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A Brief History of Chartering

Watching a tropical sunset from the deck of a sailboat that’s yours for the week may be a common pastime today, but the bareboat charter industry wasn’t always a thing. Only just over 50 years old, the charter business came from an unlikely place and has evolved significantly in recent years. How did it start, and how has it grown?

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