On the last day of racing in the 2012 Heineken Regatta in February, the 100′ Nautor Swan Sailing Yacht, Virago, is shown in this video rounding the mark at Tintamarre in St. Martin on the race from Marigot to Simpson Bay. This was a sensation day of racing with 25 knot winds and 4 — 5′ seas, with Virago coming in 2nd in this race. Along with two firsts the two days before, Virago was the big Winner overall for the big boat division of the 32nd Heineken Regatta. Under charter by the winning competitors through Carolyn Titus at Northrop and Johnson Yacht Charters, a specialist Charter Broker in performance racing charters, this win by Virago proves that you too could charter a yacht and still come in First in a competitive worldwide yacht regatta.
A vast expanse of crystal clear waters await for a crewed yacht charter through the islands of the Caribbean; an outstanding yacht charter destination choice for your next crewed yacht charter. The Caribbean proper as defined for a crewed yacht charter location extends from the top of Puerto Rico to the bottom of Grenada, within which are a number of yacht charter cruising areas and yacht charter itineraries for a great crewed yacht charter vacation in this beautiful location destination. Each yacht charter cruising area is serviced by an international airport; however each yacht charter cruising area has a unique history for a fabulous yacht charter with a feel of being away from it all.
Yacht Charter, Winner’s Chef’s Culinary Challenge Antigua Yacht Charter Show
Antigua Yacht Charter Show
Each December a large yacht charter show is held in Antigua for industry only and this December was no exception. The yacht charter industry and the crewed yachts available for yacht charter in the Caribbean this coming winter all gathered in Antigua December 5th – 10th. The charter yachts, with their crew on board are lined up in various marinas open for review, including taste testing of much of the on board cuisine. Each show, a Charter Chef’s “cookoff” is organized as a Culinary Challenge for judge’s review. The Culinary Challenge is divided into size ranges, as on board galleys and galley equipment certainly vary between 50’ yachts and 200’ yachts. Each year prizes are given also for table settings, and for one special ingredient to be well showcased within the cuisine. This year the one special ingredient was coffee. An additional one time prize was added this year for table settings for use of the 50th Antigua Yacht Charter Show theme. Below are all of the winners in the various categories for the Chef’s Culinary Challenge for Charter Chef’s on board charter yachts at the Antigua Yacht Charter Show.
Always a beautifully manufactured and finished yacht, the 64’ Oyster, Blue Jeannie, just launched this year in 2011, is no exception. Here at Northrop and Johnson Yacht Charters, we were on board Blue Jeannie this month in Antigua and were very pleased with the yacht, finish and the lovely charter crew on board, Andy Armshaw and Alli Rea. We feel that Blue Jeannie is an excellent addition to the worldwide yacht charter community as a beautiful, comfortable, performance sailing yacht available for crewed yacht charter in the Caribbean this winter and the Mediterranean this coming summer. We know that Andy and Alli will take excellent care of you, and we feel certain that you will fully enjoy a crewed yacht charter on the Oyster sailing yacht Blue Jeannie. Following are photos we just took this month while on board Blue Jeannie in Antigua, where we found the yacht dockside, with a gleaming exterior and interior.
Antigua Charter Yacht 50th Anniversary Show is Underway
Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbor 50th Antigua Yacht Charter Show
With over 115 yachts registered and over 300 International Yacht Charter Brokers in attendance, the 50th Antigua Charter Yacht Show is underway in English and Falmouth Harbors in Antigua. Starting Monday morning and running until Friday afternoon, yachts are lined up at the docks, and open for the International Yacht Charter Broker industry that has flown in from all corners of the world to come on board and inspect the yachts and meet the crews. This is also the week when the worldwide industry convenes in one place for Trade Organization meetings, other meetings, and seminars on regulations and various charter locations. This year is one of the biggest shows ever, with the largest amount of new yachts being introduced to the yacht charter industry. Northrop and Johnson Yacht Charters is in attendance and busy visiting various yachts and learning the latest in industry information for worldwide yacht charter. We are delighted with the new yachts entering into charter that we are seeing at this show, and with revisiting some of our favorite yachts and crews. Worldwide yacht charter should be busy this coming year, with charters for next summer already being booked in various worldwide charter locations such as Italy, Greece, Croatia and Turkey.
Yacht Charter; St. Martin: An Island of Two Countries
St. Martin - Grand Casse
Cruise around the Caribbean island of St. Martin on a crewed yacht charter and experience an island of two nations. Sixty percent of St. Martin or Saint-Martin is owned by France and forty percent of St. Martin or Sint Marteen is owned by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For this little tropical island is an island owned by two countries, and life ashore reflects the life, culture, traditions and even the languages of these two parent nations, all waiting to be explored on a crewed yacht charter of the island of St. Martin.
Once again the Antigua Yacht Charter Show commenced in early December, this year as the 49th annual, always for industry only show, and was felt by all to be an outstanding show. After several years of a split show in Antigua and St. Martin, this year the industry was reunited under one venue in Antigua, altogether once again. Industry members flew in and yachts were delivered in from worldwide locations with all gathered together in one place to kick off the 2010/2011 Caribbean yacht charter season. In total there were 119 yachts in attendance and both Missy Johnston and Carolyn Titus from Northrop and Johnson Yacht Charters were there for the show to gather all of the information on yachts and crew for this coming and other charter seasons.
In July 1995, the volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat rumbled to life after lying dormant for all of recorded history. The island of Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory located in the Leeward Islands, which are part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea and is easily visited by yacht charter on a charter out of Antigua. Montserrat is known as the “Emerald Isle” of the Caribbean, both for the constant green color of the hillsides from a high level of rainfall and the many Irish who settled there over the centuries. However the volcanic eruptions starting in 1995 have changed this island forever. Read the rest of this entry »
This December marked another industry only yacht charter show in Antigua; the Antigua Yacht Charter Show. This show was the biggest Antigua Show in the last few years, with over 100 yachts. The show was also very busy. Industry members in general felt that the charter marketplace had picked up considerably which is good tidings for the general vacation and travel marketplace. And perhaps is a good omen of an upswing in the economy. Read the rest of this entry »
Yacht Charter Caribbean; Green Vervet Monkeys of Nevis and St. Kitts
St. Kitts – Green Vervet Monkey
Some people say that there are more monkeys on St. Kitts than people, and that is probably true of Nevis, for both islands have a population of Green Vervet Monkeys in the tens of thousands. Originally these monkeys were brought to both St. Kitts and Nevis by French plantation owners at the turn of the 17th century as pets for the plantation owners’ wives and families. This monkey is also referred to at times as the Old World Monkey as this monkey has been found in ancient Egyptian history and have even been found depicted in the frescos excavated at Arkitori on Santorini in Greece, a settlement dating from 2000 BC. Today, while visiting St. Kitts and Nevis on yacht charter, if you hike up into the mountains you are sure to see signs of these monkeys if not several of the monkeys themselves peering at you inquisitively through the foliage. Read the rest of this entry »
