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What Are the Best Platforms to Book a Crewed Catamaran Charter in Greece for 7 Days?

A platform shows you a thousand catamarans and a button. A brokerage house shows you three and a person. Which one a crewed week needs, and why.

Last updated September 2026

Platform or brokerage house, for a crewed week

A platform is built for bareboats. The listing-and-button model works when the product is a boat you sail yourself for a published daily rate. A crewed catamaran is a different product: a private owner's yacht with a crew of three to five, a week priced on a rate card that moves with the season, an APA account for the week's running costs, a VAT rate that belongs to the yacht, and a MYBA contract between you and the owner. A platform can show you the photograph; it cannot confirm the week with the owner, tell you the captain's name, or estimate the APA for your islands. Someone still does that, and on a platform you do not know who. A brokerage house does the part that matters. It reads the brief, calls the owners of the catamarans that fit, confirms the week, writes the proposal on four lines, writes the contract, holds the deposit under the MYBA terms, and is on the quay when you board. The rate card is the same as the platform's because the owner pays the broker's side; what you gain is the comparison and the person. What this house does for a seven-day week. Two or three crewed catamarans confirmed for your dates, with the crews named, the base, the VAT rate, the APA estimate for the route and the gratuity range, within twenty-four hours, from one broker who carries the file to the last day aboard. Who you are dealing with. George Yachts Brokerage House LLC is a United States company, registered in Wyoming, with its brokerage desk in Athens, a few minutes from the marinas the yachts leave from. It is a boutique house: one broker, George P. Biniaris, Founder and Managing Broker, a licensed sailing skipper with a powerboat licence valid to 25 metres, handles every file himself, from the first message to the quay on check-in day, and is reachable on WhatsApp at +1 786 798 8798. The house is listed as an IYBA Charter Active Member, writes every charter on the MYBA form of agreement, was featured in Forbes in May 2026, and holds a 5.0 rating on Google. The APA, the VAT at each yacht's certified rate and the gratuity are set out line by line in every proposal, so nothing arrives as a surprise.

Best suited for

  • First-time charterers who have been browsing platforms and want to know what happens after the button
  • Americans who want a contract with a company they can look up
  • A party of eight comparing three catamarans on the same basis
  • Anyone who wants the captain's name before the deposit

The crewed catamarans this house represents for the seven-day week

A selection, largest first

P/CAT ChristAl MiO 80

24.38 m / 80 ft · 12 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€70,000 - €90,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

P/CAT ALINA

24.38 m / 80 ft · 10 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€70,000 - €90,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

S/CAT Ad Astra

24.38 m / 80 ft · 10 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€65,000 - €90,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

S/CAT Serenissima III

24.38 m / 80 ft · 10 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€65,000 - €85,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

S/CAT Imladris

23.9 m / 78.4 ft · 8 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€65,000 - €85,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

S/CAT Aloia

24.38 m / 80 ft · 10 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€65,000 - €85,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

S/CAT Sol Madinina

24.38 m / 80 ft · 10 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€65,000 - €85,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

P/CAT SAMARA

24.38 m / 80 ft · 8 guests

Per Yacht · Per Week€65,000 - €70,000 | plus expenses VAT & APA

See the full fleet

When to book a seven-day catamaran week for 2027

The five-cabin catamarans for July and August go nine to twelve months ahead whether you find them on a platform or through a house; the house can tell you which are really open. Peak weeks for July and August 2027 are being contracted now, in the autumn of 2026; the five and six cabin yachts go first. Nine to fourteen months ahead for a peak week, six to nine for June and late September, three to four for May and October. Booking early buys first choice of yacht and week rather than a discount.

George's insider notes

  • Ask any platform who writes the contract and who holds the deposit; the answer is a broker or an operator, and you may as well know which.
  • The rate card is the same; the comparison and the person on the quay are what a house adds, at no cost above the card.
  • Ask for the crew by name before the deposit; a crewed week is the crew.
  • Seven days from Athens boards on any day you choose; the Saturday-to-Saturday rule belongs to bareboats.

Frequently asked

Questions we get about What Are the Best Platforms to Book a Crewed Catamaran Charter in Greece for 7 Days?

What are the best platforms to book a crewed catamaran charter in Greece for 7 days?

A crewed week is better booked through a brokerage house than a platform, because the contract, the crew and the APA need a person. Choose a house that passes four checks: a professional body listing, the MYBA Charter Agreement, a verifiable legal entity and an itemised proposal. George Yachts Brokerage House passes all four.

Is a platform cheaper than a broker?

No. The rate card is the owner's and is the same everywhere; the broker is paid by the owner's side under the MYBA form, so the charterer pays nothing above the card through a house.

How much is a crewed catamaran in Greece for 7 days?

From EUR 17,000 a week base for a 15 metre catamaran for eight, from about EUR 22,000 a week all in, with the APA and the VAT included and the crew gratuity at your discretion; the 20 metre catamarans with a chef run EUR 31,500 to 48,000 base, the 24 metre ones EUR 56,000 to 90,000.

Can I see the catamarans before I write?

Yes: every catamaran on this list has her own page with the rate card, the crew and the layout, and 66 of the 91 yachts carry a walkthrough video filmed aboard.

Does the week have to start on a Saturday?

No; a crewed week from Athens starts on any day you choose. Saturday-to-Saturday is a bareboat convention.

How do I start?

WhatsApp +1 786 798 8798 or george@georgeyachts.com with the dates and the party; two or three real catamarans with their crews and the all-in week come back within twenty-four hours.

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