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Practical Yacht Charter Tips: Expert Advice for Safe Sailing
By Chris Lorenzo, Managing Director of Seafarer Holidays Sailing is an adventure, but good preparation makes all the difference. In our previous blog, I covered essential practical yacht charter tips for planning and navigating your trip. If you missed it, click here to read. Now, let’s dive deeper into advanced strategies to enhance your experience.… -
Sustainable Holidays in Greece: Seafarer’s Fight to Save Seagrass
Sustainable holidays in Greece offer more than adventure, they’re a chance to protect Greece’s underwater treasures. With more travellers seeking eco-friendly escapes, awareness of marine conservation is growing. But as sailing holidays become more popular, seagrass meadows face new threats from careless anchoring. This is where Seafarer steps in. As a leader in sailing holidays… -
Yacht Charter Preparation: Top Tips to Avoid Problems and Save Money
Everything you need to know for a seamless yacht charter experience By Chris Lorenzo, Managing Director of Seafarer Holidays As charter operators, you and I know the difference between good charterers and bad. As a client, you're entitled to expect the yacht you receive at the start of your holiday to be in a good… -
How to form a crew on a sailing yacht
One of the most fantastic and rewarding parts of sailing is the teamwork involved. Great teams have jobs for everyone who wants to be involved and create a sense of achievement for everyone onboard. Whether you sail as a family, a couple or a group of friends here are some tips on what makes a… -
How To Become A Qualified Yacht Skipper
Reading time 4 min 45 sec Author Lee Savage Whatever your reasons for getting into sailing, it is not as difficult as you might imagine and there are a lot of different ways to get started. With so many destinations to choose and so many sailing experiences, it can be overwhelming to decide where to… -
How to use a SUP from a Sailing Yacht
Stand Up Paddleboarding is currently the fastest growing watersport worldwide and its easy to see why. The ability to explore new places with such a simple bit of equipment makes it very flexible and is perfect for those who want to have fun on the water. We're not advocating changing sports, far from it but… -
How the RYA National Sailing Scheme Works
If your interested in becoming a Sailing or Windsurf Instructor you may be interested to know how the RYA Schemes work and who can teach which course. These graphics give you a clear idea of the path every RYA Sailing and Windsurfing Instructor takes and what they can teach. If your interested in doing the… -
How To Do a Stern to Mooring
Follow our quick guide on how to do a stress-free Stern To or Mediterranean Mooring Many fine yachties come on holiday with us each year ready to embark on a cracking flotilla or bareboat holiday in one of our Mediterranean destinations but, having done most of their sailing in the tidal waters around the UK, the… -
How to Become a Skipper
Is Sailing for me? As many of you are aware, Seafarer regularly exhibits at the London and Southampton Boat Shows, and whilst it is predominantly the stomping ground for those who have an existing interest in sailing or boating of some kind, it also attracts those who are curious about our sport and are keen… -
How I Became an RYA Sailing Instructor
Our instructors come from varying different backgrounds and we thought it would be nice to share their paths towards the role they currently work in for Seafarer. For those who would like to become RYA Instructors there are a number of ways into the industry and we are happy to help advise anyone looking into…
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