We haven’t seen this before – we now have a deal where you can cross the Atlantic Ocean, from Rodney Bay, St Lucia to Alcudia, Mallorca – total charter fee only EUR 6000! The boat is a nice, new (2008) Bavaria 50 cruiser with 5 cabins and 3 heads. Includes GPS, plotter, autopilot, radar, Epirb, SSB, bowthruster, dingy with outboard.
This charter is for 6 weeks – 17th of April – 29th of May 2010.
So this is your chance. If you’ve dreamed about it, now you can do it!
We were fortunate to be able to get a thorough viewing of DAMRAK, a 70 ft Sunreef Power Catamaran, and talk to the captain at the Monaco Yacht show. DAMRAK is a great example of why we believe that power catamarans are a major trend in the charter market. She has excellent space – in the cabins and in the living areas – which is great for a family or group of friends. And she’s amazingly economical – only consumes 40 litres per hour of fuel, far less than a comparable monohull. So you can cruise for long distances without constantly worrying about the fuel bill (not to mention the carbon footprint).
Her interior, like all Sunreef Catamarans, is modern with beautiful use of light woods. Plenty of amenities, such as a hot tub on the flydeck, wireless light switches, and all the requisite water toys. You get an enormous amount of boat for her price, and she is a yacht that we can highly recommend!
So if you’re planning your next motor yacht charter, think about a power catamaran, for all of the above reasons!
DAMRAK is still available for Xmas and New Years in the Caribbean.
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Due to an a massive fire while moored near Marmaris, Turkey, the gorgeous sailing yacht PRINCESS ZEYNEP is no longer for charter.
The PRINCESS was one of the most extraordinary sailing yachts and we’ll miss her!
We spent 3 days climbing all over gorgeous yachts at the Monaco Yacht Show (someone’s got to do it!) and talking to experts in the yachting business, and will try to distill all of this into a few posts. Here are some of our topline conclusions:
The market: Although visitors seemed down from last year, there was a good sense of optimism that the market was coming back strongly. Most everyone we talked with said that clients were much more active and that business was “beating expectations”.
Trends: Every year, the yachts get bigger, more luxurious and add more toys. This year was no exception, with PRINCESS MARIANA leading the way at 78.59 meters (257 feet). Windows continue to get larger, with floor to ceiling becoming more prevalent. Interiors seemed to be moving away from either pure beige or dark mahogany to more use of texture, fine fabrics and excellent finishings. One key trend we saw on many of the larger yachts was a fold down swimming deck that is a complete day living 
area, complete with tables, bars, parasols and mini kitchens (see image). These have a pool house feel to them, and add a nice “hang out” environment that gets you closer to the water. And of course nearly all yachts now have hot tubs and internet built in.
Our favourite yachts: We loved the following yachts – all for different reasons, but we’ll look forward to putting our clients on any of them!
– LEO FUN – 53.9 meter Proteksan Turquoise Yachts – amazing interior design with stones, woods, marble – pure class and beautifully done.
– SILVER ANGEL – 64 meter Benetti – it’s immense inner spaces in an art deco style with Lalique glass throughout, beautiful use of greys, silvers, violet to give a stunning effect.
– TRIDENT – 65 meter Feadship – Gorgeous interior by Donald Starkey combining Asian and Western influences, great crew.
We’ll have more about these yachts, and others in the coming days, but just wanted to give you our first impressions!
