Yachts & Yachting magazine

A charter staycation

Perhaps against the expectations of some, the safest holiday you can undertake in the world today is on a yacht. Yes, you still have to contend with the normal perils of life afloat – your G&T may spill as another boat’s wake sends ripples across your anchorage, and you might have to tweak the jib sheet more than once as you pootle round that nearby headland. Who knows, you might even have to reapply some Factor 50 after an afternoon swim off the bathing platform.

Of course, in post-Covid world, what you really want to know is that the yacht you will

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