the honest comparison
What makes a Queen of Hearts charter. Here is our case.
Every boat on this coast promises crystal water and unforgettable days. Fine — the water is genuinely crystal and the days are genuinely unforgettable. Here is what is actually different about ours — starting with the boat herself: black hull, red fabric, and you will simply not see another like her in all of France.
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Quality that shows on the water
The harbour is full of handsome day boats — the Pardos and their lookalikes — and from the quay they all photograph beautifully. The difference is in the build. The SACS Rebel 47 is engineered like a much bigger boat, and you feel it in how she reads the water: steady where others slap, composed where others soak their guests. Saint-Tropez stays a day trip, chop becomes part of the fun — and the boats that only looked the part are already turning for home.
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One boat, on purpose
We are not a fleet with a booking grid to fill. One boat means one standard, one crew who know her to the bolt, and a day that runs entirely at your pace — from the first swim to the last of the light.
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The head-turner, fully loaded
Black hull, red leather, warm teak — a James Bond boat on a coast of white boats, and heads turn on every quay she passes. She carries her own amusements too: seabobs, a locker of water toys, snorkelling kit for every age and a swim platform right at the water, so the moment the engines stop, the anchorage becomes your playground.
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Private means private
Discretion is a craft here, and we are exceptional at it — who you are, who you bring and how you celebrate stays aboard, with a crew practised at reading exactly how present or invisible you want them. No shared decks, no per-seat tickets, no strangers. Two guests or ten, the day truly belongs to you — and so does the playlist.
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Local hands
The captain has run this water for years — which bay is flat in a mistral, which restaurant holds its pontoon table, where the water is clearest by month. That knowledge is the difference between a boat rental and a charter.
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Honest numbers, and service to match
Rates published, fuel explained, weather policy in writing: captain cancels, you pay nothing. The whole coast could work this way; it mostly does not. And aboard, the same honesty becomes care — British captains who read their guests as well as they read the sea, present when wanted, invisible when not, and always a step ahead of what the day needs.
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The port next to everything
Beaulieu-sur-Mer sits in the middle of the best water on the coast — Monaco ten minutes east, Villefranche five minutes west, Cap Ferrat directly opposite the harbour mouth. Charters from Nice or Cannes spend their first hour commuting. Yours starts at the good part.
filmed aboard · raw footage
The short version
You are choosing between a seat on somebody’s schedule and a day that is actually yours. If the second one is what you are after, the day page shows how it runs, and the rates are published in full — everything in the open, a click away.
And if another operator suits your day better — a bareboat you drive yourself, a superyacht with a chef — we will say so when you write. It is a small coast. Days that end well come back around.
Your next summer story begins here.
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.