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Musings on the Luxury Private Yacht Charter Experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
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We all have experienced ticketed dinner boat cruises and bay cruises on small Captained boats. That's a well known experience. But, what is far less visible to experience-seekers is what it's like and what's possible when a couple or small group ventures out privately on a luxury super yacht, with professional yacht crew to attend to one's every need.
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Sail into Romance: The Ultimate Sunset Dinner Cruise San Francisco Experience
Nothing is as beautiful as San Francisco Bay at the golden hour when the day ends, the sky is washed in gentle pastel colours, the city...
Aug 185 min read
Best Way to Experience San Francisco Fleet Week 2025: Aboard a Private Yacht
The roar of jet engines overhead, the shimmer of sunlight dancing on the Bay, and a private yacht gliding through it all, offering the...
Aug 184 min read
Why Book a Private Yacht Charter in San Francisco
What’s your idea of luxury—five-star dining or a glass of champagne with a Golden Gate view? For many, time is the true luxury, and...
Jul 235 min read
5 Reasons a Sunset Dinner Cruise in San Francisco Is the Ultimate Date Night
You’ve done dinner dates. You’ve walked city streets hand-in-hand. But has your romantic evening ever drifted across the shimmering...
Jul 224 min read
ANNOUNCING: First "Fleet Week On Deck"
Below Deck Celebrity Luxury Yacht Charters, with limited availability in the first week of October, 2024 - SF Fleet Week 2024.Â
Aug 9, 20242 min read
Unpacking how Captained and Bareboat Charters must be transacted
Start to talk to anyone about the rules and regulations involved with charters and you can immediately see the eyes roll up into their...
Jun 10, 20245 min read
Front Row Seat to Spectacular Start of 2024
Locating ourselves upwind of the barge keeps the smoke (and hot shells) blowing away from us.
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Unforgettable New Year's Eve? A Luxurious Dilemma
Weave your New Year's Eve tale — a narrative of luxury, love, and lasting memories. Cheers to the adventures that await!
Dec 22, 20233 min read
Glacier Bay - Five glaciers in one day (Repost with missing glacier pixs)
{First posted Jul 9. Additonal photos and commentary added here.} After steaming over from Hoonah in the wee hours of the morning, we...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
The 110 hour run to our home port
First, for any SF Bay area boater, before considering an Alaska trip, it is important to internalize that the trip to Anacortes and back...
Sep 6, 20225 min read
Cap Sante gear swap and micro-reunion
While back at Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes to prepare for the southbound delivery, we took on provisions, offloaded Chuck’s gear and...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
San Juan Island -- It was very, very hard to leave here
Earlier in the trip, I had taken to joking with Incognito owners Robb and Kim that I was going to find them on our way home and use their...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Philbrooks is da bomb!
After the davit cable snapped just as we entered Alaska on our way north, we had to tow the tender the entire way since. Having tried...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Hookey in Victoria
After spending an entire day catching up on some boat chores we had to do, Quinn and I played hookey and went into Victoria to look...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Port of Sydney is very well done
On to the Port of Sydney went. Now that’s another proper, first class marina. We enjoyed multiple restaurants and a few of the bars in...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Montague Harbour -- a base for exploring the 'wildlife' of Galiano's few bars and great restaurants.
After an early stop into Ganges to have breakfast at Tree House Café, Patty ran off to find a FedEx to get some school stuff sent away...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Pleaseant stay at Otter Bay
At Dent Island, we ran into the owners of Otter Bay. So we just had to fit that stop into our schedule. And I’m glad we did. What a...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Lady Smith, or Ladysmith? Gotta visit here to find out.
Up and out of Prideaux Haven at mid-night for the 12 hour run to Ladysmith. I wish I had pictures of our departure. We made use of...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Refuge Cove clings to the hillside in service to Desolation Sound boaters
Refuge Cove was easier to reach by RIB from Prudeax Haven that I had expected. I wouldn’t hesitate to stay at such a nearby anchorage...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Prideaux Haven - Missed the party ... by 'that much'
Prideaux Haven was a return stop we had to make, despite all the warnings about how crowded it would be this late in the season. And, on...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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