Open up your heart

SO you have invited some non-sailor friends to come and stay on your boat? How do you ensure that you are all still friends at the end of the holiday?

It all comes down to some careful management of expectations, so here I have put together this guide a yacht owner may like to pass on to their friends before they arrive:

WELCOME

So you have been invited to go on a sailing holiday with your yacht-owning friend? Fantastic!

The next best thing to having a boat of your own is having friends with boats. It is much cheaper and just about as much fun.

To increase your chances of having a great time, plus being invited to come back again, here are some tips on how to be a good boat guest:

EXPECTATIONS

If you have not stayed on a boat before and you are imagining it is much like a luxury cruise, then you are probably going to be disappointed. Expect the trip to be something along the lines of camping holiday and then you are hopefully going to be really impressed.

Being on a boat requires a reasonable amount of physical fitness. Climbing up and down ladders, in