Prices

San Francisco Yacht Charters Prices

Bay Wolf - Santa Cruz 50

Osprey – Gulf Star 50

50 ft sailboats (16 passenger maximum, no passenger minimum). 

To ensure adequate social distancing, for your safety and ours, we are limiting the number of passengers on the 50 foot boats (Osprey and Bay Wolf) to 16 passengers on weekends, and 20 passengers Mon-Fri .

Number of Passengers Weekday Hourly Rate (Mon-Thur) Weekend Hourly Rate (Fri, Sat, Sun)
1-6 $250/hr (3 hour minimum) $300/hr (3 hour minimum)
7-9 $350/hr (3 hour minimum) $400/hr (3 hour minimum)
10-16 $450/hr (3 hour minimum) $500/hr (3 hour minimum)
17-20 $600/ hr (3 hour minimum) $650/hr Friday only (max 16 passengers Sat & Sun)

Mahalo - Freedom 35

35 ft sailboats (6 passenger maximum, no minimum)

Prices are for the entire boat, not per person

Number of Passengers Weekday Hourly Rate (Mon-Thur) Weekend Hourly Rate (Fri, Sat, Sun)
1-6 $175/hr (3 hour minimum) $200/hr (3 hour minimum)

These prices are for the entire boat. All of our trips are private; we don’t mix groups. There will only be your group and our crew on the boat.

There is a 3 hour minimum. Prices include tax but not a gratuity for the crew (usually 20% like a restaurant).

We sail out of Alameda, Sausalito and San Francisco. There is a $300 docking fee to sail out of San Francisco. No docking fee for Alameda or Sausalito.


You are welcome to bring your own food and drinks. We are not providing food and drinks at this point because of COVID. We recommend finger foods such as sandwiches, cheese and crackers, pre-cut vegetables, fruit, etc. You are welcome to bring moderate amounts of beer, white wine and champagne in glass bottles. No red wine, no hard liquor. Contact us for a referral to a caterer.


Terms

  • A 50% deposit is required to reserve a date for sailing.
  • Debit cards, credit cards, cash or checks are accepted.
  • Contact us about supporting your local charity with your sailing event.
  • The Best of San Francisco Yacht Charters.

San Francisco Docking Fee

Please note that if you would like us to pick you up in San Francisco at Pier 40, we will need to charge you $300. This is the fee that SF charges us to use their dock. We do not charge you for the time it takes to bring the boat to San Francisco, just the docking fee charged by the City. Note: There is no docking fee if you are being picked up in Sausalito or Alameda.

Cancellation, Rescheduling & Refund Policy

Our cancellation and refund policy is as flexible and friendly as we can make it.


If the day of your trip doesn’t work for you, give us as much notice as you can and we are happy to move the day of your trip, or give you a gift certificate for the full amount of your trip to be used for a future trip. There is no charge for these services.


If your trip is canceled due to weather (rain, etc.) at the captain's discretion, we will reschedule, issue a gift certificate or refund the full amount (we will pay the fees). We will keep in touch with you if there is rain in the forecast. Because the weather often changes quickly, we typically wait until the last minute to cancel for bad weather. If it is a day with just a little bit of rain or chance of sprinkles, we may keep the trip going – we can chat with you before the trip to make sure that the trip will be successful.


We do understand that sometimes things happen when you do need to cancel. 


  • If there is more than one week before the trip we will charge you a small fee (15%) of the trip price. This charge covers the costs, the credit card fees, and our time to set up the trip.
  • If you cancel within a week of the trip, there is a 50% cancellation fee.
  • If you cancel within 24 hours of the trip the cancellation fee is 100% if we have turned down other trips for that day and are not able to rebook your time slot. 


Other companies have large cancellation fees up to 50- 100% for all trips, and we choose not to do that. We try to remain flexible and compassionate with all our policies. Our motto is “Sailing with Friends.” We try to treat you well.

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