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Exploration Charter
 You are invited onboard m/v YACHT EXPRESS for a tour of the extensive rider amenities and to capture the onboard visuals of the "float-on, float-off" process before the ship's departure to Port Everglades, Florida and back across the Atlantic to Genoa, Italy. Jul. 20, 2009 08:39 PM EDT Reads: 2,112 | By Liz McMillan  Booking volume for Windstar Cruises on April 27 showed an increase of 23 percent over any previous day in 2009. Traffic to the call center also increased 20 percent over average volume. Due to this amplified demand and increased sales, over the past five weeks, of 87 percent higher tha... Apr. 29, 2009 01:32 PM EDT Reads: 1,391 | By Alicia Nolan If this year you are craving a bit more excitement then beach bumming for your summer vacation, you may want to consider diving in some of the most breathtaking waters our country has to offer. Horizon Charters, based out of San Diego, is hosting dive adventure trips to the Southern C... May. 24, 2007 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,279 | By Michelle Blore and Alan Oliver  'My desire is always to be here' sang Sir Paul McCartney in his tribute to the Mull of Kintyre, and the Western Highlands have inspired the same loyalty in many who have come to know and love this secluded coast. The Scottish landscape is a theatre where the hills themselves appear to ... Aug. 12, 2006 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 8,353 Replies: 1 | By Scott Rose  Cruising the western coasts of the Americas, M/Y Absinthe accents rugged outdoorsmanship in her sporting offerings, yet is graced by furnishings and amenities fit for royalty: you! Jul. 12, 2006 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 10,613 Replies: 4 | By Bill Ray  The Highlands of Scotland might not be the most obvious place to take a yacht, but a combination of sea-canals and the largest body of water in the UK make it a surprisingly accessible destination for all but the largest yacht, with a history which still echoes today and some of the mo... Jul. 12, 2006 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 16,540 Replies: 3 | By Tony Karacsonyi  The long whip-like tail, large eye, silver sheen on its side, and the ease with which it glides through the water little well prepare you for your first thresher shark sighting. Feb. 5, 2006 01:00 PM EST Reads: 10,370 | By Michelle Blore and Alan Oliver  For your next charter, how about being swept the length of the deck by a 60-ft. wave, struggling to put a reef in the mainsail in a Force 9 gale and then enjoying your supper of a freeze dried meal before strapping yourself into your bunk for no more than three hours sleep at a time? I... Feb. 4, 2006 12:00 PM EST Reads: 8,522 | By Michael and Frances Howorth Over 1,000 islands make up the Maldive Republic; they lie scattered, jewel-like in the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean, grouped in atolls each surrounded by its own lagoon. Twenty-six of these coral atolls stretch down almost to the Equator. Below the surface sea life is staggeri... Feb. 4, 2006 10:00 AM EST Reads: 10,247 Replies: 1 | By Tony Karacsonyi  Swimming into a small entrance tunnel at a depth of 26 meters, you ener one of the biggest oceanic limestone caves in the South Pacific Ocean. Fifty meters long, it's also 20 meters wide and 20 meters high. The cave is teeming with flashlight fishes, reef sharks and a two meter grouper... Dec. 7, 2005 09:00 AM EST Reads: 10,929 Replies: 7 | By Tony Karacsonyi  When Jacques Yves Cousteau first visited Sipadan Island off Borneo, in the seventies, aboard the legendary Calypso, he was so impressed with its marine life, that he and his team of divers stayed on for six months to record its spectacular marine creatures. Dec. 7, 2005 08:30 AM EST Reads: 13,274 Replies: 5 | By Tony Karacsonyi  It was just another day's diving in paradise for Dietmar Amon of Lissenung Island, except today he had a diver named Gadi, who wanted to see big sharks. 'I'll take you to see the silvertips at Silvertip Reef' said Dietmar. Dec. 6, 2005 09:00 PM EST Reads: 7,011 Replies: 3 | By Rebekah Mitchell  Private adventure yachting is the ?end all be all? for discriminating travelers. It is a world that is continuously in transition as new global destinations and adventure possibilities are discovered. We?ll take you inside the luxury world of cage diving with Great White sharks and sho... Aug. 30, 2005 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 26,419 | By YV&C News Desk  On the scene on the beautiful island of Antigua, YV&C editorial team inspected charter yachts of all sizes. The 43rd Annual Antigua Charter Yacht Meeting hosted more than 100 yachts in three marinas, including the newly refurbished Nelson's Dockyard. According to Afsaneh Franklin, show... Dec. 3, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 42,827 | By Kim Kavin In the Florida Keys, divers scavenge the reefs for lost galleon gold. You can join the hunt through centuries past aboard the 100ft Melimar. Jul. 20, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,595 |
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