Whether you decide to opt for a sailing yacht or a power yacht depending on your taste and experience the categories of charter are the same, what ever your budget, and there are two basic types.
Bareboat charter is for the more experienced person who has been sailing before. In fact the boat owner will insist on some type of qualification from a national authority before agreeing on the charter. This qualification will be something like an Offshore Skipper Certificate, depending where you are from. On a bareboat charter you are your own skipper, mate, mechanic, deckhand, chef and dinghy driver. Whilst on charter it is up to you to arrange all the watch keeping, safety, daily routine etc. Read the rest of this entry
It is quite normal for people to consider that yacht charter is too expensive and only for the very rich. This might be the case with top end luxury and mega yachts but there are so many affordable yachts available. Compared to the price of a vacation on a cruise ship, especially if there are two or more in your party, then the cost of the charter yacht is very comparable. However if you have like minded family or friends and are prepared to pool your vacation budgets then the level of luxury, size and onboard facilities will increase considerably making your vacation far superior to that on a cruise ship. 