HBC Yacht Description
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Glass-Bottomed Swimming Pool & Beach Club:
Unique pool with beach club below offers fantastic water access and family fun together. -
Extensive Water Toys:
Includes 3 Wave Runners, 5 premium SeaBobs, E-foil, wakeboards, kitesurf gear, 2 kayaks & more. -
Jacuzzi on Sundeck for Relaxation:
Large deck jacuzzi with sunbeds, perfect for romance and luxury unwinding with sea views.
Start with the glass-bottom pool sitting over a full-beam beach club. That’s HBC’s core trick: a 281-foot Abeking & Rasmussen that turned its stern into a vertical playground in the 2024 refit—pool above, lounge and dual fold-down “bikini decks” at water level below. Step from cinema-style lounging straight onto toys, tenders, Seabobs, jet skis, e-foil and glass-bottom kayaks without ever pretending you came here just to sunbathe.
Then add a Jacuzzi on the sundeck, an elevator to all guest decks and a gym that actually looks like a gym. Technogym kit, massage room, proper beach club, outdoor cinema, multiple bars and more dining zones than most small hotels. You’re not choosing “inside or outside”; you’re choosing which version of either.
Guest setup is built for serious groups. Around 11–12 guests in 11 double cabins, including a master suite with his-and-hers bathrooms and dressing room, plus VIP and a spread of king and queen cabins that keep everyone on roughly equal footing. No “someone-stuck-in-the-bunk-cabin” politics.
Service is industrial-strength. Roughly 28 crew for a dozen guests is an unapologetic ratio. That translates to real multi-zone operations: toys running, formal dining, spa treatments, movie night and beach-club cocktails all happening in parallel without the wheels coming off.
Range and stability are baked in, not bolted on. Steel hull, at-anchor stabilizers and about 6,690nm range at ~13.5 knots means crossing oceans and then behaving like a villa when you get there. No helipad theatrics, just long legs and a lot of fuel.
In short: HBC is for clients who want a charter that feels like occupying a small, mobile resort—pool, beach club, toys, spa, gym, serious crew density—rather than just “renting a big boat.”
What is the cabin arrangement of HBC?
HBC
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Weekly price: €850,000 - €950,000
Low Season | High Season
- Length: 280'
- # of Guests: 12
- # of Cabins: 11
- # of Crew: 28
- Builder: Abeking & Rasmussen
- Consumption: 528 Litres/Hr
- Cruising Speed: 13.5
- Max. Speed: 16.5
- Built Year: 2008
- Refit: 2019
Price Terms
Plus Expenses - add APA to the price you see
Plus Expenses arrangement includes the boat and crew only (without tip).
All additional/variable expenses such as Gas and Food are deducted from an Advance Provisioning Allowance (APA) - an additional deposit that is added on top of the charter price.
The expenses, such as provisioning, fuel, marina fees, are deducted from the APA. The APA is based on the price of the yacht and ranges from 15% (crewed sailing yachts) to 30% (motor yachts with higher fuel consumption).
For a motor yacht like HBC, the expected APA is 25% to 40% of the charter price (€212,500 - €340,000), making the charter cost €1,062,500 to €1,190,000. Exact amount will be confirmed after inquiry.
You can actively control these expenses in your preference sheet (local vs. imported beverages) and by choice of itinerary (distances traveled).
The remainder of the APA is returned after charter.
HBC Yacht Charter Price
| # of charter days | Base Price | APA (deposit for provisioning, fuel, docking fees, etc) | Taxes: 12%, exceptions available | Total | Note | |
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| 14 day charter | 1,700,000EUR to 1,900,000EUR | 340,000EUR to 570,000EUR | 204,000EUR to 228,000EUR | 2,244,000EUR to 2,698,000EUR | Discounts outside the main season are common. | |
| 7 day charter | 850,000EUR to 950,000EUR | 170,000EUR to 285,000EUR | 102,000EUR to 114,000EUR | 1,122,000EUR to 1,349,000EUR | Standard charter rate, base for all calculations. | |
| 3 day charter | 425,000EUR to 475,000EUR | 85,000EUR to 142,500EUR | 51,000EUR to 57,000EUR | 561,000EUR to 674,500EUR | The usual formula is the 7 day charter rate divided by 6, times the number of days (3). Boat policy might differ. 850,000EUR / 6 * 3 days = 425,000EUR |
All prices are generated by a calculator and serve as a guide for new charterers. Any additional information of the Price Details section has priority over above. Availability is always subject to confirmation. Gratuity not included for it's discretionary character, usually 5%-25% of the Base Price.
Price Details
Price from: EUR850,000
High season rate: EUR950,000
HBC Yacht Charter Locations
Summer Season
Winter Season
Amenities
Specifications
Features
More Specifications
Diving Yacht offers Rendezvous Diving only
Masks, snorkels and fins, neoprene boots/beach shoes
Fishing
Green Initiatives
Water Sports
| Toy | description |
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| WaveRunners | 3 WaveRunners for powered fun on the water. |
| SeaBobs | 5 SeaBobs for high-speed underwater and surface propulsion. |
| Efoil | 1 eFoil electric hydrofoil board for silent, elevated riding above the water. |
| Radin E Surf | 1 Radin electric surfboard for powered surfing without waves. |
| Wakeboards | 4 wakeboards including 1 junior wakeboard. |
| Kitesurfing gear | 4 complete kitesurfing set-ups with boards and bindings. |
| SUP paddleboards | 2 stand-up paddleboards for paddling around the anchorage. |
| Glass-bottom kayaks | 2 glass-bottom kayaks for viewing underwater life while paddling. |
| Jellyfish pool and platforms | 1 jellyfish-protection pool and 2 hard floating platforms. |
| Dive gear | 6 sets of dive gear in assorted sizes; local dive instructor required for use. |
| Inflatables | Full range of towable and inflatable water toys for use from the swim platform or tenders. |
| Jet skis | 3 jet skis for fast rides on the water. |
| Kayaks | 2 one-person kayaks and 2 two-person kayaks for paddling. |
| Paddleboards | 2 paddleboards for stand-up paddling. |
| Windsurfer | 1 windsurfer for sail-powered board riding. |
| Wakeboard (general) | Wakeboard equipment listed among the yacht’s water sports. |
| Tube | Inflatable towable tube for being towed behind a tender. |
| Sea scooters | 5 sea scooters for powered swimming at the surface. |
Other Entertainment
3 x GoPro Hero 10
DJI Drone
Yamaha Digital Piano
Gym equipment:
All Technogym equipment:
Myrun Treadmill
Exercise Bike
Bench and weights
NordicTrack Fusion Multigym
Crew
Captain: Bobby Groves
- Over 100,000 nautical miles logged.
- Has captained vessels up to 92m.
- Extensive experience on both private and charter yachts.
- Working towards Marshall Islands Unlimited License.
- Cooking professionally since age 15.
- Background in Michelin-starred restaurants.
- Experience across multiple international gastronomic projects.
- Specializes in healthy, internationally influenced menus.
- Former dinghy racer with Team GB.
- Over 12 years on large yachts.
- Holds Master 3000GT license.
- Joined superyachts at age 19.
- Progressed from deckhand to Chief Officer.
- Holds Master 3000GT and Unlimited Officer licenses.
- Born in Amsterdam and raised in Cape Town.
- Professional background includes work in the Middle East.
- Focused on elevating wine and culinary knowledge.
- Degree in social science from Brighton University.
- Nine years in London in financial fund management and the music industry.
- Experienced in designing guest experiences on large yachts.
- Trained initially in motor vehicle mechanics.
- Holds a mechanical engineering degree.
- Holds a master’s in philosophy for materials research.
- Engineering degree from the Marine University of Dubrovnik.
- Speaks English, Croatian, and Spanish.
- STCW Chief Engineer Unlimited with 20+ years at sea.
- Background on bulk carriers, heavy-lift vessels, and offshore oil before superyachts.
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