Sailing Vacations Archives

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 2

October 8, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Saturday September 26th 2009 Catching the ferry from Charlotte Amarlie was easy the next morning. The ferry terminal is about 15 minutes away from the Marriot. We took the “Fast Ferry” which motored us at about 15 -20 knots to Road Town. The trip was about 1.5 hours. We cleared BVI Customs in Road Town […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 1

October 6, 2009/by Grant Headifen

To follow over the next week, are the chronicles of this year’s yacht charter sailing vacation trip by NauticEd staff and friends. Although we’ve sailed through out the Caribbean and Mediterranean, once again we elected the BVI.

Yacht Charter trip to the British Virgin Islands

September 12, 2009/by Grant Headifen

As we prepare for our yacht charter sailing vacation to the British Virgin Islands this month, I want to post a few emails that we are sending out to the group that is going. Below is one from my wife discussing provisioning.

Sailing in Sydney Harbour

May 15, 2009/by Grant Headifen

The experience of sailing on the Sydney Harbour is not to be missed by anyone. Sailing under the Sydney harbor bridge and then right past the Sydney Opera house is one of those events that everyone should do at least once in their lifetime.

Christmas in the Caribbean

November 25, 2008/by Grant Headifen

Two christmas’ ago, 5 of us went to Guadeloupe Island for Christmas. We chartered a sunsail 44 ft Beneteau and sailed for a week around the local islands of Guadeloupe, Marie Galante and Dominica