About us
The finest day boats, in the finest hands.
The boats we charter are highly selective, chosen for their luxury and the quality they are kept to. Every one is a boat we would put our own family aboard.
What you are booking
The day you will talk about.
- Boats in the fleet06
- Ports we run from06
- Home berthBeaulieu
- SeasonApr to Oct
You step off the pontoon at ten with the sea still glassy, and by half past you are somewhere the road cannot reach. A cove the color of a swimming pool, the engines off, nobody else in it. That is the first hour, and it sets the tone for the rest.
Lunch is a table held ashore at La Guérite or Club 55, or laid on the aft deck if you would rather not move. The afternoon is swimming, the seabobs, races to the boat and back, everyone in and out of the water all afternoon. Then the run home along the coast with the light going gold across the hills, everybody wrapped in towels, nobody in any hurry.
Guests come back and book the same day again.
Every boat here earns its place the same way: we know the owner, we have been aboard, and we would hand the keys of our own day to it. The captain knows the coves by wind direction and books the table before you have thought to ask.
Every boat is inspected each day before the booking. If one is not right on the morning you go out on another, or you do not pay. That decision is never yours to chase.
What we hold to
Four things, always.
- Premium quality
- Highly selective, chosen for their luxury and kept immaculate, every one known to us personally.
- A crew that hosts
- Your captain and British crew host the day with the utmost care for its guests.
- Days made to measure
- Lunch tables, quiet coves, transfers and toys, shaped around the people aboard.
- The coast by heart
- From Saint-Tropez to Monaco we know where the water goes glassy and when to slip away.
What it looks like
A day, from the quay out.
Boarding is at the pontoon, not a desk. The captain has the route, the fridge is cold and the towels are aboard. Between Saint-Tropez and Menton there is a cove for every wind direction, and knowing which one on the morning is the whole job.
- Your own captain on every charter, included for the whole day
- Snorkels, towels, seabobs, shade, iced water and a complimentary rosé aboard
- Lunch held ashore, or laid on the aft deck
- Transfers from your villa or the airport, on request
Where you board
Come and see for yourself.
Six boats, six ports and a real calendar. Pick the day that suits and we will tell you honestly what it will cost and what the sea is likely to do. If we are not the right answer for your week, we will say so.
Or email us on hello@frenchrivieraboats.com — a person reads it, usually within the hour.