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 [...]

In the first installment of this series we chose a sailing destination and the time of year we want to travel. Now it’s time to find a crew and a boat. Picking the boat is easy. Choosing a crew is not so easy. If you seriously want to take a sailing vacation you need to [...]