Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Selecting The Catamaran Charter Boat

By Lisa Davis


You and your group of friends had planned a vacation tour to that wonderful and amazing Caribbean island you have been hearing about. Your means of transport for your island hopping was a yacht. You enjoyed the complete amenities that marine vessel have. What you rode before was a BVI Catamaran charter.

Also known as Natures Little Secret, the British Virgin Islands are composed of small and large islands. The main islands are some of its well known tourist destinations, namely, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke. You can download travel guides from travel websites available like Online Cruising Guides. Those can be your basis on where you want to go.

However, your travel would not be completed without a sea transport vessel. The yachts that the company is going to offer are the bareboat Catamaran fleets. Catamaran or Cat for short means logs tied together which comes from the native word of Tamil.

The hulls are of the same size and are parallel with one another at the sides of the sailing boat. They are connected together by the boat deck. In larger vessels, the rooms are located on top and at the side hulls. Some vessels have trampolines which faces the hulls forward.

Your chosen vessel varies in length and in accommodation. The number of people in your group will depend on the size of the sail boat you are using. One vessel can hold two people while another can hold fourteen. In terms of sizes, a small one has 39 feet in length, medium ranges from 40 feet to 44 feet, and large spans 45 feet or more.

Of course, a boat is not complete if it has no facilities and amenities. A small Cat sailing boat can accommodate eight to ten people. It has three to four double cabins, two comfort rooms, and has no available air conditioning. If there is, the air conditioning is shore side powered.

You can stay in a medium Cat if you have more than ten but do not exceed twelve people. A generator is installed in order to power the air conditioning system. It comprises of four double cabins, one bunk cabin, and four comfort rooms placed at each corner.

If you have a maximum of fourteen people, then it is better to avail the large Cat sail boat. Like the medium sized one, its air conditioning is powered by a generator. It has four double cabins and two bunk cabins. Comfort rooms are composed of five to six which are spaced apart within the boat.

Each size has a corresponding bonus features within the boat or the company has given you. In small ones, the boat has a chart plotter, GPS and autopilot, along with snorkeling and safety gear, cellphone and VHF, and chart and cruising guide. Medium sized has saloon TV, fusion DVD sound system, underwater lights, and cockpit fridge and ice maker. Large sizes have settee on fore deck with awning, water maker, transom gas barbeque, and GPS with wind instrument and autopilot.




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