Groovy
Location Details: Current Location : Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Summer 2025: Charters available from The Grenadines / Grenada / St Lucia / Martinique
Please enquire for charters north of Martinique
Other Entertainment: Projector on board for watching movies
Drone and Drone Pilot for filming guests during water sport activities.
Other Toys: - Wake-boards for Children's use only
- If additional kayaks or paddleboards are required, they can be put on board
- Hammock
Communicate: Wifi is for checking emails. Streaming and Downloads may incur an additional charge.
Generator: Yes
Inverter: Yes
Watermaker: Yes
Ice Maker: Yes
Bimini: Yes
Dinghy: Highfield 3.2m (New 2022)
Dinghy Pax: 6
Dinghy HP: 20
Helipad: No
Jacuzzi: No
Gym: Yes
Stabilizers: No
Elevators: No
Wheel Chair Access: No
AC: Full
AC Night: Yes
AC SurCharge: $50 US / night
Internet: Onboard WIFI
Salon Stereo: Yes
Sat TV: No
Ipod: Yes
Board Games: Yes
Deck Shower: Yes
Special Diets: Yes
Kosher: No
BBQ: Yes
Gay Charters: Yes
Nude Charters: Inq
Hair Dryer: Yes
Guest Smoke: On the transom only
Guest Pet: No
Children Allowed: Yes
Min Child Age: All Ages (Child Friendly)
Adult Water Skis: No
Kids Water Skis: No
Jet Skis: No
Wave Run: No
Knee Board: No
Stand Up Paddle: Yes
Gear Snorkel: 8
Tube: No
Wake Board: Yes
1 Man Kayak: No
Sea Bob: No
Sea Scooter: No
Kite Boarding: Yes
Kite Boarding Details: 3 surfboards, 1 Twinteep Lightwind/Beginners Board "door" , 4 Regular Twinteeps, 2 Foil Boads + One with three mast heights. The boat carries a selection of supplementary kites and recommend guests bring their own kites, harnesses and safety gear. An ideal boat for kite-surfers with experience who would like to learn more from the captain and crew. Inexperienced or new kiters must take lessons off the boat or book a kite guide and equipment to join the boat in the day time for an additional cost.
Fish Permit: N/A
Fishing Gear: Yes
Fishing Gear Type: Rods and Lines (Trawling)
Num Fish Rods: 3
Float Mats: Yes
Swim Platform: Yes
Boarding Ladder: Yes on the stern
Dinghy Sailing: -
Scuba Onboard: Yacht offers Rendezvous Diving only
Games Beach: Yes
Under Water Cam: Yes
Under Water Video: Yes
Green Make Water: Yes
Green Reuse Bottle: Yes
Green Other: Solar Panels, Recycling, Attention to Food Waste, and limited Plastic Use.
Compressor: Not Onboard
NOTE : LOW SEASON RATES APPLY FOR ALL CHARTERS FROM SEPTEMBER 2024 UNTIL DECEMBER 15th 2024
ADDITIONAL COSTS :
A 5% APA is recommended in addition to the charter price to include any additional costs such as Air Conditioning (if run all night) at $50US/night, Cruising Tax (Currently $15US/person), Marine Park Fees (Currently $20US/Yacht + $6US / person), Mooring Buoy Fees ($85US in Mustique, $25US in Other Locations). Groovy usually anchors when travelling around the Grenadines however if taking a mooring, it would be at the client's expense.
XMAS 2025 (finish 26th or before) and NEW YEAR 2026 (starting from 28th 15:00pm) (Grenadines): $20,450US (7 nights minimum)
HALF BOARD :
Winter Rates : Subtract $150US per person for 7 night charters.
CHILDREN
Under 12 years $250US discount for 7 night charters.
RELOCATION
Please enquire for charters starting north of Martinique.
One way: St Vincent or Bequia to Grenada: $750US
Relocation Fees to Other Countries: Please Enquire
7 PERSON CHARTERS
Note that Groovy has 3 guest cabins. The port forward cabin has a small v berth for three small children sharing. The boat also has a saloon berth however please enquire prior to quoting the saloon berth. HALF BOARD ONLY CHARTERS FOR 7 PERSONS.
How to get to Saint Vincent?
Internationals Direct from TORONTO, CHARLOTTE, JFK, MIAMI to ST VINCENT (SVD)
Internationals Direct from UK to ST VINCENT (Virgin Atlantic)
Local Airlines from BARBADOS: FLYONECARIBBEAN, SVGAIR, MUSTIQUE AIRWAYS, INTERCARIBBEAN AIRLINES
Born in: 1966
Nation: Austalian
Speaking Languages: Australian, English, Polish, Greek , French.
Born in: 1980
Nation: Polish
Captain Steve
Steve’s sailing experience goes back to when he was a wee lad (childhood) as a cadet in Royal Australian Naval Reserve Cadets, competing and even winning junior class sailing regattas. His professional career led him to the waterfront where he could combine his work with his passion. Being a surfer, wakeboarder, scuba diver and general water man leads to becoming involved in the water-sports business in tourism and studying for maritime commercial licenses.
Moving on to a more serious professional life of responsibilities he takes on a position as Brisbane city ferry boat captain. After a few years of this routine lifestyle his adventurous spirit leads him to new opportunities, leaving Australia he ends up in Greece, sailing the Greek islands as a charter yacht skipper. It is in Greece that he discovers kiteboarding and very quickly he becomes one of the first kitesurfers on Kos island.
After Greece, Steve and Monika took the challenge of a Transatlantic on board Groovy. Having sailed through the Grenadines for many seasons prior, they have the opportunity to share their local knowledge of the area to take you to the best secluded beaches, snorkeling and diving locations, and private anchorages.
While Steve has the qualifications and experience to keep his boat to the highest of standards, his style of skippering is informal and he has the flexibility to change itineraries as and when is required. He prefers being on the sea to on land, enjoys meeting new people and of course exploring new locations along the way.
Chef / Hostess: Monika
Monika's dream and a passion for travelling to exotic locations lead to her choice of studies, tourist industries, enabling her to enter into a professional career in tourism to see the world. After graduation, she left Poland to work and live in various countires. Her path begins in Tunisia leading to France and Cape Verde. It's on Sal Island in 2008 that she discovers kiting and later, sailing. She has travelled a lot of the world including Africa and Asia working as a tour leader for 10 years.
She was also previously a nanny and incredibly good at entertaining children. For 6 years before she and Steve started chartering and sailing together, she worked aboard large luxury yachts as a chef and gained experience as a deckhand and hostess.
Monika is a fantastic host and her food and meals are always fresh and well presented with no worries about catering for special diets, gluten-free or any other food restrictions.
Working together as The Dream Team, Steve and Monika draw on their experience of year's of freelance work on different boats to set-up and maintain Groovy so that guests can all have an easy and pleasant trip. Combined with Monika's delectable food and Steve's amazing sense of humour, sailing expertise, any guest is bound to have an amazing vacation.
