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Diversity is the key to a good sailing area and Croatia has it in spades, with excellent marinas as well as secluded, deserted anchorages. Like a setting from classical antiquity, the quintessential cruising grounds of the Dalmatian coastline are ludicrously perfect. The notion that the Mediterranean was discovered, popularised, exploited and, in many cases, ruined does not run true for the Dalmatian Coast, where hundreds of islands scattered along the Croatian Adriatic remain beautifully preserved. We have, at least in part, Communism to thank for this. In Tito’s Yugoslavia, foreigners were barred from owning property so there was no opportunity for outsiders to blight the coastline with holiday villas or hotels catering to mass tourism. Having faced their share of... (more)

Exotic Grenadines

After a week you can tire of even the most picture-perfect setting, so spontaneously flitting from idyll to idyll along a string of over 100 islands ensures the stimulation of ever-changing scenery. All you need is your own private yacht The Windward Islands stretch down the eastern Caribbean from Martinique, St Lucia and St Vincent to the Grenadines – a chain of islands abundant w... (more)

A Drop in the Ocean

Nowhere on earth does ‘tropical’ quite like the islands of French Polynesia. There is nothing to top their jagged mountains dripping with rainforest, no coral reefs to match the underwater magic of their lagoons, and even the cultural richness of their ceremonies cannot be found anywhere else. Tahiti and her accompanying chain of Society Islands are at the cultural heart of F... (more)

A Yacht Charter Vacation at The Amalfi Coast & Sicily

Replete with history, the land that gracefully extends along the warm waters of the Amalfi Coast has seen the birth of empires and cradled the growth of civilisations. Arguably the best way to explore the west coast of Italy is by boat, providing easy access to quiet backwaters and anchorages far from the madding crowds of landlubbers. The beauty and tranquillity of the Amalfi coastline st... (more)

In Safe Hands

A behind-the-scenes look at the services offered by a charter manager and  how they can be worth their weight in gold. Anyone who has ever owned a company will no doubt agree that a PA, an advertising agency and a marketing agency figure significantly in day-to-day operations. After all, every company needs to be managed, promoted and coordinated: staff need to be employed, meetings arrang... (more)