Tag Archive for: Bareboat

Best Times to Book a Yacht Charter

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SEE THE BOOKING INFOGRAPHIC BELOW Too often, clients call us asking to book a yacht on a sailing vacation, only to find out that the best boats are gone or the expensive ones are left. So we created an infographic guide to help you see when the best time to book a sailing vacation. For popular […]

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Bareboat Yacht Charter – Tonga or Tahiti?

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One of our NauticEd students (Doug) called us today asking where to go on a sailing vacation. In particular, he was asking about a Bareboat Yacht Charter in Tonga or Tahiti. He had been to the Caribbean plenty of times and was looking for something a little different.

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What to Take and What to Provision on a Bareboat Charter Vacation

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Many charter companies can stock and provision your boat before you arrive. This is a good idea for the basics but there is usually little imagination in the food that is supplied. So we recommend allowing the charter company to provision for basics but plan on a trip to the supermarket for the sometimes delectable local foods and cheeses.

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Bareboat Charter Athens Day 2

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Bareboat Charter in Athens Greece with The Moorings Sunday Day 2 Aigina – Perdika – Hydra Our plan for the week was to get going early each day so as to explore on the way then make it into the stay over port early to explore further. Our first early explore was the village of […]

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Bareboat Charter Athens Day 3

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Monday Day 3 of 7 Hydra – Epimioni – Dhokos — Spetsai 6:30 am – now this is the thing to do. Get up super early, leave port and drift the boat about 1 mile out and have breakfast looking at a Greek town off the back deck of the boat. Here was our view […]

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Bareboat Charter Athens Day 4

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Tuesday – Day 4 of 7 days sailing with The Moorings in Greece:  Spetses – Poros We woke in the morning to find that the wind had swung as predicted by Pocket GRiB. We’d made a good choice on which side of the key to Med moor. Sam On-The-Rocks went back to town to buy his […]

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Bareboat Charter Athens Day 5

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Day five of seven: Sailing out from Athens with The Moorings on a Leopard 3900 Catamaran Wednesday Poros to Russian Bay to Epidavros When motoring out of Poros you can’t emotionally go faster than 2 knots because the view of the town is so fantastic, especially the iconic clock tower. Here are some more sights […]

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Bareboat Charter Athens Day 6

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Day six of seven: Sailing out from Athens with The Moorings on a Leopard 3900 Catamaran Thursday Epidavros to Ancient Theater to Vathi Clang Clang Clang go the Saxons to wake everyone’s ass up. We gotta get to the Ancient Epidavros Theater. Well at least that was the intention. The crew was dancing pretty hard […]

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Bareboat Charter Athens Day 7

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Day 7 – Friday: Vathi to Perdika to Athens Cock-a-doodle-doo goes the local town rooster. “Last day” he says in rooster talk. I want to kill him. This has been such an amazing trip. But still … another day of fun ahead. Over a coffee in Vathi Port, I had a chat to our dock […]

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