/C and most essentially, WIFI.