"Remember now, keep the cabin simple with everything stowed where it
won't get wet or shifted in a knockdown. Eat sensibly. Don't get
sunburned, for no berth is comfortable under those circumstances. Make
the whole cruise an interesting game where you have pitted your wits
against the elements: try to do everything in the best and simplest
way; try to improve your technique each time; rest and relax whenever
you can, for there may be some occasion coming when you will need a
well-rested mind and body. If you cruise this way for a week in a
small sailboat you will be greatly refreshed and strengthened, and if
you go for a whole month you will feel like a Clydesdale stallion in
the leafy month of May."
- L. Francis Herreshoff, Sensible Cruising Designs
This page is new and evolving. You should also check amoung the tall ships
section, since many of those vessels provide opportunities. Also, many of the
sailing schools also have chartering opportunites, and some charter companies
provide educational opportunities.
Charter Overview Sites
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Sail-On-Line.com
- The purpose of this site is to serve exclusively the charter community,
with insider tips for charterers, charter boat owners, and most importantly,
would-be charter boat buyers.
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Bareboat Yacht Charter Guide
- From Mike and Jane Cobbe.
Down Under (Australia, New Zealand)
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Boating OZ Charters & Events
- Information on Australia as a boating holiday destination.
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Picot's New Zealand Charter Guide
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The Mediterranean and Vicinity
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Sailing with ARION
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Frode Fanebust's Sailing Adventures in Greece
- Chartering in the Greek Islands, and other info.
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SeaScape
- Adventure Sailing opportunity in the Greek Islands on a 53' sloop as well as
a whole bunch of other info on bareboat chartering, sailing conditions, wind,
weather, etc etc, relating to Greece.
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K. Yachting
- An Athens based sailing company involved in
chartering, sailing cruises, offshore racing, and yacht management in
the Greek Islands.
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WaterWays, L.L.C.
- WaterWays specializes in chartering sailboats for cruising the Greek
islands and the Aegean Sea.
The Caribbean and Vicinity
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Caribbean Yacht Charters
- Offering charters in the Virgin Islands for the past 20 years.
- Libreterre's chartering in the lesser Antilles
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Shadowfax....Leeward Island Cruises
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Pacific Northwest
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Cooper Boating Center
- Yacht Charter and Sailing School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Mystic Moorages
- Bareboat sailing charter, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte Islands, Alaska.
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Sailing, Inc
- Located in Seward, Alaska. They offer skippered, guided and bareboat
charters as well as ASA instruction.
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Top of the World Sailing Charters
- Offers long and short term excursions into the aquatic wilderness of
Alaska's inside passage as well as sailing and exploration on the gulf
of Alaska coast.
Other North America
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Bareboat Sailing Charters
- Newport, Rhode Island.
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North Cove Sailing School
- New York City.
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North Huron Charters
- A charter service from the town of Blind River on the North Shore
of Lake Huron.
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Elsie
- Cape Breton Island.
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San Diego Yacht Charters
- San Diego Yacht Charters is located on Harbor Island in San Diego Bay. They
offer both sail and power bareboat yachts ranging in size from 28 feet up to
43 feet.
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Spinnaker Sailing
- San Francisco Bay.
Other Europe
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Canaries Cruising Club
- In Tenerife.
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Danish Schooner Charter
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Frisian Sailing Company
- A charter company in Holland, specializing in crewed traditional
sailing vessels. They sail on the inland Dutch waters
(IJsselmeer, Waddenzee and Frisian
lakes) and the Baltic Sea. These sailing boats are former cargo vessel,
built between 1890 and 1930 and have a typical flat bottom and lee
boards on each side of the ship.
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Cirrus Jachiverhuur
- Chartering vessels from Marina Schokkerstrand which is located
directly on the Ketelmeer in the Netherlands.
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Scandinavian Charter Yachts
- A charter broker with the western coast of Norway as a
specialty.
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Arctic Circle Yachting
- Out of Bodø in northern Norway.
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de Zeilvaart
- Chartering traditional sailing vessels. Enkhuizen, The Netherlands.
Cool Places or Cool Boats!
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Expedition Sail
- Articles, photos & charter info about chartering in high latitudes,
especially Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego, and South Georgia.
Kate & Hamish Laird
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Victory Yacht Cruises
- Exploring The "Uttermost Part Of The Earth": Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego,
Antarctica and the Strait of Magellan
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Lions on the Beach
- World Wide Private Sailing Safaris.
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Dirigo Cruises Ltd.
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Organizations with Multiple Sites
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Sailboats Inc.
- Sailing Instruction and chartering.
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Charter Sailing Unlimited
- Chartering in Chicago, and the Virgin Islands.
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The Moorings®
- Charters available in lots of places.
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Explorer Cruises
- Info on Cruise Ships, including Star Clippers and Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. Put together by The Avid Explorer.
