Independent Mediterranean charter brokers — sailors who charter the Med ourselves, every year. Honest pricing, expert planning and real support, at no extra cost.
Vela Yachts is a specialist Mediterranean sailing-charter brokerage. We match you to the right yacht — bareboat or skippered — across Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Spain and Italy, plan your week around your crew and the weather, and handle the paperwork. Our service costs you nothing over booking direct.
Chartering a yacht abroad should be one of the best holidays you can have — and instead it is often a maze. Dozens of near-identical booking sites, opaque pricing, "from" prices that balloon at checkout, and no one to actually talk to when you have a question about a base, a licence or the wind in August. We built Vela Yachts to fix that: to be the knowledgeable friend in the business who points you at the right boat, tells you the truth about costs, and is on the end of the phone before, during and after your trip.
We are a broker, not a single charter fleet — we're sailors who charter in the Med ourselves, every year. Rather than selling you the one yacht we happen to own, we look across the fleets we work with and recommend the one that genuinely fits your crew, your experience and your budget.
We focus on the Mediterranean's finest cruising grounds so we can know them properly: the Greek Ionian and Saronic, the Croatian Dalmatian coast, the Turkish Gulf of Fethiye, the Balearics around Mallorca, Italy's Sardinia and Sicily, and the Italian Riviera around Portofino and the Cinque Terre. If you are sailing over from further afield, our US Sailors' Guide covers licences, flights and entry rules.
Vela Yachts Ltd is a limited company registered in England & Wales (company number 17272735). We work directly with established charter operators and bases we know, you receive a written charter agreement from the operator, and we are contactable by real people on a UK phone number and email. We tell you honestly what is and is not included, and we are with you if anything needs sorting while you are away.
Prefer to talk first? Call 020 3918 4203, email hello@velayachts.uk, or book a free 15-minute call — no obligation.
Tell us your dates, group size and experience and we'll match you to the right yacht, plan your route and handle the paperwork — at no extra cost over booking direct.
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