On the Water: Entertainment

Just when I think the discounts can't go any deeper for serious charter yachts in the Mediterranean this summer, another offer lands in my in-box that makes my jaw drop. Earlier this week, I told you about Ocean Independence announcing a €40,000 bre... …Read More

The phone rang at 0511 and what followed was a truncated conversation with a strong-sounding Ronnie Simpson who was “inside the Gate” and—he’s now ashore—safe, after his borrowed 30-footer dropped its keel 800 miles off the coast on the return from the Singlehanded Transpac. Warrior’s Wish was returning from Hawaii to San Francisco Bay, a distance [...] …Read More

Ronnie Simpson and Ed McCoy have crossed the 200 mile mark in their tip-toe journey home to San Francisco Bay after losing the keel from the 30-foot sloop, Warrior’s Wish. It’s not as though either of them has had a “night’s sleep” since, living in the cockpit with life raft and ditch bag at the [...] …Read More

I've been telling you all summer about the 130-foot Christensen motoryacht Lady Zelda and her escalating discount offers. First, there was the mid-June announcement that if you booked two weeks of charter in the Western Mediterranean, you could save 25... …Read More

I think it's safe to say that we have reached the apex of what can accurately be called "discount season" in the West Med, what with all the offers flooding in for the remainder of August. The latest neck-snapping head-turner is a nearly 35-percent pri... …Read More

You met Ronnie Simpson in this space as a young, former Marine, medically retired following a shoot-up outside Fallujah, prepping for the Singlehanded Transpac. He had a good race—finished second—but Ronnie lost the keel off his 30-foot Warrior’s Wish 800 miles short of completing his return trip to San Francisco Bay. The word now is, [...] …Read More

The custom-built, 72-foot sailing yacht Pacific Wave is offering a $1,500 discount on charters taken between November 1 and May 31, with the pre-discount base rates for those dates being the same as they were back in 2008. So, for two guests, the week... …Read More

It's been about a month since I received the first major discount announcement for a holiday charter during the winter 2010-11 season. That was a 15-percent rate break aboard the 252-foot motoryacht Samar, which is part of the Edmiston and Company flee... …Read More

It's always tough to pinpoint the moment when something becomes a trend, but during the past few years, there has been an increasingly steady trickle of motoryachts skipping the winter season in the Caribbean to instead offer charters in the Indian Oce... …Read More

Fraser Yachts Worldwide has just issued a slew of discount announcements for late-summer yacht charters in the Western Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean, Florida, and Bahamas--including one that gives you an entire week of charter for free. Most no... …Read More