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Greece lies in the Eastern Mediterranean. It sits between the Ionian Sea to the west and the Aegean Sea to the east. The light winds normally found in the Ionian make this a perfect sailing area for those with less experience to undertake their first yacht charter and the Ionian is a perfect location for a flotilla sailing holiday.
Posted: 2009-09-18
Category: Boating
The Spanish Canary Islands is an archipelago that lies of the NW coast of mainland Africa, Morocco and the Western Sahara in the Atlantic Ocean. They consist of seven islands of volcanic origin; Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, La Graciosa
Posted: 2009-09-18
Category: Boating
The high season for yacht charter in the Caribbean in general is the winter months, during the holiday vacations of Christmas, Presidents week and Easter break. Booking well in advance is advised to get the charter boat of your choice.
Posted: 2008-04-24
Category: Boating
The Ionian combines both good sailing weather, sunny and warm with predictable winds with a facinating group of islands. Navigation is generally by line of sight and a passage between islands is generally only a few hours in duration The islands are attractive and steeped in Greek mythology. This is a great place for people learning to sail or building experience and so it is no surprise that it is home to several companies running flotilla sailing holidays.
Posted: 2008-04-24
Category: Boating
The Mediterranean Sea stretches from the Straits of Gibraltar it the west to Turkey in the east. It includes the coasts of Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Croatia and Greece in Europe. Turkey in Asia and the coasts of countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa.
Posted: 2008-04-24
Category: Boating
The Whitsunday Islands are a collective of continental islands that lie off the coast of Queensland, Australia. There are some 74 tropical islands to explore on your yacht charter, most of which are unspoiled national parks and uninhabited. Most of these islands are close to each other so navigation in the Whitsunday Islands is normally by line of sight. The main yacht charter bases of the Whitsunday Islands are Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island.
Posted: 2008-04-24
Category: Boating
Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia. To its east, lie Laos and Cambodia and to its south, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia and to its west, the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. The yacht charter area extends from Myanamar in the north to Malaysia in the south
Posted: 2008-04-08
Category: Boating
The US Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the northern Caribbean, about 50 miles east of Puerto Rico. They are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. The US Virgin Islands consist of the four main islands of St Croix, St John, St Thomas and Water Island together with many smaller islands.
Posted: 2007-10-23
Category: Boating
St Barts, officially the Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy, is an overseas collectivity of France that came into being on 22 Feb 2007, encompassing the island of St Barts proper plus several offshore islets. Also known as Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Barths, or Saint Barth, the collectivity is one of the four territories among the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean that comprise the French West Indies. St Barts lies close to the islands of St Martin, Saba and Anguilla.
Posted: 2007-10-23
Category: Boating
Belize lies between Yucatan and Guatemala, between the Hondo and Sarstoon Rivers, and is one of the most beautiful sailing and diving venues in the world. A yacht charter in Belize lets you discover hundreds of uninhabited cayes, miles of sheltered sailing inside the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere and legendary diving, snorkelling and fishing. The two main yacht charter bases in Belize are located at San Pedro and Placencia.
Posted: 2007-10-23
Category: Boating
St Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. It is known as one of the two " Breezy Islands", the other being Martinique. It is part of the Lesser Antilles and located north of the islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines, north west of Barbados and 25 nautical miles south of Martinique.
Posted: 2007-10-23
Category: Boating
St Martin lies in the north of Caribbean's Lesser Antilles chain. St Martin has good winds, medium seas and several short distance sails to fantastic spots such as Ile Pinel, Tintamarre, Anguilla and Saint Barth.
Posted: 2007-10-23
Category: Boating
Known as the "Isle of Spice", Grenada consists of three main islands: Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique. They are located in the Eastern Caribbean at the southern end of the Windward Islands, only 100 miles north of Venezuela.
Posted: 2007-10-23
Category: Boating
Cornwall lies at the extremity of the peninsula that is southwest England. It is bordered on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the south by the English Channel.
Posted: 2007-09-28
Category: Boating
Devon, along with Cornwall, are the two counties that lie on the peninsula in south west England. They are bordered on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the south by the English Channel.
Posted: 2007-09-28
Category: Boating
