What to Know! Charter Yacht Vacations
What’s to know before you book and go on a charter yacht vacation? Here are seven of the most frequently asked questions and the answers:
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Dominica Welcomes Cruisers For Third Yachtie Appreciation Week
Yachtie Appreciation Week started in Dominica as a way for islanders to say ‘thank you’ to sailors for recovery assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Erica in 2015. Three years later, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, this bond between the local community and visiting cruisers is stronger than ever. In fact, some 70…
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Beautiful Belize: Photo Journalist Susan Colby Joins an All-Girl Charter (by Susan Colby)
…We welcomed seven women guests aboard for a fun week-long charter. With this all-girl crew, the boat was quickly renamed Endless Estrogen! It took me 16 years to get back to Belize, a tiny country I fell in love with back then. The same feelings immediately overwhelmed me as I felt the warm Caribbean water…
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New Moorings in Dominica
The ‘Nature Island’ of Dominica will soon be even easier to visit by sea. A new mooring field in Portsmouth is almost 40% complete, and when finished in the next year, will offer over 100 moorings in Prince Rupert Bay for use by visiting cruisers. Once ashore, the Nature Island rewards exploring — including a…
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Vero Beach: A Treasure Coast Gem
We moved aboard our catamaran Makana over eight years ago in South Africa. After sailing across the Atlantic, my wife Katie, our daughter Hoku and I enjoyed exploring the many islands of the Caribbean and up the U.S. East Coast to Maine. More recently we’ve been spending summers cruising in Maine and then when the…
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Interline Regatta: To Race or To Party?
Over the 33 years the The Moorings has hosted the Interline Regatta, it has continued to live up to its reputation of good sailing and great parties. From October 14th – 23rd, airline professionals from around the world competed in the weeklong regatta throughout the BVI. Each team had at least one airline employee on…
