Acme Restaurant in Annapolis is famous for these yummy morsels and is one of Stephen’s favorite appetizers or meal! One of the best parts is that you can use almost any dipping sauce you prefer from classic ketchup to peanut sauce to soy to steak sauce…chimichurri? We think so! Let us know how you enjoyed […]
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Catamaran Guru and Dream Caribbean Blue (DCB), who specializes in crewed charter management, have collaborated in the last two years to provide our Bali Catamaran owners and their charter guests a super luxury experience and superior management. As Such, DCB has become one of our Preferred Crewed Management Company. Dream Caribbean Blue (DCB) is expanding its fleet
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We bought a Catana OC 50 – The review We have just acquired a Catana Ocean Class 50 and we will take possession of the boat in September at the Cannes Yachting festival. We are beyond excited to embark on this journey of discovering the “virtues” of a performance cruising catamaran! We invite you to
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Performance cruising cats are becoming more popular and mainstream. A lot more brands have become available on the market over the last 10 years. Some of the most popular and well known performance cat brands are Catana, Outremer, HH Catamarans, and Balance. These boats’ popularity is not only driven by their amazing sailing abilities but
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Join us at this exceptional boat exhibition in the heart of the French Riviera! We invite you for a meet and greet as we welcome our new performance cruiser, the Catana OC 50, in Cannes during the Yachting festival! We will do a private tour with you and discuss specifications and price while enjoying French
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Meet with our team! Want to learn more about the Bali Catamaran Brand? We are the right people to talk to! Stephen and Estelle own two Bali models themselves, one in their sailing school program and the Bali 5.4 is their home. They know the boats inside out! We are the specialists in Crewed Yacht Charter businesses
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We love no-cook recipes, especially in the summer! NYT Cooking is the source for this salad that blends 2 fabulously refreshing fruits with mint or cilantro (or both!) and lime…lots of tropical flavors. Plus, an unexpected, but deliciously spicy and smoky Tajin seasoning. You can make a smaller salad quite easily if it is just
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RYA or ASA Sailing School- Unsure about which is best for you? Unsure if RYA courses or ASA sailing instruction is right for you? Both Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and American Sailing Association (ASA) offer sailing instruction that will boost your confidence, increase your safety, and lower yacht insurance premiums. Catamaran Guru has offered and
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Why a Rendezvous for Catamarans? Our goal with this annual rendezvous is two-fold. We lead our group on our own cruising catamaran to the islands to help them gain confidence and to show our boat owners a good time. But more importantly, we invite our industry colleagues from North Sails, Mazocean, Bali Catamarans and others
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The theme for World Oceans Day for 2022 is “Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean”. As avid sailors, lucky enough to see the ocean almost daily, we want to encourage fellow sailors to take care of the oceans we all love. We can all do something to protect our oceans, no matter how small! Our
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Christine Buttigieg, one of our yacht brokers, is not only an avid sailor and experienced in many facets of the boat industry, but also superbly skilled in the galley. She shared a divine lee, and pancetta quiche with us recently. After one bite, we knew we had to get the recipe out to our readers.
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The beautiful British Virgin Islands have been the subject of some ugly business of late. Some of it heavily impacting the charter industry and more importantly vacationers who were the innocent bystanders in all this. Most recently on Thursday, April 28, 2022, the BVI premier, Andrew Alturo Fahie, was arrested at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive
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Will Bruton writing for Yachting World gathered different points of view to offer good advice to those considering buying an ex-charter yacht. For this article, he interviewed Stephen & Estelle as well as a boat delivery expert who frequently delivers ex-charter yachts and an ex-charter yacht owner to give insight to what to consider if
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Delayed reactions, lack of understanding how to operate MOB recovery technology, and other challenges to success recovery of a crewmember are best overcome with frequent practice and discussion of the MOB procedures with the crew. After all, when crew falls off the deck, it is rarely a good time for it as often you are
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The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta celebrated its 42nd edition from March 3 – 6, 2022. This world-renowned sailing event is known for being the largest regatta in the Caribbean and offers four days of World Class Racing and wonderfully entertaining nights keeping with the event’s motto of “Serious Fun”! With an impact on the sporting
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When purchasing a boat, there are a lot of details that need to be addressed. The “for sale by owner” concept is great for the Seller since he/she does not have to pay a brokerage commission, but it is no so good for the Buyer. It takes away the ability for the Buyer to have
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Why We Created The Yacht Exchange There are about 15,000+ charter boats worldwide. These boats are scattered all over the world in Australia, Croatia, Thailand, Key West, Fiji, Bahamas, Greece, Seychelles and more! And mostly the boat owners are happy to sail their own vessels in the location that they chose to base their boat
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Stephen and I met Nim and Fabiola a couple of years before we sold them a boat. We were neighbors in the Fort Lauderdale marina where our Bali 5.4, Z3, is docked much of the time. They were already living aboard, which for some dreamers, is enough. But, they yearned for more as they dreamt
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