By the time you get to 60 days out from your sailing vacation, all plans should be hard and fast. If you have followed along on this planning schedule, the last weeks before departure can be used wisely instead of frantically. Most charter companies require full payment 30-60 days before the start date. So I [...]

In two previous installments we got all the preliminary work done to get the wheels turning on a bareboat sailing vacation. Now it’s time to flesh out your trip. A sailing vacation takes some additional research and planning than a land based vacation. As soon as you can, you want to order whatever “pilot” or [...]

I’ve been planning sailing trips for several years now in conjunction with this SailTime business and learned some lessons worth sharing along the way. One of the big benefits of the SailTime program is that Members are free to take sailing vacations without feeling guilty that they left the boat they own at home for [...]