“Montaigne”, a 2017 Lagoon 38 previously written about on this blog, has another charter season under her belt with DYC in Croatia. Phil and Judy from the UK were kind enough to share their experience...Hi, a short introduction: My name is Phil and my partner is Judy. We have been…
The dream of owning a yacht and sailing away into the sunset is held by many. Yet few can afford a brand-new yacht or might not feel comfortable settling on a smaller, cheaper boat for various reason. So, you start looking at options and go down the charter contract route.…
In September of 2018, Josh T. chartered a 2018 Lucia 40 on the Chesapeake Bay from Atlantic Cruising Yachts (ACY) who charters under the Waypoints.com. 'Caught Looking' is a 4 cabin charter setup and the boat was essentially brand new. Bottom line up front: The boat sailed well, was outfitted…
The time has come for the occasional or maybe even annual bareboat charter in one of the many exotic locations this beautiful world has to offer. You got yourself a couple of families or 10 friends together and booked that awesome >40' catamaran for a week or two. Not a…
I have driven a brand new car, even flown a brand new Airbus 350 after it was delivered to our company in Hong Kong, but nothing prepared me for sailing a brand new Helia 44 Catamaran No creaks, no leaks, everything was tight. The steering was responsive, the sails perfectly…
Another weeks worth of 'sailing' as part of our Dream Easy charter allowance with Dream Yacht Charter, this time on a Bali 4.3.Sinatra, one more musically inspired name in the DYC fleet here at the Airlie Beach base, was launched in 2017.It has the standard charter fit-out with four main…
I have previously published an article written by John. He gave us a quick insight into his experience as a bare boat owner with DYC and what his Catamaran "Montaigne" looked like after one charter season in Croatia. Having a week's worth of "last minute" charter allowance available as part…
" Nils, good news: the wait is over and things just got real. Your boat is in the water."That little message, including a photo of the actual hull number #259, certainly got my attention.I was expecting the launch to happen around mid April. However, as getting time off to actually…
After signing up with Dream Yacht Charter in December 2017, this was our first charter as owners with them and this was 'our' boat. We were keen to see the boat. We had, somewhat rashly some would say, signed up to basically buy it without even seeing one of the…
Recently, the owner of a bareboat charter yacht was lamenting that through the sheer ignorance and incompetence of the hirer, there would be absolutely no chance of making any profit that month.. again. So is owning a charter yacht worth it?It is, at face value, a fair comment and one…