CU Sailing

The case for CU Sailing is simple arithmetic. She gives a group of twelve the same six doubles, four heads and flybridge as the newer flagship, Sapphire Seas, for about 12 percent less in every season of the 2026/27 booking year. That works out to $1,300 less for a week in early August and $3,000 less over Christmas and New Year. She was built in 2020 as a Lagoon 50, so she is four years older and a foot shorter, and for many groups that is a trade well worth making.

Most of a week in the Abacos is lived outdoors, and her deck plan reflects it. The aft cockpit is big enough for all twelve to eat together, the forward cockpit has a lounge for the hour before sunset, and up on the flybridge, along with the helm, there are sunpads and a patch of shade. Inside, the saloon spans the full beam with the galley on the same level, and the six cabins are split between the two hulls, so families can sort themselves by side.

For whoever is skippering, two details make a big boat easier to live with. Her headsail is a self-tacking jib, so going about needs nobody on the sheets, and her winches are electric, so hoisting and trimming the full-batten main does not take a team. Two 80 hp engines handle the calm days, and a chartplotter, autopilot and VHF cover navigation. A chart briefing on the Sea of Abaco comes with the Comfort Pack, which helps if these are new waters to you.

Comfort aboard matches the newer flagship almost item for item: air conditioning, a generator, a watermaker feeding a 219-gallon tank, Bluetooth audio in the saloon and cockpit, a cockpit grill and a freshwater deck shower. There is snorkel gear for everyone and a stand-up paddleboard. The Comfort Pack covers the dinghy and outboard, linen and towels, cruising and fishing permits, a welcome pack, end-of-charter cleaning and a damage deposit reduction waiver. Fuel and any optional extras are on you.

The trade-offs are honest ones. She is four years older than Sapphire Seas, and she draws 4.6 feet, slightly more, so the skinniest anchorages and harbour entrances call for an eye on the tide table. None of that gets in the way of the classic loop: Hope Town and Man-O-War about an hour from Marsh Harbour, Great Guana and Treasure Cay a morning's sail north, and Green Turtle Cay beyond the Whale Cay passage on a day when the Atlantic is calm enough to cross.

In the 2026/27 booking year her weekly rate runs from $9,425 (August 1–18) to $21,750 (December 24 to January 6), plus the mandatory Comfort Pack of $1,100 for the first week and $660 for each extra week. Those prices already contain the 10% Bahamian VAT; the 4% cruising tax comes in addition. The refundable security deposit is $2,000. Book her bareboat if your party includes a qualified skipper, or let us arrange a local skipper through Abaco Sail, which runs her from Conch Inn Marina.