Purchasing one of Sunreef’s floating palaces might make the owner weary with the thoughts of not getting enough use out of it. Many future boat owners don’t know how much time their boat could sit at idle. A recent survey showed that the average boat owner spends about 45 days per year on his/her yacht. For the rest of the time that yacht sits at a marina, when it could be making them money. If you take the cost of the yacht, its upkeep, and divide by the days used? It becomes costly indeed!

Add to this the effort of keeping the catamaran clean and well maintained for the season and you can see it takes a big commitment to own a cat, especially, one of Sunreef’s million dollar yachts.

If you have purchased a Sunreef through us or another company there are ways of reducing the work and cost of owning a yacht. A great way to do this is to put your Sunreef Yacht into our charter fleet. While not is use your new yacht could be paying back for itself and even better yet, earning you money. You will have the privilege of always having your yacht is sailing shape in a convenient Caribbean location.

When you own a charter yacht you can sail any time you like. Your yacht is always in perfect condition, clean, technically perfect. You won’t have to worry about getting your yacht ready when it comes time for you use it. It will be always ready to sail where the sun is shining and the wind is blowing.

With more leisure time and expendable income, demand for charter mega yachts is strong and rising. Our strategic location down in the beautiful British Virgin Islands gives us an advantage in the growing charter market. The Caribbean is the area in which the most charter revenue is earned. Within the Caribbean the British Virgin Islands is renown for the amount of sailing vacations they have. Interested? Become a partner in this exiting venture.

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For many years the popularity of the luxury cruise vacation has been on the increase with more and more couples and families trying a cruise vacation for the first time each year. Generally when someone has tried a cruise holiday they have caught the ocean going holiday bug and want to book again and again, each time cruising to a different destination and taking in new ports of call. But some people choose to take it a step further than that and love the thought of a sea faring holiday so much that they want to feel more involved and therefore look to charter their own boat or yacht. If the thought of this appeals to you but you are uncertain what a charter yacht holiday would have in store then read on and hopefully things will be made a little clearer.

Private yacht charter holidays come in two basic styles, the private yacht charter where you charter the yacht solely for you and your family or the general charter where you simply charter a cabin on a yacht with other people who you do not know. If you are a couple then chartering a cabin on a yacht is a much more affordable way to sail but you have to share your yacht with strangers that you will have to get to know whereas if you have a larger family or a group of friends you can charter the whole yacht for yourselves and enjoy a private holiday with just yourselves and the crew.

When chartering a yacht there are three different types of yacht to look out for. You can opt for the traditional wind powered sailing yacht which has a certain amount of romance and tranquility about it, there is the powered yacht which is a more reliable form of transport as you are not reliant on the wind and the weather to get to your destination and finally you have the option of a multi-hull yacht, either a catamaran or a trimaran which give a more comfortable and stable ride in the water for the passengers. Depending on where you book your charter yacht from you will usually have the choice of the vessel to take your private yacht charter vacation on board.

Unlike a cruise holiday a private yacht charter vacation offers you a lot more freedom as to where you want to travel to. If you take the time to research the area where you will be sailing from it is usually possible to give the captain and crew instructions on where you would like to sail to and areas that you would like to visit. You may want to stop in an area of natural beauty or take in a coral reef or even visit a secluded beach that is within sailing distance the captain will usually oblige. This flexibility gives you real control of your holiday and enables you to get the very most out of your vacation. Alternatively if you do not want to get involved in the planning of your route you can trust the judgement of your experienced captain and let him sail your private yacht charter to areas that he will undoubtedly know like the back of his hand.

A private yacht charter can feel like a real home from home with all of the facilities that you would expect to find on board a top quality yacht. The quarters are generally anything but cramped and usually offer more than adequate storage space for anything you might choose to bring along with you. The experienced crew will ensure that you are looked after from morning until night, taking care of all of the cooking and cleaning.

So if you like the sound of the freedom that chartering your own yacht can offer you why not look into booking yourself and your family on a private yacht charter vacation this summer and sit back and let the world sail on by as you are looked after by the crew.

Sailing is a great way to discover the beauties of several locations such as the Caribbean islands, Hawaiian Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Greece and many other archipelagos. People can go individually by hiring a bareboat. A bareboat is just a boat without any crew or cook. People on the boat have to do all the cooking, rowing and navigating. People opting for a bareboat may hire a captain, known as a skipper. The skipper would be of great help in navigation and providing information on local details.

However, many companies provide entire vacation packages for people who wish to go sailing. The most important component of this package is the transport vehicle. The transport vehicle may be a bareboat with a skipper. Alternatively, it may be a yacht of a size that will depend on the number of people onboard. For a large number of people, catamarans can be hired. Catamarans are motorized launches that can accommodate a big group. There are also the trimarans, which are more advanced and more spacious versions of the catamarans. There are also local transport like the schooners in Maine and the gulets and caiques in Greece.

Vacation packages also include all the facilities that may be provided onboard. Food and drink is provided. If it is a big enough catamaran, it will have its own kitchen as in a cruise. There is also scuba and snorkeling gear on board if people wish to pursue these activities when the boat is anchored. Binoculars are a must and are generally provided by the organizers. There are also other things like photography, live music, etc. which some organizers provide in order to make their offers more attractive. Children are provided with water toys.

Most sailing vacation packages have tie-ups with hotel resorts on the islands. During nights, people stay in these hotels and sail in the daytime. This is called as a stay-sail vacation package. The hotels may be three-star, four-star or five-star, depending on the budget of the vacation.

Prices of sailing vacation packages depend on the number of days of the sailing and the facilities that will be taken. It also depends on the kind of hotel and its service in a stay-sail vacation package. The destination itself is an important factor when a price is quoted.