Where the yachts winter.
When the Riviera season ends, the yachts cross to the islands. What a berth costs there for the winter, and what it takes to stay longer than the yacht.
When the Riviera season ends, the yachts cross to the islands. What a berth costs there for the winter, and what it takes to stay longer than the yacht.
Each night is the island's own published dockage rate in the winter season, for a yacht of 100 ft (30.48 m) overall, before power, water and tax, read on November 13, 2026. Alongside berths cost more: Falmouth Harbour Marina charges about double. The tax and residence lines are the ones on each island's Patrician.ch page.
| Island | A night for a 100 ft yacht | Tax, and how to stay |
|---|---|---|
 | $300$3.00 a foot a night. December 20 to April 26, $2.50 a foot a night by the week. | No income tax, no capital gains taxNo investor residence route and no passport for sale. Permanent residence comes after long residence, anything shorter runs on a work permit. |
 | $350$3.50 a foot a day. November 1 to May 31, stern-to. Across the harbor, Catamaran Marina asks $1.50 a foot a day. | No personal income tax, no capital gains taxA passport by investment from a US$230K contribution or US$300K in approved real estate, in months. |
 | $500$5.00 a foot a night. For yachts of 35 ft and more. | No income, capital gains or inheritance taxPermanent residence through US$1M in Bahamian real estate or Central Bank bonds, held 10 years. |
 | On requestNot published online. The harbor master quotes it. | No income tax after 5 years of residenceThe first 5 years are taxed as a French resident. After that, France taxes only French-source income. EU nationals settle freely, everyone else comes through a French long-stay visa. |
Marinas charge by length overall. A rate per foot times 100 ft gives the night. Each island's page carries its full tax and residence record: Virgin Gorda, St John's, Nassau, Gustavia.
In the Maldives the cost that matters is the cruising permit. A foreign yacht over 20 m that stays more than 7 days pays US$1,000 for a permit valid 90 days, and yachts under 20 m cruise for free. Residents of the Maldives pay income tax on their worldwide income since 2020, rising in bands to 15% above MVR 2.4 million a year.
In Port Hercule a yacht of 30.48 m falls in the 30 to 31.99 m band. It pays €219.60 a night out of season, about $246, €350.40 a night in summer, and €31,957.20 for the 7-month winter berth, VAT included. The whole tariff: what a berth in Monaco costs. The season itself: The Caribbean and Yachting.
Sources. Oil Nut Bay, Marina Village dockage · Falmouth Harbour Marina, berthing · Catamaran Marina, marina rates · Compass Cay Marina, dockage · Noonsite, St Barts fees · Maldives Ministry of Tourism regulation on foreign tourist vessels, as reported by Noonsite · Maldives Inland Revenue Authority, income tax for individuals · Monaco Ports (SEPM), 2026 tariff, Port Hercule · Monaco Ports (SEPM), winter tariff 2026-27. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.
For a 100 ft yacht in season, from $300 a night at Oil Nut Bay on Virgin Gorda to $500 at Compass Cay Marina in the Exumas, on each marina's own rate card, before power and water.
At Falmouth Harbour Marina, $3.50 a foot a day stern-to from November 1 to May 31, about double alongside.
Catamaran Marina, across the harbor, asks $1.50 a foot a day.
The Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands and Antigua have no personal income tax.
In St Barths there is no income tax after 5 years of residence, and France then taxes only French-source income.
A foreign yacht over 20 m that stays more than 7 days pays US$1,000 for a 90-day cruising permit.
Yachts under 20 m cruise free.
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