Latesail Blog

It’s time to get organized for next year to make the most of early booking and boat show combined discounts. While we are in a planning mood, we’re sharing guidelines on how to sail more responsibly to help protect the beautiful environments our itineraries explore. The international Sailing Federation’s Code of Environmentally Friendly Behaviour is a great starting point and has plenty of advice on being an eco-friendly sailor. We’ve summarised the main points below. Minimize waste on

You’ve booked your charter and now it’s time to think about what to bring onboard your boat. Talk to us about where to get provisions, as it’s easier to order in advance so you can get off to a hassle-free start. We also advise our customers to hire water toys so your crew can enjoy being on the water as much as possible. It can be overlooked but hiring toys adds so much to your yacht charter experience for the following reasons:     Getting up close – If you have nimble craft aboard

Our top yacht charter locations for tranquil getaways     What do you want from your vacation? Do you want to immerse yourself fully in a location and cram in as many sights, tastes and sounds as you can? Or do you want to sail away from it all, find a new level of relaxation and return feeling a new person? If deep relaxation is what you need, read on as we’ve put together our top five yacht charter locations to practice the art of doing nothing, which is much harder than you think!   Lux

What are the benefits of talking to a yacht charter broker when you are searching for a sailing holiday? We’ve listed all the advantages below as to why calling our expert team and letting us become your Best Yacht Broker Friend Forever (BYBFF) will save you time and money.     How can we help you? We save you time: You don’t have to spend hours searching online and trying to compare like for like across the market. Our team do this every single day and have done since 1999. We can take

Your LateSail team are avid sailors and we enjoy nothing more than diving beneath the waves to watch the brightly colored fish of the Caribbean darting around coral reefs, shipwrecks and lava flows. Scuba diving offers a great chance to get closer to nature for those aged 12 and above. If you are planning a bareboat yacht charter, rendezvous diving is a great way to dive with others in a safe environment – the diving company will bring its boat, staff and equipment to you. We’ve put together

We’ve got the lowdown on how a customer got on when they spent 10 days sailing the coast of Saint Lucia and Martinique with their family… We spent the first day dealing with the handover of the Catana 47 we had booked, a magnificent catamaran, as well as the provisioning and administrative procedures. The yacht was amazingly spacious with a refrigerator and a freezer, which allowed us to store meat for ten days, and there was even a handy microwave to warm baby food.     Spacious and well

Marina Portorosa is an excellent base destination for a yacht charter around the Aeolian Islands and Sicily. This town relatively close to two airports, just 163 km from Catania and 209 km from Palermo. We can take the transfer stress away for you and arrange transport, or you can get the train.     The journey legs can be kept short as the islands are really close together, which leaves more time for adventure. From Portorosa your nearest islands are just ten miles away and you can also sail

There is something incredibly special about the first time someone feels the wind filling the sails and propelling the boat silently over the waves. Taking beginners out on a charter can be highly rewarding, as long as you prepare your passengers and follow a few common sense tips. First off, it’s important to invite the right mix of people. It’s fine to bring children or the elderly and not expect them to do much, but you’ll also need people who are able to learn and help out.   Make su

When there are a bounty of islands close together, you often don’t need to sail far to find wonderful destinations and adventure. Brittany off the French coast offers so much variety to explore, but where do you start with an itinerary? You can start right here and borrow ideas from our 300 nautical mile yacht charter that took in the Quiberon Bay islands, the Gulf of Morbihan and Ile de Ré across 10 days.   Exploring Crouesty, Belle Île en Mer and Houat Day one: At the beginning of the w

If you want a traditional experience, try sailing a wooden boat on the water to get as close to nature as possible while still enjoying a complete onboard service. You do not need to lose any of those comforts that make your yacht charter a special experience.     Wooden monohulls offer an authentic experience and we offer the rental of schooners or gulets, which are traditional fishing boats usually found among the waters of the Ionian or Aegean Sea. They range from 15 to 60 metres and come