What Types of Yachts Can You Rent? Choose the Perfect Option for Your Trip

Choosing a yacht for rent is not just a choice of transportation, but a lifestyle for the duration of a sea voyage. Renting a yacht gives you the opportunity to live out a role: to be a poet, a hero, a strategist, a ruler. Below are portraits of the main types of yachts with their character, advantages and ideal use case.

Romantic sailing yacht under sail
A symbol of freedom, wind and true sea spirit.

Who chooses: Dreamers, philosophers, romantics, sailors at heart.
Ideal for: The Mediterranean, the Ionian Islands, regattas and secluded routes.

Positive:
• Eco-friendly and economical
• The feeling of a real sea route
• Small draft — suitable for shallow water
Minuses:
• Requires experience or a captain
• Dependence on windy weather
• Less spacious than a catamaran

Catamaran is a stable and spacious ally
Wide, stable, designed for relaxing without pitching.

Who chooses: Families, couples with children, groups of friends, those who do not like pitching.
Ideal for: Caribbean, Seychelles, French Polynesia.

Positive:
• Stable even in strong waves
• Spacious decks and cabins
• Small draft — suitable for beach parking
Minuses:
• More expensive parking in the marinas
• Maneuverability is inferior to a single-hull yacht
• May not be suitable for mooring in older ports

Motor yacht hunter beyond the horizon
Powerful, fast and accurate. It is not the wind that chooses, but the course.

Who chooses: Business people, VIP guests, those who value time and status.
Ideal for: French Riviera, Amalfi coast, social events.

Positive:
• High speed and mobility
• Luxury and technical equipment
• Independent of wind and weather conditions
Minuses:
• High fuel consumption
• Expensive rent
• Less inventory autonomy

Gulet — an oriental legend
A wooden miracle with a soul. Warmth, slowness and the smell of the sea.

Who chooses: Gourmets, aesthetes, couples traveling for the sake of atmosphere.
Ideal for: Turkey, Dodecanese Islands, Bodrum, Marmaris.

Positive:
• Comfort, spaciousness, romance
• Rental crew is enabled by default
• Ideal for evening parties on deck

Minuses:
• Not for speed and long-distance routes
• Navigation is not always up-to-date
• Rental is more often possible only with a crew

Superyacht — palace on the water
Flying deck, spa, parties, and all-inclusive x10 level.

Who chooses: Millionaires, celebrities, those who celebrate events “on a grand scale”.
Ideal for: Monaco, Saint Tropez, the Caribbean, the Cannes Film Festival.

Positive:
• Maximum comfort and exclusivity
• Full crew and personal chefs
• Possibility of on-board activities
Minuses:
• Very high rental cost

• Requires advanced management
• Limited access to small marina

Explorer — The modern Captain Nemo
It was created for harsh conditions, loneliness and real discoveries.

Who chooses: Researchers, photographers, cinematographers, ambitious yachtsmen.
Ideal for: Arctic, Baikal, circumnavigation routes.

Positive:
• Robust construction and huge fuel capacity
• Greater autonomy
• You can go where there is no infrastructure
Minuses:
• Less sophistication
• A narrower focus
• Expensive operation and maintenance

Pleasure yacht (day-boat) — the hero of one day
Lightweight, maneuverable and affordable.

Who chooses: Tourists, couples, young people, those who want an adventure for the day.
Ideal for: Exploring the Gulf of Finland, Sochi, Majorca, Barcelona.

Positive:
• Easy to rent and manage
• Suitable for short trips
• Affordable
Minuses:
• No cabins or showers
• Dependence on the weather
• Suitable for daytime routes only

Yacht rentals are always more than a choice of transportation. It’s a choice of adventure. And sometimes it’s a choice of your new side. Feel who you are at sea, and then the yacht will find you by itself.

Literature:

https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/2021-08/DS_USFlag-Fleet_2021_0720_Bundle.pdf