Did We Give Them Good Charter Advice?

“My wife Pam and I met on Baja Ha-Ha #2 back in 1995,” writes Jim Yares. “Obviously it was a great experience for us. But now we’d love to get Latitude’s advice on where to charter with our family. Our son is 17 and our daughter is 15. This would be our last big family adventure before our son heads off to college. The kids have loved our two-week trips to the Delta and weekends at Angel Island, but they have never done a bareboat charter. So what should it be, the British Virgins, Tahiti or Croatia?”

Our first choice would be the British Virgins because: 1) There are so many islands so close together. 2) It’s mostly if not all flat-water sailing. 3) There are many other things to do. No wonder it’s the charter capital of the universe.

Our second choice would be Croatia, once again because there are lots of places to visit that are relatively close together. But our feeling is that if you’re going to go all the way over there to charter, it would be better if it could be part of a longer visit, such as if your kids were doing a summer backpacking trip around Europe a few years from now. There is nothing wrong with Tahiti, but we’d still put it third for a first-time charter.

We know lots of Latitude readers charter all over the world. What do you think of our recommendations?