LOCVOILIER · Port Corbières and Cassis
Three questions, then a skipper replies on WhatsApp.
Every member of the crew is an independent professional, familiar with our boats and our anchorages.
Holding a professional merchant navy qualification, the skipper commands the boat: weather, route, anchorages, manoeuvres and safety. He knows every cove on the coast and adapts the programme to the day’s wind.
per day on a stay
The host or deckhand assists the skipper with the manoeuvres and looks after you: welcome on board, serving drinks and meals, tidying, routine cleaning. Essential as soon as the group exceeds about ten people.
per day on a stay
The cook prepares breakfasts, lunches and dinners on board with market produce, takes care of provisioning and adapts to everyone’s diet. Trained in safety at sea, the cook is part of the crew.
depending on the programme
The skipper is the master of the vessel. He is responsible for the boat, the crew and the passengers, and takes safety decisions: choice of route, anchorage, departure or return depending on the weather. Our skippers are professionals holding a merchant navy qualification, such as the Capitaine 200, and sail all year round between Marseille, Cassis and the Côte Bleue.
On a day at sea, the skipper is always included: you board at Port Corbières, he takes you to the coves of the Frioul or the Côte Bleue, chooses the day’s sheltered anchorage, sets up the paddleboard and brings you back to port in the late afternoon. You have nothing to do, unless you want to: many of our clients take the helm or help hoist the sails.
On a stay, the skipper is optional. He occupies a cabin or a berth on the boat, which reduces the number of places available for your group accordingly: the capacity shown on each boat’s page states whether the skipper is included. His meals are taken with the crew, at your expense, like the boat’s provisioning.
You can also take a skipper for part of the cruise: the first day, to get to grips with the boat and discover the area, or the crossing to Corsica, before continuing on your own. It is the ideal solution when your sailing CV is a little short for the boat you want.
The host, or deckhand, is the skipper’s second-in-command. On a group catamaran, a company evening or a birthday, the host frees the skipper from service and frees you from organising: welcoming guests, refreshments, setting up lunch, tidying the saloon, routine cleaning. The host also helps with harbour and anchoring manoeuvres, which makes sailing smoother and safer with many people on board.
For a company group or a family event, the host is also a valuable link for the organiser: knowing how the day will run, planning refreshments according to the heat, making sure everyone finds a spot in the shade of the bimini or in the sun on the trampoline, and checking nothing is left on board on return. You enjoy your guests instead of playing host.
On a stay, the host looks after the cabins, prepares simple meals and manages provisioning with you. For real onboard cooking, morning, noon and night, the cook takes over: the cook can join the crew, or replace the host if your group handles the service itself.
The ship’s cook turns a cruise into a gastronomic stay: hearty breakfasts, lunches at anchor, dinners under the stars. The cook shops at the market at every stopover, plans the menus with you before departure and takes into account allergies, vegetarian or gluten-free diets and everyone’s preferences.
Trained in safety at sea, the cook is part of the crew and takes part in life on board. The price depends on the length of the stay and the number of meals: we draw it up on quotation, with the estimated provisioning budget, so that you know in advance what the table will cost.
Book the cook at the same time as the boat, especially in July and August: good ship’s cooks are in high demand in high season. A few weeks before departure, we send you a menu proposal, which you can freely adjust with the cook according to your wishes and the sailing programme.
For a single day, our catering and drinks packages are often enough: platters, sharing boards or full meals delivered on board and served by the host. A cook makes sense from two or three days of cruising, or for an event where the table is at the heart of the programme.
9:30am, Port Corbières. The skipper welcomes you at the pontoon, a stone’s throw from the private car park. He introduces the boat, the life jackets and the day’s programme, and adapts the destination to the wind: the Frioul when the mistral blows, the Côte Bleue with an east wind, the Calanques when the sea is calm. The host stows the bags and sets up the cool box.
10am, casting off. The skipper leaves the port under engine, then hoists the sails. If you wish, he hands you the helm and shows you how to trim the genoa. Forty minutes later, you anchor in a sheltered cove, on a sandy bottom, away from the posidonia seagrass.
Noon, at anchor. Swimming, paddleboarding, snorkelling. The host serves drinks then lunch: a catering package delivered on board, a meal prepared by the cook or a picnic you have brought. The skipper keeps an eye on the weather and the anchor while you relax.
3pm, second anchorage. Depending on the wind, the skipper takes you to another cove or sails along the coast. You return to Port Corbières around 5pm, with the crew taking care of tidying the boat: you leave empty-handed.
On board, the skipper alone is responsible for safety. Before departure, he presents the equipment: life jackets, liferaft, fire extinguishers, VHF, and appoints a crew member able to assist him. He may decide to shorten a trip, change anchorage or stay in port if the weather requires it: that is the price of peaceful sailing.
Our boats comply with Division 240 regulations for pleasure craft and, for commercially operated vessels, Division 241. The skipper checks the safety equipment before every trip and keeps the boat ready to call CROSS Méditerranée on channel 16 if needed. The host and the cook know the instructions and help apply them.
Every crew member knows what to do in the event of a man overboard, damage or illness on board, and passengers receive the essential instructions on boarding, in a few minutes and without drama.
For children, life jackets for every size are on board; tell us their age and weight when booking. The skipper pays particular attention to their safety when swimming and moving about on deck.
On a stay, the crew shares life on board discreetly. The skipper sleeps in the cabin or berth reserved for him, gets up before everyone else to check the weather and the anchorage, and plans the day’s sailing with you over breakfast. You decide the programme; he suggests the safe options.
A good crew also knows how to stay in the background: leaving the cockpit to the guests during drinks, eating separately if you wish, and remaining available without imposing. Just tell us how you imagine the cruise, convivial or more private: we brief the crew accordingly before departure.
The crew’s meals are part of the boat’s provisioning. Berths at stopovers, fuel and mooring fees remain at your expense, as for any charter; your quote estimates them to avoid surprises. On the last day, the crew takes care of the return to port and the check-out with our shore team.
Skipper included. Host optional if there are more than ten of you or if you would like drinks and lunch served.
Skipper and host or deckhand. Catering delivered on board or a cook for dinner, depending on the programme.
Skipper for the whole cruise: you enjoy the anchorages and take part in the manoeuvres if you wish.
Skipper on the first day to get to grips with the boat and the area, then you continue on your own.
Skipper, host and cook: the full crew, as on our Samana 59 catamaran.
Skipper for the crossing, or delivery of the boat on the outward leg: your cruise starts directly at your destination.
On a stay, a professional skipper is available at €350 per day. On our private days at sea, the skipper is always included in the price, as is fuel for the trip. His meals during a stay are taken with the crew, at the boat’s expense.
A host or deckhand is available at €200 per day on a stay, and as an option at €250 on a day at sea. The host assists the skipper and takes care of welcoming, service and tidying.
On boats that have a cabin or berth for the crew, such as our Samana 59 catamaran, which always sails with a captain, deckhand and cook. For other boats, we tell you when quoting whether they can accommodate a full crew.
No. Our skippers, hosts, deckhands and cooks are independent professionals, selected and familiar with our boats. Their service is invoiced separately from the boat charter and appears clearly on your quote.
If you have already sailed with one of our skippers, ask for him: we do our best to make him available. Otherwise, we choose the skipper best suited to your boat, your programme and your group.
Yes, on a stay, the skipper lives on board with you and occupies a cabin or a berth. That is why a boat’s capacity for stays is often shown “skipper included”. The host and the cook also sleep on board when the boat allows.
Of course, and it is even encouraged: helming, sail trim, anchoring. We also offer trips where you sail with the skipper and take part in all the manoeuvres, to progress safely.
It is never compulsory. If the crew made your cruise unforgettable, a gesture is always appreciated, but it is entirely at your discretion.
Yes. The skipper brings the boat to the port of your choice in the morning and takes it back in the evening. The supplement covers the necessary sailing and skipper hours; it appears clearly on the quote. Our White Shark, based in Cassis, avoids this transit for small groups.
Safety comes first: if the weather does not allow safe sailing, the skipper may decide not to go out. We then offer you another date; if no date suits you, the cancellation conditions of our terms and conditions of sale apply.
In yachting, “skipper” refers to the master of a sailboat or catamaran; on large vessels such as the Samana 59 or our classic sailboats, we tend to speak of a captain, surrounded by sailors. In every case, it is a professional with a merchant navy qualification, solely responsible for handling the vessel and for the safety of those on board.
Yes. Our evenings at sea and sunsets come with a skipper, and a host is recommended as soon as you serve drinks or dinner on board. For a sit-down dinner, a partner caterer delivers the meal to the boat before departure and the host serves it during the evening.
Our skippers regularly welcome foreign clients and speak English; tell us your group’s language when you make your request so that we can offer you the most suitable crew. Safety instructions are given in a language understood by all passengers.
The host does the routine cleaning during the cruise: saloon, galley, tidying. End-of-charter cleaning remains a separate package, shown on each boat’s page; it is carried out by our shore team after you disembark.
Mention it in your charter or trip request: boat, dates, number of people and roles required. We send you a detailed quote, with charter and crew shown separately, then you book with an online deposit.
Yes, that is our boat delivery service: a Capitaine 200 skipper takes your boat from one port to another, in the Mediterranean or from the Atlantic, at €4 per nautical mile.
Tell us your boat, your dates and your programme: we suggest the right crew, with a detailed quote.
Set the right course from the start!
