Award winning 54 Meter SEA FORCE ONE Available for Charter in the French and Italian Riviera from 15 June

Sea Force One Luxury Charter Yacht The stunning luxury charter motor yacht SEA FORCE ONE is available for charter from June 15 in the French and Italian Riviera, as well as Corsica and Sardinia. This stunning 54 meter yacht, designed by Luca Dini, won a commendation for the the Best Displacement Motor Yacht 500GT TO 1,299GT at the Superyacht Awards and also won at the Design NY Symposium.

SEA FORCE ONE has had a full re-paint which makes her black hull even more impressive and improvements carried out based on guests’ feedback. She charters for Euro 300.000 (high season and events) and Euro 280.000 (low season). Her professional crew of 6 is led by Captain Luca Gottardi. If you’re looking for elegance, style and all of the amenities, we recommend you look into SEA FORCE ONE.

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Tom Virden — No Comments ↓

Bookmark our new Yachting Events Calendar

There are so many yachting events – boat shows, regattas, conferences, etc that it’s hard to keep them all straight! So we’ve put together a rolling yachting events calendar that lists them for you. Right now we have about 50 Events, but more are being added every day. Bookmark it, and you have a one-stop-shop for key events on the yachting calendar!

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Tom Virden — 1 Comment ↓

St Barts Bucket Recap

With a record breaking fleet of 39 megayachts, the 2010 St. Bart’s Bucket has come to a close. At the end of it all, it was the J-Class Ranger that took the 2010 Bucket. John Williams and his crew raced consistently and well, earning a well-deserved victory. Second place belonged to the Perini Navi Andromeda la Dea (which you can charter through Boatbookings.com), with the Perini Navi P2 in third place overall.

The sailing and the shore side activities were of the customary caliber. Conditions included sunny skies and fluky winds from 10-15 knots. Shoreside festivities included a yacht hop on Friday night, Bucket Bash on Saturday and Awards Presentations on Sunday.

Though St. Bart’s has long been considered the playground of the rich and famous, the local communities are solidly behind the bucket regatta. President Bruno Magras greeted the crowd at the Awards Presentation on Sunday to thank participants and invite them all back next year for the 25th anniversary of the bucket regattas.

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Tom Virden — No Comments ↓

Twitter feed now in Dutch!

If you would like to follow our tweets in Dutch, we have a twitter site called botenverhuur. You can follow it at https://www.twitter.com/botenverhuur. Here’s our most recent tweets!

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Tom Virden — No Comments ↓

Greece VAT rises from 4.5% to 5% on yacht charters

Greece yacht charter Due to the austerity measures being implemented in Greece at the moment – the VAT rate on yacht charters has risen from 4.5% to 5.0%. But we certainly hope that won’t discourage charterers from visiting this Mediterranean charter paradise. In fact Greece is putting out the welcome mat more than ever to attract visitors.

To remind you of the wonders of sailing in Greece – Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, etc. see our Greece yacht charter guide.

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Tom Virden — No Comments ↓