Privately owned · occasional charter regime · MYBA agreement
Chartering Bianca II
You tell us when and how many. We come back with dates, a route and a price.
Write to us
01 · Ashore by tender Nine guests · two crew
There is no fixed catalogue and no online booking.
Bianca II is a privately owned yacht and sails a limited number of weeks each season. Write to us with your dates and the number of guests, and we come back with what is available, a route that suits the month you are coming, and a price.
Every message is read, and answered personally.
Included, and not included
Included
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The yacht
Canados 72, four en-suite cabins, nine guests.
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The crew
Captain and hostess. The captain also cooks.
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The water toys
Two paddleboards, one with an electric fin; junior water skis; the Novamarine 360 tender with its Suzuki outboard, refitted in 2025.
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Everything on board
Bed linen and beach towels, air conditioning in every cabin and in the salon, ice, use of the laundry, Starlink and 5G, and the tender with its fuel for going ashore.
Not included
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Fuel
For the yacht, charged at cost against actual consumption.
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Provisioning
Food and drink, bought to your list before you board.
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Mooring fees and harbour dues
At the ports you choose to stop in. The boat runs at anchor indefinitely, so how many nights you spend alongside is your choice, not something the route imposes.
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Anything not listed as included
Excursions ashore, restaurants, transfers, guides.
These variable costs are covered by the APA — an advance provisioning allowance paid before boarding, from which the captain pays as the week goes. At the end you receive the accounts with the receipts, and whatever is left is returned to you. If the balance runs low during the week, the captain tells you before it does.
Six steps, and none of them is a form
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You write to us
Dates, number of guests, and whether you have a route in mind. If you don't, we suggest one.
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We confirm availability
And send a quotation covering the charter fee and the estimated APA for the itinerary you have chosen.
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Contract
Charters are agreed on the standard MYBA charter agreement, the contract used across the Mediterranean, which sets out the obligations of both sides rather than only yours.
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Deposit
On signature, which confirms the dates.
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Balance and APA
Before boarding.
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You board
Provisioning is already on board when you arrive.
Payment terms, cancellation conditions and the full schedule are set out in the charter agreement, which we send before anything is signed.
April to October, two ports
- April — May
- Palermo · Ustica, the Egadi, the north-west coast
- June — August
- Capo d'Orlando · the Aeolian Islands
- September — October
- Palermo · Ustica, the Egadi, the north-west coast
Saturday to Saturday is the usual shape, boarding in the late afternoon and disembarking before midday.
See the route → The questions everyone asks →Getting there
- Palermo · Falcone-Borsellino airport
- 30 km · 30—40 min by car
- Palermo · Trapani airport
- 100 km · about 80 min
- Capo d'Orlando · Palermo airport
- 180 km · about 2 h
- Capo d'Orlando · Catania airport
- 190 km · a little over 2 h
- Capo d'Orlando · Taormina
- 130 km · 90 min
The week itself
The route is a suggestion, not a schedule
The captain reads the forecast every morning and the plan bends around it. That is the main practical difference between a yacht and a hotel.
There is also very little motoring. The full Aeolian circuit is under six hours of engine time spread across seven days: the rest of the week the boat is at anchor and you are in the water.
At anchor, at sunset
Tell us what you eat
Tell us what you eat and what you drink, and it is on board when you arrive. Allergies, children, a wine you like, a brand of coffee you can't do without — send the list and it gets handled.
The captain cooks. Most guests eat on board most days, because the alternative involves getting dressed.
The service, and who sleeps where
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Housekeeping
Cabins are cleaned and beds made every day. Bed linen is changed at the start of the charter; on charters longer than a week we schedule a change during the stay. Beach towels are provided, one set for the week. The laundry is there for you to use — for the towels too, if you need it — but the crew of two look after the boat and the cooking, so it isn't a laundry service.
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Nine guests sleep on board
In four en-suite cabins, each with its own thermostat. The crew have their own cabin and bathroom in a separate part of the boat, so the guest accommodation is yours alone.
Write to us
Tell us when you'd like to come, how many of you there are, and whether you have a route in mind. If there is anything else worth knowing — small children, someone who doesn't swim, a birthday in the middle of the week — say so.
biancamotoryacht@gmail.com See the yacht →Bianca II — Canados 72, Italian flag. Privately owned yacht, offered under the Italian occasional charter regime. MYBA contract.