We book the boats. We do not own them.
Dubai Yacht Cruise Club is a yacht charter booking agent in Dubai Marina. We do not own boats: we hold 4 vessels from 48ft to 85ft with licensed UAE operators, quote them for your date, and hand the charter to the operator who runs it.
- What it is
- Yacht charter booking agent
- Boats we can book
- 4, 48ft to 85ft
- Departure point
- Dubai Marina Yacht Club
- Largest group
- 35 guests
- From
- AED 750 per hour, 2-hour minimum
- One contact route
- WhatsApp +971 55 712 2080
What a yacht charter booking agent in Dubai actually does
We are the booking side, not the boat side. The 4 yachts on this site are operated by UAE-licensed charter companies berthed in Dubai Marina Yacht Club, and each one runs under its operator's marine licence, its operator's insurance and its operator's captain. What we do is the part that happens before any of that: hold the availability, put the right boat against your headcount and your hours, and get you a written price you can compare.
The reason to use us rather than message four operators is that we are looking at four calendars at once. A Saturday sunset slot in February is gone from one operator and open on another, and the only way to know that in one message instead of four is to ask somebody who books all of them. It costs the same either way — see how we are paid, below.
The reason to use the operator directly is that you already know which boat you want and which company runs it. We will tell you who that is if you ask. A booking agent that hides the operator is not protecting a relationship, it is protecting a margin, and this one is small enough not to need it.
What the enquiry buys you
- Check one date across 4 boats and come back with what is free and what each costs for your hours.
- Size the boat to the group. Twelve guests on a 48ft boat and twelve on an 85ft boat are two different afternoons at two different prices.
- Put the price in writing before anything is paid — hourly rate, minimum hours, and anything added on top named separately.
- Shape the route around the thing the day is for: the swim stop, the sunset, the moment the cake comes out, the client who has to be back by six.
- Hand the operator a brief they can run to, then stay reachable on the same WhatsApp thread through the charter.
How a Dubai yacht charter booking works with us
Five steps, and the third one is where most people expect a payment and do not find one.
You message
You
Date, rough start time, how many hours, total headcount including children, and what the day is for. Five lines. WhatsApp is fastest and works internationally without roaming.
We check the calendars
Us
Availability across the 4 boats for your date, and the two or three that actually fit your group. Answered inside a couple of hours during Daily, 8:00-22:00 (GST).
You get a written price
Us
Hourly rate, minimum hours, total for your hours, and anything extra — catering, decoration, a photographer — named and priced separately rather than folded in. Asking costs nothing and holds nothing.
A deposit holds the date
You and the operator
Twenty-five percent, paid to the operator, on the operator's invoice. That is the moment the boat leaves the calendar. Cancel more than seven days out and it moves to another date within six months.
You board
The operator's crew
Dubai Marina Yacht Club, fifteen minutes before your start time. The clock starts when the boat leaves the berth, not when you arrive. The balance is settled with the operator on the day.
How we are paid, and what we will not do
Two sections almost no charter site writes, for the same reason they are the two worth reading.
How we are paid
The operator pays us a commission out of the charter rate. You pay the same as you would walking onto the same boat directly — the rate on this site is the operator's rate, not the operator's rate plus us.
That is also why there is no booking fee and no charge for a quote. We are paid when a charter runs, which means we have no reason to sell you a bigger boat than your group needs and every reason to put you on the one you will book again.
What we will not do
- We do not take your money. The deposit and the balance are paid to the operator running your charter, on the operator's invoice, with the operator's TRN. Nothing on this site takes a card.
- We do not sell a boat we have not priced for your actual date and headcount. There is no instant checkout here on purpose — a yacht that is free on Tuesday is not free on Saturday, and a price generated without a calendar behind it is a guess.
- We do not publish a rating we cannot link to, a licence number we do not hold, or a review with a name on it that nobody wrote. What is not on this site is not on it because it is not yet true.
- We do not take normal phone calls. +971 55 712 2080 is a WhatsApp number — messages and WhatsApp voice calls both land, an ordinary dial does not.
The 4 yachts we can book in Dubai Marina
From AED 750 an hour with a 2-hour minimum, up to 35 guests. Every rate is per boat, not per person.
- Azure Pearl
48ft Majesty 48 · up to 12 guests · 2 crew
AED 750 per hour2-hour minimum
- Desert Wind
62ft Gulf Craft 62 · up to 22 guests · 3 crew
AED 1,400 per hour3-hour minimum
- Gulf Royale
85ft Benetti 85 · up to 35 guests · 5 crew
AED 3,200 per hour4-hour minimum
- Marina Lyra
55ft Azimut 55 · up to 16 guests · 2 crew
AED 1,050 per hour2-hour minimum
Where we sail from, and the water we run
Every charter on this site leaves from Dubai Marina Yacht Club, in Dubai. That is the berth, the meeting point and the return.
The water we run is the Dubai coastline: the Marina channel, Bluewaters and Ain Dubai, the JBR shoreline, Palm Jumeirah and the sheltered anchorages behind its crescent, Dubai Harbour, and the World Islands on a long enough charter. Abu Dhabi and Sharjah are arranged rather than run — different emirate, different operator, and we say so on those pages.
The byline on every article
Sixty guides on this site carry one name. This is whose.
Questions about Dubai Yacht Cruise Club
Company questions. Booking, weather, safety and group questions are answered on the FAQ.
Who is Dubai Yacht Cruise Club?
Dubai Yacht Cruise Club is a yacht charter booking agent in Dubai Marina. We do not own boats: we hold 4 vessels from 48ft to 85ft with licensed UAE operators, quote them for your date, and hand the charter to the operator who runs it.
Does Dubai Yacht Cruise Club own the yachts?
No. We are a booking agent. The 4 boats on this site are owned and run by UAE-licensed charter operators berthed in Dubai Marina Yacht Club, and each charter runs under its operator's licence, insurance and captain. We hold the availability and the price; they run the boat.
Is it cheaper to book a yacht in Dubai directly with the operator?
No, it is the same. The rate on this site is the operator's rate, and the operator pays us a commission out of it rather than adding one on top. There is no booking fee and no charge for a quote, so going through us costs nothing and saves you messaging four operators to find out who is free.
Who do I pay for a Dubai yacht charter booked through you?
The operator running your charter. The twenty-five percent deposit and the balance are both paid on the operator's invoice, with the operator's TRN, and no part of this site takes a card. We are paid by the operator, not by you.
Which operator will run my charter?
We will tell you before you pay anything — ask in the same message. Which company it is depends on which boat suits your date and headcount, because the four vessels here are not all run by the same operator.
How many yachts can Dubai Yacht Cruise Club book?
4 at the moment, from a 48ft flybridge boat at AED 750 an hour to an 85ft superyacht for up to 35 guests. Every one is listed with its length, guest limit, hourly rate and minimum hours rather than as a photograph and a phone number.
Where is Dubai Yacht Cruise Club based?
Dubai Marina Yacht Club, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. That is where every charter on this site boards and returns. Charters we arrange in Abu Dhabi or Sharjah leave from those emirates instead, and those pages say so.
Why is there no phone number I can call?
This number takes WhatsApp messages and WhatsApp voice calls. It does not take regular phone calls, so please message rather than dial.
Tell us the date
Five lines — date, hours, headcount, what it is for, catering — and you get the boats that are free and what each costs. Nothing is held and nothing is paid to ask.
- No deposit to enquire
- A reply within a couple of hours
- Licensed boats, licensed crew, price all-in
WhatsApp only — messages and calls