A woman with the means and the time, but no group to travel with, cannot get to sea in a way that respects her. That is a structural problem, not a taste one.

Yachting sells whole boats, in peak summer, to groups who already know each other, through a broker who addresses whoever seems most senior and most male in the room. Everyone outside that shape is quietly excluded: the solo traveller, the woman between chapters, the mature guest who wants the sea without the noise, the friends who cannot fill a yacht between them.

Yacht Vanguard exists to answer that — by selling the place rather than only the boat, sailing in the months when the coast is quiet, and treating every guest as the principal rather than the plus-one.

More than ten years at sea, across the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific and the Atlantic.

At sea

50,000 nautical miles sailed, and more than a thousand guests served aboard yachts of every kind.

Qualified

Yachtmaster 100GT with STCW and ENG1, sailing commercially rather than recreationally.

Beyond the water

An MBA, two decades in corporate and international business, and investor experience — which is why the ownership conversation is a serious one rather than a sales one.

Sailed and travelled globally

The United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Born on the Adriatic and at home well beyond it.

The fleet

A portfolio of more than 10,000 yachts worldwide through our partners, and a network of professional crew with genuine local knowledge — the routes, the producers, the places that are not in the guidebook.

What we care about

Women’s access to this world, and authentic local experience delivered at a premium standard.

There is an entrance at every size and every budget. They are all the same standard.

By the cabin

Cabin charter on a dated week. You book a place, not a boat, and travel with a small curated group. For solo travellers, for two friends, and for anyone who has been waiting for five other people to be free at the same time. No single supplement, ever.

A weekend escape

Two or three nights out of Split. The least expensive way to find out whether this life suits you, and the one most people book twice.

A flotilla

Several yachts sailing together as one group. For larger cohorts, companies, and the annual Gathering.

A whole boat, shared

Take the yacht for your own family, friends or team, and join a dated programme with the rest of the fleet.

Private charter

The whole yacht, crewed or bareboat, on your dates, with nobody else aboard.

Ownership

Fractional, syndicate or outright, when chartering stops being enough.

Be Healthy

Wellness and menopause retreats, sleep and reset, longevity. For women in the middle of the change, anyone running on empty, and guests who want the week measured rather than merely enjoyed. Women only.

Stay Fit

Active fitness and pilates retreats. For guests who would rather move than rest — mobility, strength and balance built on a deck that never stops moving.

Connect

Women’s midlife retreats, solo travel, multigenerational family sailing. For anyone turning a page, arriving alone, or bringing three generations together while everyone is still able to come.

Discover

Authentic Croatia, wine and olive harvest, art and photography, Montenegro and Greece. For guests who travel for food, place and light rather than for a beach.

Get Wealth

Founder think tanks, executive retreats, leadership offsites. For people building something, and for teams who need the hierarchy to come off with the shoes.

Celebrate

New Year at sea, regatta weeks, private days. For birthdays, anniversaries and the occasions that deserve a boat rather than a restaurant.

Begin

Learn-to-sail weekends. For people who have never sailed and assume it is too late. It is not.

Weekend Escapes

Short sailing breaks. For the drive market, and for anyone stealing two nights out of a longer trip.

See All Experiences

You rent the entire vessel for yourself — with crew, or bareboat if you hold the tickets. Nobody else is aboard, the dates are entirely at your disposal, and the route is decided with you and rewritten at breakfast when the weather says so.

If one of our programmes appeals but the dates do not, we will run it privately for your group: the same route, the same practitioners, your week. And you specify the crew — female-only crew if you would prefer it, a chef rather than a hostess, a dive instructor, a photographer, a coach, a pilates teacher, a babysitter.

Private Charter

We operate from Croatia. We arrange everywhere.

Operating base

Croatia — Split, Zadar, Dubrovnik and Pula. This is the water we sail ourselves, where we place the crew and inspect the vessels in person.

Adriatic season

April through October, plus New Year at Sea in Zadar.

Worldwide

Caribbean, Bahamas, Seychelles, Maldives, Bali and Indonesia, French Polynesia, Thailand, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Spain, the United States and the high latitudes — through partners, with one point of contact here.

Year-round

There is a season somewhere every month of the year. Tell us the month and we will tell you the water.

We do not list what we have not seen

No vessel goes in front of you unless we have inspected her or a partner we trust has verified her.

We do not place crew we have not met

Papers checked, references taken, and a conversation first.

We do not take the wrong booking

If the week is wrong for you, we will say so and propose the alternative — or tell you honestly that we are not the right house.

We do not charge twice

Our fee is inside the price you are quoted. Nothing is recovered afterwards.