You can access the 300 or so superyachts for charter
through a number of brokerage houses, which are responsible for maintaining standards throughout the industry. There is a huge incentive for these companies to get this right, as a charter guest may well become a client to buy a new or brokerage superyacht in the future. Also, the firms are competing with each other to get the prime listings from existing yacht owners: if a charter broker does not book enough charters, the owner can move the yacht to another house. Standards of professionalism in the industry, from the captain and crew through to the management team, are higher than they have ever been, and there is a standard industry contract, created by the industry’s trade association. For first-time clients, it is as risk-free as these transactions can ever be.
Ship shape Further good news for potential charterers is that there is a
huge choice of yachts in a stellar array of locations. There is so much choice, in fact, that for first-timers it is all a bit baffling. The yacht will be the first thing you need to think about. Yachts up to 40m can sleep anything from six to 12 guests. You’ll see that most yachts over 40m also sleep 12 for charter, when in fact they have many more berths on board. This is due to the nature of the industry regulations for commercial chartering. Obviously, you will pay more for a bigger yacht, but you are getting bigger social spaces and more facilities. An initial choice is whether you want a sailing boat or a
motor yacht. The latter outnumber the former by about 10 to one, and it tends to be that sailing yachts are a specialist choice. But do not think that motor yachts are noisy and smelly: designers and yards work hard to deal with noise, vibration, and emissions. Stabiliser technology means that when at anchor you will hardly feel any swell. The make-up of your charter party is key: four adults
and six children are going to need something different to a group of five couples. The facilities you find on board superyachts of say, 40m, are roughly the same, but it is the subtle differences that matter. You will almost always get a layout that has a main salon and dining area inside on the main deck, with the master cabin forward, a lower deck of guest cabins, a bridge deck above the main deck with a second lounge, and an open top deck for lazing in the sun.
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