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Winner of Overall Best cruising boat, Best cruising multihull & The Sail Top 10 Winner
2006-01-31 23:44:26
Best Cruising Boat for Sale The spacious galley up integrates with the saloon and cockpit to form an exceptional entertainment area. All cabins have Queen-sized beds. Layout option offers either the Owners version or Charter layout. Deck layout is designed for safety and shorthanded sailing with all controls led aft to the coach roof winches. Generous performance sail plan. Ample deck and trampoline area allow comfortable outdoor activities. Large Cockpit shaded by a Bimini with hard top walkway aft. Traveler arch with step through to the dive platform. Buy VOYAGE 440 - 2005 boat of the year Winner of Overall Best cruising boat, Best cruising multihull & The Sail Top 10 Winner "Everything about this boat, indicates that it's seriously made for going to sea. "Their


Some handy Checklist before leaving for voyage sailing cruise
2006-01-31 23:33:43
Chartering Checklist Some handy things to take with you: Foul weather jacket and trousers. Do not assume these are supplied. Some companies may hire these to you. Deck shoes or non-slip, non-marking trainers. If you are sailing in cooler/wetter climates then yachting wellies will make a huge difference to your happiness and safety. Handheld GPS if you have one. Virtually all charter yachts will have a fixed GPS, but a backup is handy if the electrics go down and can be used in the cockpit if there is no repeater. Spare batteries. Personal logbook so you have a record of your cruise. Mobile phone. This is useful to check about berth availability, book a restaurant table or for a quick chat with the charter company if there is something you don't understand. High-factor sun cream


Training on luxury sailing yacht before you are off to Sea
2006-01-31 23:27:13
Yacht Handover Checklist The yacht handover will usually take about an hour and is important so you are familiar with the vessel before putting to sea. At least two of you should be shown the following: The location and safe operation of all the safety equipment including: liferaft fire extinguisher lifejackets safety harnesses flares torches EPIRB Handheld VHF first aid kit bolt cutters emergency tiller Operating the following systems: Cooker Heating system Heads Engine VHF Anchors Location and operation of other items: Seacocks and emergency bungs All the instruments, including the GPS Charts and pilot books All the halyards, winches, reefing lines and other sail controls The charter company would prefer you to feel 100% confident before you take
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Luxury Catamarans Sailboat Cruiser Yacht just for you
2006-01-31 23:11:36
When looking to charter a yacht you will first need to decide how large a boat you will need. For luxury yacht manufacturer you you can visit The two main determining factors are price and how many people will be aboard. You will need to strike a balance by chartering a yacht that has the facilities you need at the price you can afford. If price is a major consideration, 2 couples can have a fun vacation on a 32 foot yacht. The living space below is adequate, the cockpit a little cramped and the sailing a little more bumpy in larger seas due to a rather short waterline. Similarly, if you would like to get away for a romantic cruise with your partner, then you will be looking at a smaller yacht if you want to keep the price down. Small may mean fewer extras, but not less seaworthy -
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BVI British Virgin Islands Sailing Paradise
2006-01-31 07:08:50
The BVI British Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean offering fabulous sailing. Some say it is the best sailing in the world, while others qualify by saying it is the best in the world for novices. I wouldn't like to judge, but it is pretty special. The area of the BVI is something like 35 miles by 10 miles, or nearer 60 x 15 miles if you also include the US Virgin Islands . The main island of the BVI is Tortola, and the capital is Road Town. All the BVI islands are essentially verdant green trees and mostly undeveloped. Some are completely uninhabited. The USVI to the west are administratively but not physically separate - the Virgin Islands are one group of islands, so I suppose they must have divvied them up between allegiance to Britain and the yanks a while back.
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Hidden Cost Involved in Buying a sailboat
2006-01-31 06:51:45
If you are a longtime boat owner, you know that owning a boat is a costly affair. Making decisions that keep not only the cost of your initial purchase, but also the long-term cost of ownership, well within you financial means is one of the critical factors of keeping the pleasure in boating. Its very hard to enjoy your boat when it becomes an unexpected drain on your financial resources. If you're buying your first boat, or are making a considerable step up in size, the following are some important points that should be carefully considered to help you achieve maximum enjoyment from your purchase. Initial Cost One of the most important considerations is keeping the total cost of your purchase well within your financial means. One of the considerations often overlooked when purchasing a
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How to avoid Buying a Stolen boat?
2006-01-31 06:49:19
The thought of unwittingly purchasing a stolen boat does not occur to most boat buyers. When it happens it doesn't make the morning paper or the evening TV news. Yet the number of small boats that are stolen each year has been steadily increasing for several decades, to the point where it involves several hundred thousand boats annually across the nation. The odds of running across one of these has become uncomfortably high. The risk of the stolen boat being discovered is also increasing. All over the nation, the legions of bounty hunters roaming the docks and marinas are also increasing. Thus, the chance of someone who unwittingly purchases one of these boats of loosing it is fairly high. In the state of Florida alone, which has about one million registered boats, based on insurance re
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Do beginers Sailors need to own sailboat?
2006-01-31 06:22:16
When beginners start sailing, it's not uncommon for them to begin wondering how quickly they, too, can become boat owners. This is perfectly understandable. Caught up in the bliss of a new love, we often strive to bind ourselves as closely as possible to it. Choices are many Power yachts, Racing Yachts, Catamaran Power Boats, Cruising Yacht etc... If interested you can just visit Buy Best Power Catamarans, Sailboat & Cruiser Yacht In short, I would strongly urge any beginning sailor not to be in a hurry to buy a boat. A beginning sailor needs time. He or she is, quite literally, on a voyage of discovery. Before buying a boat, ample time should be allotted to: Try different types of sailing. Daysailing is different than cruising, and there are many types of cruising. Cruising is differ
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A Yachting Experience-sailing in style! Yacht Charter
2006-01-31 06:11:32
Yacht chartering is the practice of chartering a sailing or motor yacht and traveling to various coastal or island destinations. This is usually a vacation activity. You will get to choose from a variety of luxury yachts all fully equipped with 3 plush cabins, 2 luxurious bathrooms and 2 decks. Some also have a complete stereo system so that you can enjoy music whilst onboard and air conditioning to keep you cool. The boats range from holding groups of 6 to 11 people. Charter Companies that provide yachts for charter usually require guests to demonstrate that they have a qualified skipper and at least one competent crew member. If the guests cannot provide their own skipper ( bare-boat charter), the company can supply one for an additional fee. This is known as a "skippered Charter Boat


Luxury Yacht history & Facilities
2006-01-27 01:31:07
The term luxury yacht refers to a very expensive privately owned yacht which is professionally crewed. Also known as a super-yacht, a luxury yacht may be either a sailing or motor yacht. This term began to appear at the beginning of the 20th century when wealthy individuals constructed large private yachts for personal pleasure. Examples of early luxury motor yachts include M/Y (motor yacht) Christina O and M/Y Savarona. Early luxury sailing yachts include Americas Cup classic J class racers like S/Y (sailing yacht) Endeavour and Sir Thomas Lipton’s S/Y Shamrock. The New York Yacht Club hosted many early luxury sailing yacht events at Newport, Rhode Island, during the Gilded Age. More recently, over the last decade or two, there has been an increase in the number and popularity of lar
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Safety Measures for Crew Yacht
2006-01-27 01:12:31
Here are some brief points to consider: Crew overboard. Common sense is important here. Is your charter yacht sailing in a cold area or was the crew who fell overboard injured whilst falling. If the answer is yes to one of these questions you have less time to get back to the crew overboard because of the heightened risk of hypothermia and drowning. People who cannot swim should wear life jackets or floatation devices and/or remain in the cockpit while underway. The five general steps to a man overboard rescue are: stop the boat as fast as possible (crash tack if your not going to injure anyone else doing it), remember to get someone to keep their eye on the crew overboard at all times (this can be more difficult than expected and should be taken very seriously); second, provide buo
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Holiday Cruise Charter Vacation Destinations - Know Yourself
2006-01-27 00:56:55
Before you take your first cruise sailing vacation Take a look at few Cruising Vacation Destinations Cruise ship is more popular for travelling, and also affordable, you can not only go to those sunny destinations but also to more unusual ports like Hong Kong, Alaska, Norway and the Amazon River. The caribbean sailing cruise is one of the most popular places for first-time cruisers to go. Among the places to choose from are the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. There is also the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Usually, cruise ships heading for the Caribbean set sail from ports along the Eastern United States coast as well as Florida. The same applies to beautiful Bermuda. [...] Read more!
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You should know things before Chartering Bareboat, Catamarans,
2006-01-27 00:46:40
Bareboat, flotilla, crewed or gulet charter A bareboat charter - without hired captain or crew - will give you total privacy and independence, yet besides you as skipper, a second member of your group should be able to sail. With more than 12 persons it is best to rent a second yacht. If you feel rusty, you can always hire an instructor for just the first day, and study the first 5 chapters of my navigation course. If you need more guidance a flotilla still offers a lot of privacy, while safely sailing along in a fleet of yachts towards the next port. You will skipper your own yacht, but a flotilla leader will keep a close eye on you. An added bonus for children is the possibility to make friends on the other yachts. However, if you find a flotilla too restrictive, yet a regular bareb
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Cruising Catamarans Specifications for Charter luxury sailing vacation
2006-01-27 00:27:13
luxury yacht sailing catamarans, showing the typical Hobie raised platform joining the two hulls, and tall mast. Stars & Stripes, a racing crewed catamarans Although the principles of sailing are the same for both catamarans and monohulls, there are some 'peculiarities' to sailing catamarans. For example: Catamarans can be harder to tack (turn through the wind). Because they are lighter in proportion to their sail size, they have less momentum to carry them through the turn when they are head to wind. Correct use of the jib sail is often essential in successfully completing a tack without ending up stuck in irons (pointing dead into the wind and sailing backwards). They have a higher average speed. All boats sail faster when travelling in certain directions relative to the wind with
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Tips on Choosing your charter yacht
2006-01-27 00:18:40
Anticipating your sailing vacation is great fun, yet choosing the right charter yacht might almost be as difficult as finding a reliable charter company. To select that perfect boat you will need to look at the following criteria: The number of cabins or berths needed, including the hostess or skipper. Some yachts come in different designs: an owners version which usually combines two cabins into one large stateroom or a holiday version which holds as many cabins as possible. You should also consider the number of heads and showers. The standing height or head room below deck can be quite a limiting factor. If you or one of your crew is taller than 1.85 m (6' 1") my advice would be to choose a yacht that has a standing room of at least 1.90 m (6' 3"). Note that this standing height


Bareboat yacht charters Requirements to Sail
2006-01-26 23:51:06
When you charter a bareboat - a yacht without hired crew (captain, cook or hostess) - you yourself will act as skipper and be responsible for both your crew members and yacht. Officially, since 2004, the harbour authorities/port police require that 1 crew member (it used to be 2) has at least a RYA day skipper, International Certificate of Competence (ICC) or national equivalent. If your sailing license is issued by a country outside the European Union, it must be accompanied by a translation English. The port police also recognizes any official paper from a sailing school, a yacht club or any relative organization, that has tested and can verify your ability to handle a sailing yacht. Since these “official papers” can be anything, a lot of yacht charter companies follow their ow
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Guide to Chartering a catamaran
2006-01-26 23:47:10
To help you choose the right yacht for your holiday we made a list of advantages of catamarans compared to monohulls. Advantages of catamarans The small draft of a catamaran allows you to anchor in shallow bays or very close to the beach, which leads to more privacy and more options to drop anchor. Minimum heeling and more stability can help to avoid seasickness, see my page on how to prevent seasickness. A catamaran has about the volume of a 10' longer monohull i.e. a 42' catamaran has about the space of a 52' monohull. So, more room on deck and inside with wrap around windows. The right party boat but especially the elderly will benefit of the stable and spacious deck with no steps between inside and outside. The autopilot steers very well, because the hulls as well as the two
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Cruising Catamarans : Spain Yacht Charter Vacation
2006-01-26 23:40:24
A Cruising Catamarans is a type of boat (or occasionally ship) consisting of two hulls joined by a frame. Catamarans can be sail- or motor-powered. The word catamaran comes from the Tamil language, in which the word kattumaram means "logs bound together". The catamaran was the invention of the paravas, an aristocratic fishing community in the southern coast of Tamilnadu, India. Catamarans were used by the ancient Tamil Chola dynasty as early as 5th century AD for moving their fleets to conquer such south-east Asian regions as Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia. Catamarans are a relatively recent design of boat for both leisure and sport sailing, although they have been used for millennia in Oceania, where Polynesian catamarans allowed seafaring Polynesians to settle the world's most far-flung
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Leasing Bareboat charters luxury catamarans
2006-01-26 23:27:35
Bare-boat charter refers to a particular lease arrangement involving a ship. The lease of a ship is generally contained in a legal document called a "charter party" or "charter" for short. There are various types of charters. The more common are "voyage charter", "time charter" and "bare-boat charter" (also called "demise charter"). In a voyage or time charter the charterer charters the ship (or part of it)for a particular voyage or for a set period of time. In these charters the charterer can direct where the ship will go but the owner of the ship retains possession of the ship through its employment of the master and crew. In a bare-boat or demise charter, on the other hand, the owner gives possession of the ship to the charterer and the charterer hires its own master and crew. The bare
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Google Will Be Default Search Engine on Opera's Mobile Browsers
2006-01-03 18:04:44
Opera (the browser company) Google will be the default search tool on all of Opera's mobile browsers including the new Opera Mini set for release next month. The TechWeb article: Google To Supply Search For Opera's Mobile Browsers, has more. From the article: [Opera CEO Christian] Jebsen said users of Opera Mini can still use the more established way of accessing a search engine, simply by calling up book-marked search engines. He noted that Opera is comfortable with Google as a partner because it has had a good working relationship with the search colossus for several years. I can't say this comes as a surprise. As Jebsen notes Google and Opera have worked together for several years. Until earlier this year when the Opera browser became available at no charge (sans ads), Google paid
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Heading for a Global Lead - Dell (courtesy BBC News)
2008-04-15 13:37:59
Can focus to the consumer really helpful in making Dell a global leader? Michael Dell has said his firm can regain its spot as the world's number one PC maker by switching its focus to consumers and the developing world. "We're growing faster than our industry," he told BBC News, "so if you keep on doing that for long enough time, you'll certainly get there." Mr Dell returned as chief executive in 2007 after the company he founded as a college student was overtaken by HP. He said his turnaround strategy for the firm was already bearing fruit. He said sales were up 19% at the end of the year, having started the year falling at a rate of 11%. [...] Read more!
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Web Ascender
2008-04-14 14:46:09
-engine-optimization-services.html Web Ascender is a premier Michigan-based website design and development firm. Web Ascender is a website design, development and Internet marketing firm based in Lansing, Michigan. Ryan Doom and Kevin Southworth, both Computer Science graduates, formed the company in 2005. Ryan and Kevin have been involved in website development since the early days of the Internet itself. [...] Read more!


Offshore Outsourcing in India
2008-04-17 10:28:28
-engine-optimization-services.html In todays path-breaking technology, to stay competitive, offshore outsourcing is vital. And most of the businessmen have realized that to stay ahead, they need to reduce costs, provide best quality solutions, use the latest high-tech skills, and be reliable and innovative. To achieve this, offshore outsourcing business model is the best route and moreover all leading companies have realized this factor and are making the most out of the outsourcing business model. Especially operating from India , these outsource business models coupled with the technical expertise and with other advantages help in providing very cost effective, value adding and high tech solutions. The reason: their properly organized functionality, great flexibility and cost effective st
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Pay Per Click and Search Engine Optimization
2008-04-17 10:18:33
-engine-optimization-services.html Pay per click or search engine optimization, which one should you use? Many view PPC marketing as a colossal waste of money while others disdain search engine optimization. In reality, the two marketing strategies form a perfect marriage. Pay-Per-Click - PPC PPC marketing is a love it or hate platform. For the "love it" crowd, PPC marketing is a way to get instant exposure and feedback on site designs. In a matter of minutes, you can start receiving traffic and adjusting your site to convert the traffic at the best rate possible. For those in the "hate it" crowd, bids are too high and one never knows how many of the clicks are fake and worthless. Search Engine Optimization - SEO As with PPC, seo marketing has its proponents and detractors. Those who l
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Buying Used Cars Online - Tips and Tactics
2008-04-19 08:33:19
Buying Used Cars Online The advent of the World Wide Web, or more popularly known as the Internet, has opened up opportunities unheard of before for both buyers and sellers. Never has the word global market meant exactly what it was supposed to be as the Internet literally cracked opened the world boundaries of every state on earth and in the process making everyone a potential buyer and seller. Starting with the ubiquitous text messaging, the Internet is now growing by leaps and bounds were data uploading and downloading is almost a second nature. Buyers using this platform to sell their items are limited only in the most physical sense of marketing the product and even the stated restriction might not apply, with techno-geeks coming out with torrents of application which even enables


Ecommerce Web Site Design
2008-04-18 13:28:54
Here are some tips for good ecommerce web site design: 1. Set aside some time to discuss the overall plan with your web designer. Talk about more than just the aesthetics of the site, taking into account all aspects of how the website should be organized. Make the site easy to navigate so that customers won't have a hard time figuring out how to search for items and make purchases. Remember, simple is always best. 2. Provide useful information, high quality content and articles, and plenty of pictures. This will not only help with search engine optimization, but is a good way to keep customers coming back for more. If people like your site and it provides a lot of helpful information, you won't have a problem getting customers to return the next time they want to make a purchase. [...]


Search Engine Marketing
2008-04-23 15:09:35
-engine-optimization-services.html North American advertisers spend more than 10 billion dollars annually on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). This is one of the fastest growing forms of advertising and for some pretty significant reasons. We'll discuss those in a moment. One of the best strategies for long-term success in online marketing is through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This strategy works to ensure that your website is attractive to search engines when they make a determination on the rank of your site within their pages based on various keyword searches. On the other hand SEM is used to make your site listed in the advertising section of any search that uses your keywords. Essentially even if your website is not listed in the top ten or twenty on a search engine your site ca
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Key Words And Search Engine Optimization
2008-04-22 12:53:31
-engine-optimization-services.html Search engine optimization is the vital part of your web development to get traffic and profit from it. Doing online business without traffic means searching for something in an empty purse. Key words or key word phrase plays an important role in search engine optimization. Optimizing your web site to search engines is to get higher rankings in the search result pages and precisely saying, ranking among the top 10. Usually everybody and you yourself as a searcher, wouldn't go beyond the first 10 results. So every webmaster is vying for the small space of the first page search result and desires to rank at number one. Key word tools help you to find out the keyword phrase that generates large number of searches but has less competition. Less competition m
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Web Development And Automated Dating
2008-04-21 09:14:39
Turnkey’s online dating software is a completely bug free dating software and installation is very simple. On purchasing this dating application you will instantly receive a set of files which need to be uploaded to your web hosting server. Once this is done you need to configure your portal with a few simple steps. Turnkey’s dating portal software is completely optimized for search engines and you need not worry about getting publicity from major search engines such as Google, Yahoo! etc. Your business can benefit from an online presence because of the flexible nature of online presentation. It is possible to establish a cut off date for the sale of certain products and then use the same date to establish a new line. This can be accomplished through an automated dating system in web
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Offshore Website developers
2008-04-21 09:03:30
-web-development.html For most companies, the advantages of offshore development are unquestionable. Wide availability of specialized skill sets, established quality standards and significant cost savings are driving most new and existing customers to broaden the scope of their offshore IT activities. At KVC INDIA, we realize that access to an extensive offshore talent pool is important, but must be accompanied by project management expertise, efficient processes and transparent tracking systems in order to ensure lasting customer satisfaction. When quality and timeline could not be compromised, IT professionals chose to move towards more reliable, interactive and qualitative business solutions. You cannot question on the engagement delivery models when the analysis and research from the
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