Luxury yachts are also chartered out to paying clients by the day or week. These are larger charter yachts and will not only include the services of a professional captain but also the services of a full crew. The crew may include a chef, steward and stewardess, engineer, boson, first mate, deck hand and other exterior crew such as scuba dive masters or luxury yacht tender operators.

A bareboat charter is an arrangement for the hiring of a boat or ship, whereby no crew or provisions are included as party of the agreement; instead, the renting party are responsible for such matters. Bareboat chartering is perfect for people who are experienced at boating, but would like to be able to explore new cruising areas and boat types. If a charterer is not experienced, the companies usually offer many levels of training and instruction.

Bareboat hire has become increasingly common over the last ten years and in particular the last two years. There has been increasing demand for yacht vacations and many experienced and semi-experienced captains now consider it easier and cheaper to hire a bareboat, rather than own their own yacht. While both the international leisure travel industry and the boating industry has both boomed in the last decade, so too has the bareboat charter industry which incorporates both of these pursuits.


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