What a day costs, and what it includes.

The boat and her captain for the full day, a complimentary welcome rosé on ice as you board, towels, snorkelling gear, seabobs and the water toys, the swimming ladder, iced water, Bluetooth sound, full insurance — and the captain’s local knowledge, which is worth more than everything else on the list.

Fuel is the one thing charged separately, for the reason below.

Because that is how the whole coast prices it, and folding it in would just mean padding the headline number. Fuel depends entirely on how you use the boat — a day idling around Cap Ferrat burns a fraction of a fast run to Saint-Tropez. You approve the plan, so you control the fuel.

For the boat. Two of you or ten of you, the price is the price — there is no per-head charge and nobody aboard you did not bring.

A full eight hours — most days run 11:00 to 19:00, and an earlier start or a later finish is usually possible. Some charters on this coast call four hours a day charter; ours is the difference between one bay and a coastline.

Yes — €250 secures your date, with the balance settled before or on the day. If the captain cancels for weather, the deposit is returned in full or moved to another date, your choice.

All three. The half day is published above at €1,900 — roughly sixty percent of the full day, which is why most guests do the sums and stay out the whole day. Hours and single one-way transits are quoted by hand: tell us the shape of day you want and you will have a straight answer, and a price, the same day.

The day, dressed up. Champagne on ice from the moment you board, your table held ashore, and the details handled before you think to ask. It can be added to any charter — full day, half day or a single run — and is quoted by hand for your date.