
Buying a Boat for Charter
Own a Slice of Paradise: A couple share their experience with purchasing a catamaran for charter.

Own a Slice of Paradise: A couple share their experience with purchasing a catamaran for charter.

Want to own a charter boat? Experts weigh in on the financial risks and rewards, the amount of sailing time you’ll get, and how your boat will be maintained.

How do you pick a sailboat to put into the charter trade? Here are some suggestions.

Charter skipper David Kilmer shares insider tips on how to be a good charter boat owner, and how to decide whether it’s the right decision for you.

Crewed? Bareboat? Flotilla? We break it down.

Cruising World breaks down how to choose the best time for a sailboat charter vacation.

The notion of sailing an unfamiliar boat outside of home waters can provoke lots of questions.

Steve McCrea, president of Ed Hamilton & Co., shares these tips for finding the best crewed charter vacation.

A Midwest restaurant owner said yes to a single sailing invitation and spent two decades earning the right to captain his own Fountaine Pajot Isla 40.

Once seasick underway it is nearly impossible to reverse. Here is what to take, when to take it and which side of the boat to aim for.

Choose people you have traveled with before. Avoid drama queens. And skip the couple you just met at the yacht club cocktail party.

From BVI mooring balls to Exumas dead reckoning, matching your skill to the right sailing ground makes or breaks a bareboat charter.