Summertime is usually family time in the Caribbean. It’s also considerably less crowded – which is a plus – sometimes you can negotiate better pricing with the owners, which is also a plus, but it’s also hot, so charter a boat with air conditioning..!! The summer months in the Caribbean therefore offer some really good…
Following the same line of questions that we frequently get here, this topic has to be in the top ten. Let me start by saying that most of the bareboat inquiries that we get and the quotes that we send out, do not include the cost of the provisioning. At some point however, the issue…
The British and US Virgin Islands offers one of the greatest and most relaxing boating experiences in the world and we’d like the opportunity to offer up a selection of BVI boating tips. Several factors contribute to this well earned reputation: plenty of small islands, regular E to NE winds, protected waters, great beaches and…
There still seems to be some confusion about exactly what types of insurance are required when you charter a bareboat and I’d like to take this opportunity to write about the various types of insurance available and exactly what they cover. Hopefully this article will help our clients to understand what they are being charged…
Having just returned from our summer vacation to the BVI on a charter sailing catamaran, I thought I’d share some thoughts and impressions with our AMERICAN YACHT “friends and followers”. We did a bareboat charter on a Lagoon 40, a 3 cabin owner’s version catamaran of very recent vintage with a generator and nice cool…