| On a recent trip to Dublin I found myself meeting | | | | Mediterranean Sea. Sailing around the Greek islands is |
| different people in various bars from all corners of | | | | usually top on the list for interesting sight-seeing and |
| the world. One person in particular caught my | | | | fun relaxing breaks away. |
| attention so much as we delved into a deep | | | | There are two types of yacht charter opportunities. |
| conversation about travelling and sailing. This person | | | | The first is via a bareboat. Bareboat yacht chartering |
| was planning on sailing around the world for ten | | | | involves a person renting a boat and controlling or |
| months having only spent two months training in | | | | skippering it themselves. People that opt for this |
| sailing a boat. The idea fascinated me and inspired me | | | | usually go through some training or are offered a |
| to look into the word of sailing and yacht chartering. | | | | short course which will teach them basic seamanship. |
| Now when someone mentions sailing, I used to have | | | | Once the training is completed they are then |
| an image of someone on a very simple wind sail | | | | prepared to travel to smaller destinations rather than |
| floating across the ocean and with very little else to | | | | further afield. |
| keep the boat going apart from the waves of the | | | | The second type of yacht charter is a crewed |
| ocean. However, as time has moved on from this | | | | charter, which means the yacht or boat will come |
| somewhat fictitious imagery, I had found that in fact | | | | with a crew. These are usually skippered with a |
| sailing ones own boat is an art form and requires a | | | | trained professional. The team that work on the |
| lot of skill. In the case of my good friend in Dublin, | | | | yacht could be working for a major company or be |
| they were planning to travel with other people, | | | | skippered by a family run business. The boats can |
| therefore the boat would have been skippered. | | | | vary and consist of a chef, captain and possibly 30 or |
| Most people who opt for sailing holidays but have | | | | more staff. Amongst the staffs are engineers, |
| very little experience in it will opt for the usual yacht | | | | stewardesses, deckhands, mates, dive masters and |
| charter. Yachter charter simply the process of renting | | | | others. |
| out a yacht for adventurous travels across the | | | | Whilst most yacht chartering does not require |
| pristine coastline. This kind of travelling is usually | | | | knowledge of sailing a boat, those that do want to |
| available to people who are planning a long holiday | | | | sail can in fact do this and often this can be much |
| trip, either as a group or alone. Most people find this | | | | cheaper than opting for a crewed yacht charter. This |
| as a fun vacation activity, but is also popular as a | | | | however does depend on where you plan to travel |
| major corporate event. | | | | to and for how long. |
| Some of the most popular places to travel to are the | | | | |