Layfhakersky yachting: the first steps into the world of charter

Real freedom begins ten miles from the coast.

A.Peres-Reverte

Today we want to tell you about this wonderful and very special kind of rest as vacation on a yacht. Usually people planning a vacation, do not even think this way: after seyling we associate with something elite, insanely expensive and inaccessible to mere mortals. And in vain, because thousands of people each year are discovering the possibility of renting yachts ...

It was the beginning of the simulation of the classic article of charter yachts, on the Internet there are dozens, hundreds. But what is interesting: with such an abundance of open information and suggestions, starting to delve into the subject, you will soon realize that a newbie here Complicated navigate. How do you know what really lies behind the delicious words and pictures? How to estimate the real cost? And in general, what kind of HMG-term overall? As a result, you will either have to risk a round sum and rely on the reputation of the agency, or dropped the idea. If you do not have friends, relatives or acquaintances directly related to yachting, these articles are for you dark forest, alien world. How to enter into this world, where to start, what to navigate - just today we'll talk about it.

First you need to decide: what exactly do you expect from seylinga because it is extremely versatile. Here you are on the board, what's next? You can all the way romantic "booze," Sailing, you can see the sights that catch on the course, you can swim, engage diving, riding a dinghy, fishing, dancing on the deck, listening to music, watch movies, bury treasure on a distant island, in general, have fun as anything. And you can learn yacht device and control elements to help the skipper, to delve into marine life, to practice physical activities. You may want to learn how to operate the yacht itself: there is nothing unreal, my dad, for example, received in England Skipper license a few years ago, when he was already in a rather advanced age (see photo higher). You can do nothing, to sleep in his cabin, lying on the deck all day and SMS-os. Yes, within the waterfront mobile tend to work quite properly, if you have not swam in some wilderness.

Next, decide who will be your fellow travelers:

Charter with friends

The company plans to advance your friends leave, select the country, thrown off the rental boat, skipper (as an option - looking for his person), associated costs. Arrives to the selected port, loaded onto a boat and traveling under sail.

corporate charter

Option business holiday by the sea. Teambuilding in an informal setting, the most prestigious award for the best employees, corporate events. In this case, the process of the organization rests on the shoulders of your company. Or you can arrange it yourself with a group of colleagues.

Family charter

The family rents a small boat through an agency with two or three cabins and sent to a quiet swimming under the leadership of Captain. Add provided by the family, this option just is unlikely to get the budget, if you do not act through a friend.

Charter for singles

The person who decides to spend their vacation on a yacht, looking on the internet company and is adjacent to it. Here the costs are divided equally to all participants, and it is a significant savings. In addition, such companies often already have a skipper, so that its services did not have to pay separately.

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The next question - about the prices. The price consists of several items:

- the actual yacht rent of € 1800-2000, you can rent a modern sailing boat for 6 beds for a week. Standard charter is designed exactly for this term, usually from Friday posubbotu. Do not forget that one place will be the skipper.

- return tickets, transfers from / to the airport

- Security deposit: the amount that you leave as a deposit and you will be returned if the boat comes to port intact. The amount depends on the type of the yacht, as well as on the professional level of the skipper (as the owner of the boat can trust him) usually starts from € 1000. About the "whole and unharmed," Of course, I want to talk separately, but this subject for a great article, but we are only beginning to talk.

- Captain services hired skipper will cost you € 100-150 euros per day, and it will eat at your expense. If desired, one can employ other crew members, e.g., coca-flight attendant or assistant.

- additional costs: since the yacht you will be a full house at the time of charter, no overnight travel and living expenses will be. However, you will need to eat (ie buying products during parking, and prepare their own meals on-board kitchen) and feed the skipper - this time. You will need to pay for diesel fuel (in the case of a yacht, its consumption will be minimal, no more than € 100 per week) and parking if you want to spend the night in the marina rather than anchored off the coast - it two. The average price of a parking space is approximately equal to the cost of rooms at the hotel and, accordingly, depends on the level of "advancement" of the marina. Finally, cleaning boats before putting in the end of the journey also costs money.

The general rule is simple: the more people are planning a joint vacation on a yacht, the cheaper it will cost each of them. But also the pitfalls of serious. Yacht - a closed space, and any conflict, any incompatibility of the people on it can poison you all the journey on the vine. But if you want two days to send wood of all these people on board and the boat itself there, the money spent to you no one will return.

Next - decide the country. Prices in Turkey and on the French Riviera will be very different, not only in themselves yachts, but also to life, plus consider visa requirements in some countries. Explore the local landmarks and popular routes. In the world there are many places where you can not drive a car or fly an airplane, but sailing - please.

And now, when you have at least some indication of what to expect from seylinga on how much money to count, you can start to climb gently over the Web in search of specifics.

With this article we would like to open a series of posts about seylinge, which will present an expert opinion, examples and stories from personal experience. It is impossible to grasp such a gigantic theme in a single publication, and therefore its complete short survey:

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