Industry News and Specials

Island Yachts wins Green Award

by Meredith Laitos, Posted July 28, 2010

The water may be blue, but Island Yacht Charters, Inc. has gone green. The St. Thomas-based bareboat charter company recently received the 2010 National EPA Environmental Quality Award in recognition of a multi-year effort to make its boats and its base more earth-friendly.Over the course of the past five years, Island Yachts transformed its fleet of 16 Island Packets, ranging in size from

Charter Chat: August 2012

by Meredith Laitos, Posted August 16, 2012

Up-to-date news on your favorite charter companies, including Horizon Yacht Charters, The Moorings and Latesail including new boats and a new website.

Florida's Nightmare

by Meredith Laitos, Posted September 23, 2010

“We were having our best year ever. People were booked back to back to back. The instructors were starting to complain that they couldn’t get a day off…then the oil hit.” For Peggy Van Sleen of Emerald Coast Yachts (ECY) in Pensacola, Florida, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill has devastated more than just the Gulf of Mexico; it’s crippled her charter company as well.The worst oil spill in

Baring it All: Trends in SAIL’s Bareboat Charterers

by Meredith Laitos, Posted September 4, 2012

No two charterers are alike, and we wanted to discover exactly what defines our charter readers. This summer, we sent a survey to over 20,000 readers, asking them to divulge their charter-trip preferences, and we learned a lot.

Great Escape Contest Winner Announced

by Sail Staff, Posted January 10, 2011

SAIL Magazine and The Moorings are proud to present the winner of the Great Escape contest, Mr. Larry Deigh of Ashburn, VA. Congratulations to Larry and his family! We would like to thank everyone who entered. It was fun reading all of the submissions, which ran the gamut from hilarious to touching. The list of

Charter Chat: September 2012

by Meredith Laitos, Posted September 10, 2012

The latest updates on new offerings from your favorite charter companies including Desolation Sound Yacht Charters, 360 Yachting and Bareboat Sailing Charters.

Charter Chat, March 2011

by Meredith Laitos, Posted March 3, 2011

Horizon Yacht Charters Antigua teams up with Nonsuch Bay ResortWelcome to Nonsuch Bay Resort in Antigua. Today’s schedule will be as follows: lunch at the clubhouse on a bluff overlooking the bay, a Hobie Cat race in the harbor, a sunset sail in an RS dinghy and dinner on board your Bavaria 40 Horizon charter boat. Welcome to paradise.This past fall, Horizon Yacht

Charter Chat: 2012 Annapolis Sailboat Show

by Meredith Laitos, Posted October 8, 2012

Every year, the Annapolis Sailboat Show checks the pulse of the charter industry, gauging what’s remaining, what’s changing and what’s making heads turn. This year, the charter docks were abuzz with sailors booking their annual vacations in their favorite sailing destinations.

Horizon Yacht Charters Wins Award

by Meredith Laitos, Posted October 21, 2009

Horizon Yacht Charters www.horizonyachtcharters.com (HYC) has been voted the Best Caribbean Yacht Charter Company of 2009 by the Caribbean World International Travel Awards, a British publication. "It was a big surprise," said Nicola Massey of HYC. "We didn't want to just

Horizon Yacht Charters Splashes in the U.S.

by Meredith Laitos, Posted May 2, 2011

Horizon Yacht Charters, which has long maintained a network of bases in the Caribbean, is expanding into the United States. This May, the company will open its first North American base in Yacht Haven Marina near Annapolis, Maryland, where it will offer boats from the 2011 Bavaria Cruiser line for bareboat and crewed charter. “We selected Annapolis because it is far and away the