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Seamanship from the helm, the economics of ownership, and the Adriatic port by port — written by people who work on the water.
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Owner's Mind
3 August 2026
Fractional Yacht Ownership Is The Fastest-Growing Segment In The Industry — Here’s Why
How fractional, syndicate and charter-management ownership actually work - week allocation, exit clauses, cost escalation - and who each structure suits.
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Skipper's Eye
3 August 2026
Provisioning For A Week At Sea: What A Chief Hostess Actually Packs
How a charter week is provisioned: water and fridge constraints, ordering food by perishability, buying from the islands, and the three mistakes…
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Skipper's Eye
3 August 2026
Catamaran, Monohull, or Motor Yacht: Choosing the Right Vessel for Your Charter
An honest comparison of the three charter vessel types - motion, space, privacy, draught, berthing costs and who each one really suits.
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Skipper's Eye
3 August 2026
The Jugo, Explained: Croatia’s Slow-Building Southern Wind
How to read the jugo: the slow barometer, the heavy air and the swell that arrives before the wind.
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Skipper's Eye
3 August 2026
Reading the Bura: What Every Skipper Knows Before the Sky Tells You
How to read the bura before it arrives: the falling barometer, lenticular cloud over the ridge and the dry deck at dawn…
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The Briefing
3 August 2026
The Yacht Brands Behind Every Great Adriatic Charter
The production yards behind Croatian charter fleets - Bavaria, Hanse, Beneteau, Elan, Lagoon, Fountaine Pajot, Bali - and why age and maintenance…
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The Four Series
Where To Start
I
Skipper’s Eye
Technical maritime knowledge, written from the helm rather than the marketing desk.
4 articles
II
Owner’s Mind
The financial architecture of maritime ownership, in plain terms.
4 articles
III
The Briefing
What is happening in the yachting world, and what it means.
4 articles
IV
Nautical Guide
Port by port — anchorages, approaches, and where to actually eat.
9 articles
Skipper’s Eye
From The Helm
Weather, vessels, provisioning and the judgement that only comes from sea time.
Skipper's Eye
3 August 2026
Reading the Bura: What Every Skipper Knows Before the Sky Tells You
How to read the bura before it arrives: the falling barometer, lenticular cloud over the ridge and the dry deck at dawn…
ReadY / V
Skipper's Eye
3 August 2026
The Jugo, Explained: Croatia’s Slow-Building Southern Wind
How to read the jugo: the slow barometer, the heavy air and the swell that arrives before the wind.
ReadY / V
Skipper's Eye
3 August 2026
Catamaran, Monohull, or Motor Yacht: Choosing the Right Vessel for Your Charter
An honest comparison of the three charter vessel types - motion, space, privacy, draught, berthing costs and who each one really suits.
ReadY / V
Owner’s Mind
The Economics
What a yacht costs to hold, how shared ownership actually works, and where the capital is moving.
Owner's Mind
3 August 2026
Fractional Yacht Ownership Is The Fastest-Growing Segment In The Industry — Here’s Why
How fractional, syndicate and charter-management ownership actually work - week allocation, exit clauses, cost escalation - and who each structure suits.
ReadY / V
Owner's Mind
3 August 2026
The $34 Trillion Question: Why Women’s Capital Is Moving Into Alternative Assets
Women are set to control around $34 trillion of US investable assets by 2030. What that means for alternative assets, fractional ownership…
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Owner's Mind
3 August 2026
What A Yacht Actually Costs To Own (And Why Most People Should Charter First)
The real annual cost of yacht ownership - berthing, insurance, maintenance, depreciation and crew - and why the weeks-used figure decides everything.
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Nautical Guide
Where To Go
Split, the Kornati, Dubrovnik, Kotor and Istria — then the wider Mediterranean and the world.
Nautical Guide
3 August 2026
Top 10 Yacht Charter Destinations To Watch In 2026
A practical guide to the world’s charter grounds - Croatia, the Ionian, the Cyclades, the BVI, the Grenadines, Seychelles and beyond -…
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Nautical Guide
3 August 2026
The Maldives At The Helm: Sailing The Indian Ocean’s Ultra-Luxury Frontier
What sailing the Maldives is actually like: eyeball pilotage between coral, the two monsoon seasons, cruising permits, and the diving that justifies…
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Nautical Guide
3 August 2026
Why The Red Sea Is Yachting’s Next Great Frontier
Sailing the Red Sea: seasons and prevailing winds, poorly charted reef, multi-jurisdiction formalities, and why it is the last unsailed warm-water ground.
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The Briefing
The Industry
What is changing in yachting, and what it means for anyone chartering or buying.
The Briefing
3 August 2026
Croatia: The Adriatic Decade Begins
Why Croatia became the Mediterranean’s largest charter market, the pressure on the peak season, and the seasonal and geographic shifts already under…
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The Briefing
3 August 2026
The Rise Of Quiet Luxury In Yachting: Why Discretion Is The New Status Symbol
How quiet luxury reached yachting: privacy over presence, explorer vessels over gloss, provenance over brand, and why it usually costs more rather…
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The Briefing
3 August 2026
From Guest To Owner: The Generational Shift Reshaping Who Charters
The generational and decision-making shifts changing yacht charter: access over ownership, shorter formats, cabin charter, and why the service model lags.
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Reading Is One Thing
Everything here was learned on the water. The season is the place to find out how much of it is true.