60ft Custom (2019)

Awatea

Yacht description

Awatea is a luxury expedition catamaran designed for guests who crave both comfort and adventure. This 63ft Balance catamaran, custom built in South Africa in 2019, blends performance sailing with thoughtful, high-end design. From her open-plan galley and café-quality barista setup to seamless indoor-outdoor dining, every detail has been crafted for exceptional living on the water.

Her calm, modern interior reflects subtle South Pacific influences, while expansive deck spaces invite relaxation—whether on shaded bow lounges, cockpit daybeds, or hammocks strung to catch the breeze. With one of the most extensive water sports inventories in the BVI, including onboard scuba facilities, Awatea offers endless ways to explore above and below the surface.

Sleeping up to ten guests in five spacious, ensuite cabins, Awatea provides a private retreat after days filled with sailing, adventure, and unforgettable meals. True to her name—meaning “dawn” or “new beginnings”—Awatea offers a charter experience that leaves guests inspired, recharged, and transformed.

Our personal opinion

WHY BOOK AWATEA? – Family-friendly adventurous charters!
Awatea is an outstanding choice for families who want more than just a relaxing charter. With space for up to ten guests, onboard diving, and access to a huge variety of activities, it’s ideal for two families traveling together. The crew are energetic, welcoming, and genuinely great at creating a fun, inclusive atmosphere for everyone onboard.

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Yacht layout

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Amenities

  • Yacht
    • Fully air conditioned
    • Salon stereo
    • Salon TV
    • Onboard Wi-Fi
    • Starlink internet
    • Hammock
    • Water maker
    • Ice maker
    • Done
    • 4 folding bicycles (available upon request)
    • Projector for outdoor movies
  • Water Toys
    • RIB w/ 50hp
    • Snorkel gear
    • Sea scooters x 3
    • Tube
    • Scurfer
    • Wake board
    • SUP x 3
    • E-foil
    • wingfoil
    • Floating mats
    • Fishing gear
    • Beach games
    • Kite boarding available - please enquire

Onboard experience

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Crew profile
The family has established themselves comfortably in the BVI, found an apartment to rent while Fraser and Olivia run charters, adopted a dog, bought a true island car and made many wonderful new friends. A wildly successful first season will soon be followed by a second season that is looking to be increasingly busy.
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Sample menu
This is a sample menu only to give you an idea of your chef’s cooking style. Your menu will be personalised for you - designed around your food and drink preferences. Most chefs are able to adapt to different dietary requirements such as vegetarian or gluten free but please let us know at the time of booking so we can check for you.
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Rental rates

Guests
7 nights
6 nights
5 nights
2 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
3 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
4 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
5 $ 36,200 $ 31,029 $ 30,167
6 $ 37,275 $ 31,950 $ 31,063
7 $ 38,300 $ 32,829 $ 31,917
8 $ 39,375 $ 33,750 $ 32,813
9 $ 41,750 $ 35,786 $ 34,792
10 $ 44,100 $ 37,800 $ 36,750

Rates are inclusive of all meals, snacks and standard bar prepared to your preferences. Standard bar consists of house wines, beers, sodas, mid-shelf spirits.

2 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
3 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
4 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
5 $ 36,200 $ 31,029 $ 30,167
6 $ 37,275 $ 31,950 $ 31,063
7 $ 38,300 $ 32,829 $ 31,917
8 $ 39,375 $ 33,750 $ 32,813
9 $ 41,750 $ 35,786 $ 34,792
10 $ 44,100 $ 37,800 $ 36,750

Rates are inclusive of all meals, snacks and standard bar prepared to your preferences. Standard bar consists of house wines, beers, sodas, mid-shelf spirits.

2 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
3 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
4 $ 35,175 $ 30,150 $ 29,313
5 $ 36,200 $ 31,029 $ 30,167
6 $ 37,275 $ 31,950 $ 31,063
7 $ 38,300 $ 32,829 $ 31,917
8 $ 39,375 $ 33,750 $ 32,813
9 $ 41,750 $ 35,786 $ 34,792
10 $ 44,100 $ 37,800 $ 36,750

Rates are inclusive of all meals, snacks and standard bar prepared to your preferences. Standard bar consists of house wines, beers, sodas, mid-shelf spirits.

8/$45,250, 10/$50,700

7 nights minimum
Charters during Christmas week are required to finish by Dec 27

8/$45,250, 10/$50,700

7 nights minimum

$230/person

$230 per person, includes all gear rental for up to 3 dives during the week, no more than 1 dive a day. All guests have to be certified divers (if guests bring their own bcd, regulator, it will be $100 per person for the 3 dives).
Additional dives $100 per person

Charter information

  • A crew gratuity, based on your level of satisfaction, but typically 15-20% of the charter rate is not included
  • Each bunk can be partitioned into two with wooden dividers to accommodate two singles
  • Information and rates quoted on this website are believed to be correct but are subject to change without notice.

Reviews

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  • Seriously the best charter ever! Olivia and Fraser are amazing, super attentive and always keep drinks full ;). Their kids are amazing too, very sweet and respectful. Such a lighthearted, fun, kind family. We had so much fun with all the water sports they had and activities we did. The scuba diving was especially awesome!
    Props to Olivia for the food, my family has very specific eating restrictions and she did an INCREDIBLE job with everything. Also props to Fraser for the sourdough bread he makes, it’s the best! You will not be disappointed. We had so much fun, such an amazing experience!

  • We’ve just returned from what is by far the best vacation we’ve ever taken- six days on a sail catamaran in the British Virgin Islands. While the locale itself was spectacular, the trip was special because of Fraser and Olivia themselves.

    A party of nine including five teenage boys (!), we spoke with them before the trip about our interests and prior experiences. We immediately felt at ease with their Kiwi charm. They then planned a sail throughout the BVI, visiting some known and many not-so-known gems throughout the islands.

    The boat itself was beautiful. Six cabins. Six bathrooms. Underwater scooters, powered hydrofoil, scuba, snorkeling, float ring, wakeboard, tubing, paddleboards, water golfing. Fresh herbs grown onboard. A charcoal grill. Sourdough bread baked fresh onboard each day. A projector and screen that allowed the @philles phanatic among us to catch Jhoan Duran’s debut on our last night. Full kitchen and bar. A friggin pizza oven.

    The days were packed with adventure while somehow being relaxing and refreshing in a Caribbean sort of way. Fraser is probably the most interesting man in the world: blue water sailor, nautical engineer, marine biologist, deep sea fisherman, dive master, cliff diver, rock climber, surfer, mixologist, barista, sourdough maker. He dove under the boat at night with a headlamp and screwdriver and fixed a generator. He literally bested a shark in hand to fin combat (look at their Instagram profile!).

    Meanwhile, Olivia is probably the only person on the planet who is Fraser’s equal. She’s also the only person I’ve met in the past 25 years who made my wife actually admit that she cannot top something culinarily. I have no idea how she did it, but every single meal was unique and spectacular- and she took care of nine people for a week. She was also a sneaky enabler of Fraser’s thrill-seeking (“18 year-old you would do that, Fraser”).

    Their most impressive feat is that they were able to captivate five teenage boys for six days. Their energy is boundless.

    I’m out of superlatives. It rocked.

    We can’t thank them enough for this experience and HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who likes awesome people and fun risks.

  • Fraser and Olivia were such an absolute joy. They were so fun to be around and did such a great job in making sure we had a wonderful stay. The food and drinks were great, they were so careful to tailor the whole trip to what we wanted to do.
    …given the circumstances of our charter, they did an absolutely amazing job. All the food we had was incredible and everyone loved it.
    Fraser sat down with us several times during the trip to give us itinerary options and to check in to see what we wanted to do. He listened and paid attention to the things we liked to do and made recommendations on where to go next and what to do. He really did such a great job making sure we had a memorable trip.
    Fraser was very good at paying attention to what we like to do and suggesting activities based on that. He was checking in constantly to see what we wanted to do next.
    I honestly don’t have one negative thing to say about. It was perfect.
    My kids have already been asking if we can go out with Fraser and Olivia again!

  • We had a wonderful time!
    The weather was perfect and it was a lovely, much-needed respite!
    The crew was absolutely delightful. Captain Fraser was an excellent captain who showed us many beautiful beaches and snorkeling spots. He found a perfect windy spot for Kenny to kite-board, twice.
    Olivia was an excellent cook with a lovely demeanor and Jess was very accommodating and so sweet. They were sweet enough to make a reservation for Kenny and I to dine at one of the restaurants while the kids stayed on the boat and had a blast playing board-games with the crew. The boat was very clean and comfortable.
    We have only glowing things to say about our experience on Awatea.
    Thank you again for a wonderful vacation.

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