Daniel AsmusYacht charter broker, DMA Yachting
Most crewed yachts in our Bahamas fleet now carry Starlink, which changed the answer to this question completely. It matters more here than in most charter destinations: the Bahamas is genuinely remote, and once you leave Nassau behind, whole stretches of the Exumas have no cell signal at all. On a Starlink-equipped yacht you can still take a video call from that empty anchorage, and working a morning from the flybridge is realistic, not hopeful marketing.
The honest caveat: setups differ by yacht in speed, coverage, and how many devices share the connection. If working aboard is a requirement rather than a nice-to-have, tell us before we shortlist, and we confirm the specific yacht’s system with the captain rather than assuming.
Two practical notes: mobile coverage between Nassau and the far Exumas is patchy, so the yacht’s wifi is your reliable link, not your phone plan. And if you want the opposite, a week where nobody can reach you, that is still fully available.