# Boardroom Afloat

> A 90 ft yacht, a chef, and a working session at sea with no phone signal worth answering. Six hours for a leadership team that cannot get an uninterrupted afternoon on land.

Package A-05 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Water & Marine](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/boat-and-yacht-team-building/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/boardroom-afloat/

- **Duration:** 6 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 11:00 boarding — working block before lunch, coastline after
- **Departure window:** 10:00–14:00
- **Group size:** 8 min — 25 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai — Dubai Harbour or Dubai Marina, offshore along the coastline
- **Season:** Oct–May
- **Booking lead time:** 14 days

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 8–11 people | AED 3,200 | 12 people |
| 12–19 people | AED 2,700 | 14 people |
| 20–25 people | AED 2,400 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 8–11 are billed as 14 people at the rate for 12–19 people; groups of 18–19 are billed as 20 people at the rate for 20–25 people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

A yacht charter is a public price and the client will look it up — **AED 1,100–1,600 an hour for a 75 ft hull**, and they will ask why six hours is costing them AED 2,700 a person.

The answer is that a charter is a boat with a captain. **This is a working environment.** There is a chef aboard producing a plated lunch at anchor rather than a platter that came from a supermarket. There is AV that actually functions at sea — screen, sound, and power — which is the single thing that makes a 75-minute working block possible instead of eight people shouting over an engine. And there is a coordinator whose whole job is that nobody from the client is running the day.

**What it is really sold on is uninterruptibility.** A leadership team in a hotel meeting room gets pulled out for a call by 11:30. Twenty minutes offshore, that does not happen — and the client knows it, which is why this closes in the room when the deck-versus-boardroom comparison is made out loud.

**Sell it to eight to sixteen people who make decisions.** Above twenty it stops being a working session and becomes a party — at which point the correct package is A-02, at a third of the price.

## Timeline

- **10:15** — Luxury SUV convoy collects from the client office
- **11:00** — Boarding. Welcome, briefing, refreshments on the upper deck
- **11:20** — Departure
- **11:45** — Working block in the saloon — screen, sound and a table that seats everyone. 75 minutes, uninterrupted
- **13:00** — Anchorage. Chef-prepared lunch served on deck
- **14:15** — Swim stop and open deck time
- **15:15** — Closing block — decisions and commitments, on the aft deck
- **16:00** — Coastline return leg. Group photography, drone pass
- **16:45** — Docking
- **17:00** — Convoy departs

## Included

- Luxury SUV convoy from the client office, both legs
- Private 90 ft+ yacht charter, 6 hrs — captain and full crew
- Onboard chef and service crew — plated lunch prepared aboard, not brought aboard
- Premium provisioning throughout — beverages, canapés, fruit
- Onboard AV and presentation kit — screen, sound, and power that works at sea
- Swimming platform, towels, safety equipment
- Full custom branding — deck signage, menu cards, welcome setting
- Photographer for the full day, drone coverage, and an edited 90-second reel within 5 working days
- Event coordinator aboard

## Not included

- Watersports toys — jet ski, seabob (see add-ons)
- Alcohol
- Overnight or berth extension
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** Sea state above 1.2 m, sustained wind above 18 knots, or a marina small-craft advisory. The threshold is deliberately tighter than A-04's — this is a working session, not a fishing trip, and a rolling deck ends the working block.
- **Fallback:** Reschedule free within 60 days, or transfer to a contracted waterfront private dining room at the same date and a AED 900/person reduction. The client chooses.
- **You are told by:** By 16:00 the previous day, by phone to the sponsor.

## Customisation options

- Jet ski or seabob session: AED 380/person
- Extend to 8 hrs with a sunset return: AED 480/person
- Facilitator for the working blocks: AED 3,800/event
- Second yacht for groups above 25: Priced on request
- Live saxophone on the return leg: AED 1,500
- Written outputs pack from the working session: AED 1,800/event
- Overnight berth with dinner aboard: Priced on request
- Helicopter transfer, one leg: Priced on request

## Questions about Boardroom Afloat

### How much does Boardroom Afloat cost per person?

AED 3,200 per person for 8–11 people; AED 2,700 per person for 12–19 people; AED 2,400 per person for 20–25 people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 12 people in the 8–11 band, 14 people in the 12–19 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 8–11 are billed as 14 people at the rate for 12–19 people; groups of 18–19 are billed as 20 people at the rate for 20–25 people.

### How long does Boardroom Afloat take, and when does it start?

6 hrs. Ideal start: 11:00 boarding — working block before lunch, coastline after. Departure window: 10:00–14:00.

### What is not included in Boardroom Afloat?

Watersports toys — jet ski, seabob (see add-ons); Alcohol; Overnight or berth extension; 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Boardroom Afloat if the weather turns?

Trigger: Sea state above 1.2 m, sustained wind above 18 knots, or a marina small-craft advisory. The threshold is deliberately tighter than A-04's — this is a working session, not a fishing trip, and a rolling deck ends the working block. Fallback: Reschedule free within 60 days, or transfer to a contracted waterfront private dining room at the same date and a AED 900/person reduction. The client chooses. You are told: By 16:00 the previous day, by phone to the sponsor.

### How far in advance do we need to book Boardroom Afloat?

The booking lead time is 14 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [Corporate dhow cruise and yacht hire in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/corporate-dhow-cruise-yacht-dubai/): What a private dhow or yacht actually costs for a company event in Dubai, how it differs from a shared cruise ticket, and which format fits your group size.

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