Routes, Anchorage Secrets & Fair Winds

Three islands, one afternoon. On the chart it looks easy. Out on the water it almost never is, and the reason is dull: every mile costs time, and time spent sailing is time you don’t spend swimming, eating lunch somewhere with a view, or getting into a quiet anchorage before dark. So how much sailing […]

Picture six friends on a boat that “sleeps ten.” By Wednesday two of them are waiting for the same bathroom, one has claimed the saloon table that folds into a bed, and the towels are still wet. The listing wasn’t lying. It just counted every bunk. A berth isn’t a bedroom, a long boat isn’t […]

On every sailing boat, somebody is keeping an eye on the wind. The real question for your week is whether that somebody is you. If you plan the route, trim the sails and make the weather calls yourself, the trip is entirely yours. If you hand all of it to a professional, those same hours […]

Breakfast hits differently when the day starts at anchor, and the bill does too. The number in the advert is only where the sum begins. A skipper, fuel, groceries, a few nights in marinas and a deposit all get added, and together they make up the true yacht charter cost of a sailing holiday. Below, […]

A cabin on a holiday boat gives you a berth, a hatch and a locker. What it doesn’t have is a well-thought-out, packed suitcase that will sit happily in the corner of your cabin for seven days. A stiff suitcase has nowhere to go, and anyone who has tried wedging one under a bunk knows […]