A brand-new 2026 Fountaine Pajot Aura 51 with six queen cabins and room for twelve. Skipper her yourself, or add a captain and chef and simply enjoy the week.
Crude Escape is a privately owned yacht, and we want everyone who steps aboard to love her the way we do.
She is a new Fountaine Pajot Aura 51: fast and easy to handle under sail, steady and roomy at anchor, with air conditioning, a generator and a watermaker, so the comforts never run out. Bring your family, your sailing friends or the whole reunion. Twelve people fit easily, each cabin with its own head.
Crude Escape is maintained and chartered by our partners at BVI Yacht Charters in Road Town, Tortola, so the boat is ready when you arrive and help is a radio call away.
The cockpit opens straight into the salon and galley, so the whole main deck becomes one bright room over the water.
Crude Escape is a bareboat charter: qualified sailors skipper her themselves. Not a sailor? Add a captain, a chef or both.
You are the captain. Share your sailing résumé when you book, then plan your own route through the islands at your own pace.
A licensed local captain handles the sailing and knows the best moorings, so everyone aboard is on vacation, including you.
Fresh island menus planned around your group, served on deck at sunset. Nobody has to cook or do the dishes.
Grill fish on the onboard BBQ, or add a private chef for a candlelit dinner in the cockpit. After dark, switch on the underwater lights and watch the bay come alive beneath the hulls.
The bay at anchor, the sail across, champagne on the net, dinner at sunset and the underwater lights at night. Follow along at @sailcrudeescape.
Short hops, sheltered water and a new anchorage every night. The BVI are among the easiest cruising grounds in the world.
Snorkel the caves, then sundowners in the Bight.
A quiet mooring, a reef dive and a beach bar.
Granite grottoes at The Baths before the crowds arrive.
Pink flamingos, endless flats and fresh lobster on the beach.
White Bay, barefoot bars and a last sunset sail.
Bareboat rates per week for the whole yacht: up to 12 guests, six cabins.
Bookings, captains, chefs and provisioning are arranged through our management partner, BVI Yacht Charters. Rates and dates are confirmed at booking.
Check availabilityTo sail bareboat, someone in your group needs to submit a sailing résumé showing comparable experience, which is reviewed when you book. If no one qualifies, add a licensed captain and the sailing is taken care of.
Crude Escape is based in Road Town, Tortola, with BVI Yacht Charters. Most guests fly into Beef Island (EIS), a short drive from the marina.
Yes. A captain, a chef, provisioning and other extras can all be added when you book. Some groups add a captain for the first day or two and then take over.
She is built for it. Six queen cabins with their own heads, a level and stable catamaran deck, a hydraulic swim platform, air conditioning for sleeping, and a watermaker so twelve people never run short of showers.
Click Check availability to go to Crude Escape’s page at BVI Yacht Charters, which manages her bookings. Mention you found her here.
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