Sailing in Paradise
Yacht Charters Around the World
1st Edition
Published on 5. August 2013
224 pages
978-1-4081-0953-3 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive guide to the world of chartering, compiled by Rod Heikell, shares the breadth of his knowledge and experience, recommending types of charter, best types of boat, as well as essential information about the world's cruising areas.
Taking a practical approach, he explains everything prospective charterers need to know before setting sail: visas required, healthcare, money, and what to expect from foreign harbours and anchorages. At the heart of the book is a country by country round-up of charter areas around the world with pros and cons, best times to go, wind and sea conditions, harbours and anchorages, eating out, safety, documentation requirements and getting there. Each area is illustrated with a map and colour photos.
This unique guide is a must-have reference for charterers the world over, and a mouth-watering appetiser for those dreaming about where they would like to sail in the future.
Taking a practical approach, he explains everything prospective charterers need to know before setting sail: visas required, healthcare, money, and what to expect from foreign harbours and anchorages. At the heart of the book is a country by country round-up of charter areas around the world with pros and cons, best times to go, wind and sea conditions, harbours and anchorages, eating out, safety, documentation requirements and getting there. Each area is illustrated with a map and colour photos.
This unique guide is a must-have reference for charterers the world over, and a mouth-watering appetiser for those dreaming about where they would like to sail in the future.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-0953-3 (9781408109533)
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Person
Rod Heikell has spent 40 years cruising the coasts and islands of the Mediterranean. Having sailed his own as well as charter and delivery yachts across the Atlantic, around the Caribbean and to South East Asia, it is to the Mediterranean that he always returns. He is the acknowledged expert on Mediterranean sailing and his pilots are referred to by the cruising sailors who rely on them as 'the bible'.
Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION
- Going on Charter
- Types of Charter
- Choosing a Company
- Choosing a Boat
- Booking a Holiday
- Planning a Cruise
- What to Pack
- Health and Safety
- When You Arrive
- Boat Sense
- WORLD CHARTER AREAS
- Introduction
- NORTHERN EUROPE
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Northern France
- Scandinavia
- Other Northern European Destinations
- MEDITERRANEAN
- Gibraltar
- Spain
- France
- Italy
- Croatia
- Greece
- Turkey
- Other Mediterranean Destinations
- ATLANTIC ISLANDS
- Atlantic Islands
- CARIBBEAN
- Virgin Islands
- Leeward Islands
- Windward Islands
- Other Caribbean Destinations
- USA
- East Coast USA
- West Coast USA
- THE SOUTH PACIFIC
- French Polynesia
- Tonga
- Other Pacific Islands
- AUSTRALASIA
- Australia
- New Zealand
- SOUTHEAST ASIA
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Other Southeast Asia Destinations
- INDIAN OCEAN
- Red Sea: Egypt
- Seychelles
- Maldives
- Madagascar, Comoro Islands & East Africa
- SOME UNUSUAL & FAR-FLUNG CHARTER DESTINATIONS
- USA & Canada
- Tierra del Fuego/Antarctica
- Galapagos
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Mexico
- Hawaii
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
