Private catamaran charter

The yacht is yours.

Daysails, weekend escapes, week-long getaways, and extended bluewater voyages.

Choose your window

A day, a short escape, eight to ten days—or longer.

The same private approach, shaped to the time you have.

A day

Daysail

A private day under sail, with time to see the Newport coast from the water and/or drop anchor in a sheltered bay for a swim and paddle.

Three to four days

Short escape

Leave the dock behind, find a harbor, and settle into life aboard.

Eight to ten days

Extended getaway

Visit your top destinations and find perfect quiet anchorages. We will ensure your time ashore matches your desires.

Longer-term

Bluewater voyage

Expand your horizons. Go farther, experience more, and create a true voyage around more distant dream destinations.

Optional add-on

Stay aboard the night before your charter. Arrive the evening before and settle in ahead of departure.

Choose your crew

Choose how you want to live aboard.

Captain Only

Up to six guests in three staterooms. Guests help handle meals and keep life aboard informal.

Captain + Chef

Up to four guests in two staterooms. A chef joins as crew.

Two sailing seasons

Choose your coast.

Honeymoon Bay on Water Island with a beach and anchored sailboats — Honeymoon Bay · Water Island

A guest relaxing on the foredeck while sailing among the Virgin Islands — Life under sail

Aerial view of Water Island and St. Thomas — Water Island & St. Thomas

A clear-water anchorage in the Caribbean — Caribbean waters

Winter · Water Island

Water Island & the Caribbean

Fly into St. Thomas Airport and slip into island time with remarkable ease.

Before long, your toes will be in the sand and a drink in your hand at the quintessential beach bar in Honeymoon Bay, where Paradigm Shift has a private mooring ball. From here, charter throughout the USVI and/or BVI.

Guests enjoying paddleboards, kayaks, and water toys beside Paradigm Shift — Water toys at anchor

A young guest enjoying a game in the sheltered cockpit — Family time aboard

Guests enjoying tow sports near Paradigm Shift in a Caribbean anchorage — Tow-sports afternoons

Geographic map showing a charter route from Water Island past St. Thomas and along the north side of St. John into the British Virgin Islands

Easy in · easy home

Domestic flights. Simple island clearance.

Flying from the U.S. mainland to St. Thomas is a simple domestic flight allowing travelers to skip presenting passports and clearing customs after a long day of traveling.

Passports are presented arriving into BVI. Captain Rorke handles entry and exit clearances for you. Flying home from St. Thomas is also domestic saving you from long procedures upon returning to home.

Summer · New England

New England

Paradigm Shift is based just 30 minutes south of Providence Airport, making arrival easy.

Cruise southern New England or follow the coast north. Alternatively, meet the yacht in Maine, where Portland Airport is also easily accessible.

Paradigm Shift on a mooring beside a rocky New England shoreline — Paradigm Shift in New England

Guests paddleboarding in a quiet New England cove — Quiet coves

Paradigm Shift at anchor in New England at sunset — Golden-hour anchorages

A coastal New England club viewed from the water — Newport by water

A small lighthouse on the rocky New England coast — Rockbound lights

Driftwood lobster artwork in a New England harbor — Coastal character

Paradigm Shift in a working New England harbor — Working waterfronts

A guest cooling her feet from Paradigm Shift's swim platform in New England — Swim-platform mornings

Guests returning by dinghy to Paradigm Shift in a quiet Maine harbor — Dinghy days

A lighthouse among evergreen trees and granite on the Maine coast — Maine by water

Two guests and their dog relaxing together on the foredeck in New England — Life on the foredeck

A guest relaxing on the bow with a Newport lighthouse beyond — A front-row seat

A guest paddleboarding in a sheltered New England cove — Paddleboard time

Detailed coastal New England map highlighting Jamestown, Rhode Island and destinations north to Mount Desert Island and Bar Harbor, Maine

Summer starts in Jamestown

Begin in Rhode Island—or meet the yacht in Maine.

Paradigm Shift’s home base is Jamestown, roughly 30 minutes south of Providence Airport.

From Newport, follow the coast past Cape Cod and north to Portland, Camden, Rockland, and Mount Desert Island. Prefer to begin farther north? Fly into Portland and have the yacht meet you in Maine.

Cruise + learn

Keep the cruise. Add instruction.

Add practical coaching or private American Sailing certification for the guests who want it. Other guests can be informally trained to be competent crew on future voyages.

Explore instruction

Plan a private charter

Tell us where, when, and how you want to sail.

Dates, destination, group size, trip length, and captain-only or crewed.

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