Join Captain Boogie from Britain for a cruise from Italy, Spain, or France aboard this high performance, 121′ modern Holland Jackbouw sloop. Boogie is friendly, knowledgeable and fun, and assisted by an excellent chef Juan Carlos from Spain, an artist, who won the culinary competition in Barcelona in May 2019 actually – no small feat,… Read more »
Do you drive a Hummer? If so, you’d probably like this 119′ Tansu expedition yacht, built in Turkey in 2011. Unique like a Hummer, she requires a different kind of aesthetic, but the longer I stayed onboard, the more the yacht grew on me. I see her now as the perfect yacht for transporting a… Read more »
Based in Ibiza, where the yacht has a permanent berth at Marina Botafocin that’s included in the price, FIVE STARS is a 92′ speed boat. That is enormous! They call these single deck boats ‘open boats,’ – open sport boats, because they go extremely fast – 22 to 30 knots! Consuming around 850 litres of… Read more »
The South African, British, New Zealand, and Australian crew of 13 aboard this 155′ motor yacht enjoy exploring the pristine anchorages and bays of the Mediterranean. Having explored Turkey, Greece and Croatia last year, they are now basing in Italy and France for Summer 2020, an area Captain Cameron Smith knows well, having operated the… Read more »
CHRISTINA TOO – Based in the Virgin Islands during the winter and Grenadine Islands during the summer (St.Vincent & Grenada), this modern 68’ Sunreef power cat, built in 2017 is swank, minimalist and comfortable and offers views like a pent house apartment. Indeed, the yacht’s tall, square shape resembles an apartment building in my humble… Read more »
UNBRIDLED – The 116’ Crescent motor yacht UNBRIDLED is a fun boat! By that, I mean Captain Clifford Marlow is a fun person. Here is how he showed me the boat in December, 2019 in Antigua, an outline of our conversation: you draw your own conclusions: The first thing he said is, “Chef Julian has… Read more »
REE – We’ve known the delightful New Zealand Captain Laurence Ottley of this 115’ Valdettaro (Italy) ketch REE, built in 1996 that’s always beautifully maintained for many years. One of the reasons why REE gleams so much is because Larry has operated the vessel since 2013. Before that he ran the classic yacht IRENE. So… Read more »
CRU – An impressive yacht, there were offerings of drinks when I boarded in Antigua in December, 2019, and a beautifully set dining table with citrus on the welcoming aft dining deck. Cute stewardess Mae from Rhode Island showed me around. Pretty with dark hair, she has a low key personality and says, “Guests get… Read more »
Reasons to charter the 72′ Italian sloop PACIFIC WAVE are because she offers incredible sailing; she has expansive teak decks, anchor awnings, out of door dining in the large cockpit, where guests can sit undisturbed at sea, while the crew sail the yacht from the aft cockpit, dining in the air conditioned, full beam main… Read more »
SOJANA – A 2003 built, 2016-refitted, 114’ Farr yawl that is a racing boat trying to get into charter. Hoping for family cruises around the Mediterranean or Caribbean, the crew will do racing charters by arrangement, such as the Maxi Worlds, Sardinia Cup, regattas in the Med…. Comfortable on deck, there is a large open… Read more »