the long, fast, famous one
Saint-Tropez is not on the way to anything — that was always its point. From Beaulieu it is a genuine passage: an hour and three quarters of open water at speed, past Cannes and the red Estérel cliffs, into the gulf where the twentieth century invented the beach club. On the right day, with the right party, it is the most memorable charter we run.
Timings are from her berth at Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Staying closer? We bring her to you — and it is simply a boat day in Saint-Tropez instead.
This is the day the boat was built for. The Rebel’s fifty knots and deep-V hull turn a distance most charter boats cannot attempt into a morning’s sport — the Estérel’s red volcanic cliffs running down your starboard side are a show all of their own. Into the gulf by late morning: the old port’s famous quay for the café-terrace theatre, or straight to Pampelonne beach, where the clubs — Club 55 and its rivals — have been perfecting lunch since Bardot.
The afternoon is a swim off Pampelonne’s sand or in the coves of Cap Taillat, and then the run home with the sun behind you. Guests sleep well after this one.
Saint-Tropez deserves a flat, sparkling sea, so the captain watches the forecast and steers you toward the day the run west is pure pleasure — fifty knots of open water with the Estérel glowing off the bow. Fuel is quoted plainly up front like everything else we do. When the sea is right, there is nothing else like it on this coast.
a few suggestions
These are suggestions, nothing more — places we actually take guests, each with the captain’s own note. Tell us which ones tempt you and the day is built around them, name somewhere that is not on the list and we go there instead — or leave the whole thing with us.
Beach clubs
arrive by sea
The original, feeding Pampelonne since Vadim filmed Bardot in 1955. Crudités basket, grilled fish, cold Ott, sand floor, no music.
That refusal of music is the luxury. Hardest table on the coast in August — tell us at charter time and we book it around the boat.
Restaurants
arrive by sea
The red tables and awning on the quay — a café since 1887 and the single most photographed terrace in the Mediterranean.
Coffee, not lunch. Sit for an hour watching the port and you have had the full Saint-Tropez experience for the price of an espresso.
Beaches & swimming
arrive by sea
Five kilometres of sand where the modern beach day was invented, and the clubs still run the masterclass.
Anchor off, tender in. The great run west — we save it for the glassiest days, and it earns them.
Sights & museums
arrive by sea
The quay of café terraces and improbable yachts that turned a fishing village into a shorthand for glamour.
Late morning is the good hour for the café theatre — then out to Cap Taillat’s coves before the afternoon crowds thicken.
whatever you have in mind, that is the day we build
from the log
Chartered, fast and direct: from our berth at Beaulieu (fifteen minutes from Nice) the run is about an hour and three quarters at speed — against three hours or more by road in summer traffic. It is the single strongest argument for a fast boat on this coast.
With enough notice, usually — the Pampelonne clubs book out in peak season, so tell us at charter time and we will arrange the table and the tender landing. If a specific club is the point of the day, book the charter around its availability.
The captain calls it the evening before, and you choose: a glorious day on the sheltered eastern coast, move the run to the next flat morning, or a full refund. Either way you get a beautiful day or your money back — never a compromise.
One boat, one crew, up to 10 guests, and a coast that is entirely yours for the day. Tell us how you want to spend it and the rest is ours to arrange. The day is yours and it is our pleasure to be part of it.