Yacht Charter Optional Extras Make It Special

The little optional extras to take on your yacht

Yacht charter optional extras can change a great holiday into an amazing trip of a lifetime. From the sea toys you can take along, to the crew, the time you board, and what there is on your yacht. Everything is there to maximize your fun and enjoyment. So, if you can afford the little luxuries, we can make sure that you have everything you wish for.

This guide outlines choices you will offered when booking your yacht charter and how the optional extras can make your sailing holiday into a vacation of a lifetime:

Yacht charter optional extras - an SUP on a catamaran

Which crew to take on your yacht?

Take a skipper so you can relax

For some of course, the skipper is not exactly optional. If you do not hold the appropriate license to charter your yacht bareboat, you will need to have a skipper onboard. When you place your booking, choose to take one of our highly trained skippers (€150/day). Their expert knowledge and skills will leave you free to enjoy your holiday. Even if you are an able sailor, you may not want shoulder the responsibility while you are on holiday. With a skipper, you can enjoy a drink during the day rather than having to wait for a sundowner!

Hire a hostess to look after you

Hiring a hostess (€120/day) takes the problem of cooking and provisioning out of your hands. Breakfasts and lunches will appear effortlessly, leaving you free to maximize your ‘you time’. They also create some evening meals for those nights on the anchor away from civilization. As well as cooking, the hostess ensures everything remains clean and tidy below decks in the galley and give a quick once-over to bathrooms.

If you have extra cabin space, you could even go to another level and bring a personal chef on board (€150/day) to really wow your guests.

Sea toys for fun

Fun filled optional extras

Why not take your sailing adventure to the next level by adding some luxury water toys? Grab your SeaBob and dive like a dolphin, chasing through the water on the world’s fastest underwater scooter. Then, at the end of the day, drop anchor in a secluded bay (maybe on Šćedro) and paddleboard out on your SUP to catch the sunset as it dips over the horizon by Hvar. You can even take a jetski on some catamarans. Check which water toys are available with your yacht when you book.

Some of our yachts come with SUPs, snorkels and water toys already included in the price. You can find out more about this in the comfort section of each yacht description. Having a selection of sea toys on board is a great idea for family sailing holidays, stag- or hen-dos as well as big kids.

Boat spec to make things run smoothly

Is your yacht equipped with everything you want?

It is worth spending a bit more to get a boat with the ability to increase your time off-grid. Staying on the buoy or the anchor means you can dive into the sea whenever you want. It has the additional benefit of costing less in terms of mooring fees!

All the boats on The Yacht Break website have AC, a must as temperatures soar during summer months, and most have generators. An inverter will keep the sockets running when the generator is not; it is intensely frustrating to have an empty camera battery and a dead phone in such a beautiful place. Some boats come with watermakers so you can make your own fresh water, and ice makers to keep your G&T cold, so in fair weather you won’t have to visit a marina all week. At the luxury end of the market, you can even get electric toilet flushes for those too posh to pump!

Need more advice? Get in touch!

Has this helped you think about which optional extras you would like on your sailing holiday? Get in touch and let us help find the perfect yacht for you. We are here to do the hard work so you don’t have to. Let us know what you would really like – perhaps having an ice maker onboard would make all the difference!

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