Does the crew stay on board during the charter?

Carina Isenberg
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

Yes. On a crewed charter the captain, chef, and stewardess live aboard for the whole trip, in their own crew quarters separate from the guest cabins. That is why a yacht listed with 4 guest cabins genuinely sleeps 8 guests; the crew occupies none of them.

They are also on duty in the ways that matter: meals, drinks, watersports setup, repositioning the boat while you swim, and local knowledge of which cala is glorious at nine in the morning and which fills with day boats by noon.