Month: March 2018

Fly Free To Europe & Cruise In Luxury In Msc Yacht Club On Msc Fantasia Or Msc Splendida

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (March 24, 2009) MSC Cruises is getting its exclusive MSC Yacht Club accommodations off to a flying start by offering US and Canadian guests free airfare from designated gateway cities when they book MSC Yacht Club accommodations by April 30, 2009, on select 7-night Mediterranean cruises of MSC Fantasia or MSC Splendida.

MSC Yacht Club is an exclusive realm of sumptuous private suites and luxurious facilities introduced on MSC Cruises lines new flagship, MSC Fantasia, and also featured on sister-ship MSC Splendida, which debuts this summer. The 88 suites of the MSC Yacht Club are located on the prestigious upper foredecks, offering guests superb views from their own private balconies or full-height panoramic windows.

A review of MSC Yacht Club accommodations on cruises reveals all the comfort, service and privacy of a personal yacht with full and privileged access to the incredible variety of superior sports facilities, shopping, dining, gaming and entertainment found on MSC Cruises magnificent new flagships.

Designed and furnished to the highest standards, the MSC Cruises Yacht Club suites all boast beautiful marble bathrooms, double or single beds with ergonomic mattresses, the finest Egyptian cotton sheets and a choice of pillows. Two of the Deluxe Suites are fully equipped for the comfort of people with disabilities. The suite facilities also include sophisticated climate control, Samsung interactive TV, Wi-Fi Internet access and Nintendo Wii consoles.

Each suite is served by a highly trained butler, offering cruise guests everything from the morning paper to room and valet services, priority bookings for shore excursions, spa packages, front-row seats for evening performances at the ships spectacular theater, restaurant reservations and private shopping visits. MSC Yacht Club guests also enjoy their own Concierge service, private swimming pool, bar and lounge and library as well as special access to the superb Aurea Spa center.

MSC Cruises Yacht Club also offers its guests private dining with an extensive choice from MSC Fantasias immensely varied restaurants, either through 24-hour room service or in the Yacht Clubs own Top Sail Lounge, where a traditional English afternoon tea is served daily, as well as complimentary beverages in the MSC Yacht Club area.

The MSC Yacht Club Free Airfare promotion is available on flights from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago OHare, Miami, JFK, Newark, Tampa and Orlando. Rates (including cruise, airfare, airfare taxes and airport transfers) on select cruises begin at $3,870 per person, double occupancy for select 7-night Europe 2009 cruises; government fees and taxes are additional.

For more information, visit MSC Cruises website, www.MSCCruisesUSA.com or a local travel professional.

MSC Cruises currently has the most modern fleet in the world with nine ships: MSC Fantasia (the largest ship ever built for a European ship owner), MSC Poesia, MSC Orchestra, MSC Musica, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Armonia MSC Opera, MSC Lirica, MSC Melody, cruising in the Mediterranean year round and seasonally in Northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, North and South America, the Indian Ocean and South Africa. MSC Splendida and MSC Magnifica will be launched, respectively, in 2009 and 2010. MSC Cruises is the only company to receive the “6 Golden Pearls” award from the Bureau Veritas in recognition of its high level of quality management and environmental protection.

Travel A Private Gulet Yacht Cruise, See Crotia And Other Destinations

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Travel on a Private Gulet Yacht Cruise and see Croatia and other destinations in a different light. Choose a holiday that is different this year. Consider renting a private yacht from Gulet Cruise and give your friends and family a unique experience. Whether a sea farer or a land lover take a seven to eight day cruise, rent the whole yacht, or rent a cabin and travel with other adventurers.

There are so many special features to private yacht charters. Spend a special holiday by having dinner each evening in a new city. Live the way you have always dreamed about. Gulet Cruise can add the adventure to your holiday and do it luxuriously. Gulet Cruise supplies a crew, fuel, permits insurance and other needed items with a charter, accommodation included are extremely comfortable and the crew is experienced. Give someone you love a holiday they will never forget.

Everyone knows what to expect with a hotel stay but private yacht charters are special event. Watching the crew handle the ship and take care of guest is a different experience. With the Gulet Yacht Cruise passengers get a more personal care. With a hotel or a larger ship you are among thousands of guest, experience sailing at a more comfortable pace.

Meals are included with fares and linen. With sailings deposits of 50% are required to assure booking with complete payment finalized five weeks prior to departure. This is well worth the assurance in planning this spectacular cruise experience. Smaller details are discussed up on booking to assure giving you and your group a wonderful voyage.

Instead of seeing only a few cities see a variety of coastal towns while experiencing the world? greatest water bed. Get an idea of what the excitement of sailing from seaport to seaport must have felt like for sailors of old and their exhilaration with every return. Even in today? world a beautiful boat is intriguing. Place yourself and your friends aboard with a Gulet Cruise and make this holiday different. With a Saturday departure for the popular luxury Blue Cruise Cabin Charter sailing from Sibenik passengers have a wonderful opportunity to take a Gulet Cruises.

Interior Design For Your Yacht

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A yacht is like a luxury home away from home. At least, it can be. Not all yachts are, but for many people their yacht is the perfect remedy to the stress of family, work, and daily life. Of course, this remedy may or may not be because the time typically spent on a yacht is spent floating on the blue waters of some gorgeous tropical paradise or off the coast of Florida surrounded by the beautiful blue of the ocean. That would be relaxing to anybody. Now, if you really want to have your yacht be your home away from home, than make it that. Interior designs work in residential homes, businesses, and even yachts.

Yacht interior design is the perfect way to add style and elegance to an already beautiful area, one that you spend much of your time in anyway. To get the true experience of sailing on a yacht off the Florida coast, of vacationing in the lap of luxury without limiting yourself to land or a hotel, you need the yacht to be luxurious. A good interior designer will add comfortable style elements to your yacht, but they can and will be as luxurious as you want and need them to be.

Look around at the homes that have been decorated by interior designers. They’re amazing, beautiful, comfortable, and functional. The same design principles are easily incorporated into the layout of a yacht, even though the space is much smaller. They can be applied anywhere. As long as there are four walls, a floor, and somebody eager for fresh design, the elements can be applied.

One of the wonderful things about interior design is that you can give the designer free reign over your space, choosing the elements, color scheme, and theme, or you can be more involved and choose the theme yourself. The designer will then work with you on coming up with a color scheme and design elements that capture your theme in the most dramatic, luxurious way possible, within your budget. What a wonderful, exciting way to make your space, whether it’s your home or your yacht, absolutely your space.

If you are on a budget you can still use an interior designer to help you with your yacht. He will just keep the design within your budget. The same principle applies whether you want something bold and dramatic, or a design with more of a relaxing, subtle hint to the luxury. The designer knows how to work within your budget and your wishes. You may just love what he comes up with.

The Worlds Largest Private Yacht The Eclipse

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The worlds top five yachts better watch out; the Eclipse is set to be launched in 2008 and is likely to quickly sail to the number one spot. Commissioned by Russian billionaire Roman Abromovich, the yacht is unique in its design that prioritises privacy. Abromovich is fiercely protective of his family and private life, especially since his international profile was significantly raised with his purchase of the Chelsea Football Club in 2003. The Eclipse is currently being built by Blohm and Voss in Germany and, while rumours of its length differ, is expected to be the worlds next Super Yacht, possibly even taking over from the Platinum Star as the worlds longest privately-owned yacht.

An Addition to the Abromovich Collection

Russian magnate Roman Abromovichs $300 000 000 commission of the Eclipse will increase his own private yacht collection to four, turning it into the largest collection in the world. Abromovich already owns the Pelorus, Sussurro and Ecstasea, with each having its own unique, remarkable features. Abromovich also previously owned the Le Grand Bleu yacht which used to hold the title of the worlds largest privately owned vessel. This yacht was presented to Abromovichs friend Eugene Schivdler in 2006 and is currently for sale again.

The Pelorus is the worlds 11th largest yacht and before the commissioning of the Eclipse was the largest yacht in Abromovichs collection. The yacht was originally built for another businessman who sold it to Abromovich after one year. The yacht was then modified to its new Russian owners specifications, including an additional helipad, increased security and stabilisers. This is Abromovichs yacht of choice to sail the western Mediterranean and travels down the Suez Canal in winter.

Unbelievable Features

Arrive on board the Eclipse by helicopter and choose to disembark on one of the two helipads that are closest to your quarters. A lift then takes you down the nine stories to your desired location, where no doubt a steward will meet you with a crystal flute of champagne. Each of the 24 guests that can be accommodated on board can enjoy the privacy of their own rooms, with each VIP suite having a balcony from where they can enjoy the fresh air and sublime views. Exciting features like a disco, a cinema, an outside pool, hot tubs, a bar, numerous lounges and even a rounded glass room in the stern which allows for panoramic views are all on offer to entertain guests. If cruising at 25 knots is not adventurous enough for you, there are 20 jet skis, numerous pleasure boats and even a submarine to get guests out on the ocean for some adrenalin-pumping action.

Built for Privacy

The Eclipse marks a new trend in yacht design, with the emphasis shifting to focus on privacy and subtlety. Abromovich is extremely private and his emphasis on security and privacy is sure to attract a multitude of high profile guests to the Eclipse. He is known for his generosity, often lending out his yachts to his Chelsea footballers as rewards or as a honeymoon treat. Because of his protective nature over his children and his celebrity guests, privacy was a large directive for the actual design of the yacht. The enormous central foyer is intended to separate guests, owner and the 30-strong crew for optimal privacy. The owners suite is over 5000 square foot and has its own private garden for when the family needs to escape the pressure of entertaining guests.

The unique asset of the 12-seater submarine also adds to the privacy levels of the yacht as, with the docking port being situated in the hull of the boat, guests can come and go in complete privacy. For added security, the entire yacht is fitted with motion sensors and missile detectors, giving guests complete peace of mind. Flashlight sensors have even been installed against paparazzi cameras ensuring the privacy of all those on board.

Luxury Yachting for the Slightly Less Extravagant

The Eclipse sounds like a fantasy straight out of a James Bond film, but the reality is that yachting the Caribbean or Mediterranean in pure luxury is not as impossible as you might think. Incredible yachts like the 271 foot Omega are extremely safe and secure but do not compromise on luxury. All the comforts of a five star hotel are at your finger tips while floating out on the vast blue ocean.

Various yacht brokerage companies offer a range of yachts for purchase and charter. Chartering a yacht through such a broker eliminates any administration involved in owning your own yacht and all your needs can be instantly taken care of. From matching you with the perfect crew to creating your ideal itinerary and route, a yacht broker is the ideal way to plan a yachting vacation. The type of yachts available for charter ranges from enormous Eclipse-like vessels to smaller more intimate crafts meaning that a luxury yachting trip is actually within reach for most people.

Yacht First Mate Duties

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I am the First Mate of the trawler, the Patricia Ann. I jokingly call myself the Admiral because any decision the Captain makes can be overruled by me but we are usually a good team and in agreement.

A luxury yacht is a small city afloat. There are several power generation systems aboard, both alternating and direct currents and maybe a solar system on some boats, a waste treatment system, hotel accommodations to allow the crew to sleep and rest, food preparation systems (electrical or propane), food storage systems (freezers and refrigeration), navigational systems to allow the yacht to move about the -city- and even entertainment systems with movies and concerts. Yes, a {{{luxury yachtcht

large yacht is a rather complex system. Running a yacht is a team effort – it would be very difficult for one person to handle and monitor everything.

A First Mate’s role is to do anything that the Captain cannot.

As First Mate, I stow everything down below when we are getting ready to cruise (anything that can fall and break while underway) . I also handle the lines when leaving the dock. I also make sure to hang those lines in their proper place once we get underway. The Patricia Ann is always ship shape and clutter is NOT an option. While we are cruising to our destination, I am reading paper charts while the Captain is operating the boat and navigating with the chart plotter. We rarely go without both paper and electronic charts.

When we reach our destination, it’s my job to lower the anchor, allowing the Captain to set the hook at which time I fasten the bridle. If we take our dinghy ashore, the Captain runs that the same as he does Patricia Ann and I handle lines. It’s just a lot easier on a 10′ boat than a 44′ boat! When we are ready to leave our anchorage, I bring the hook up, wash the chain and anchor off and secure the pin. When we arrive back at our slip, I again handle the lines while the Captain guides Patricia Ann right where she should be. I guess another way to look at it is I am the Captain’s assistant. Some women might have a problem with that but I don’t. We know couples whose roles are reversed – whatever works!

Another very important first mate duty is to plan meals and provision. We both do the actual provisioning but I get to plan everything. I enjoy this part and love the shopping even more! We both enjoy cooking – my Captain is the grill-king and I am the galley slave, just kidding. I plan healthy, tasty and easy meals as I don’t want to spend hours in the galley when there are islands to explore!

The Captain on our boat is responsible for maintaining the boat’s engines and all associated equipment and systems. I am responsible for keeping a clean living environment which includes the bridge, sundeck and isinglass.

We found an inexpensive way to keep our isinglass clean which does a fair job. We put 1 tablespoon of baby shampoo in gallon of distilled water and use a car wash mitt. Dry it off with a chamois and voila, you are done. I like the way Klear to Sea works better but it is far more expensive so I alternate between the two. My Captain is responsible for washing the exterior and it’s amazing how dirty it can get. We painted our boat about 3 years ago so we have to be careful which soaps we use as some leave the surface looking chalky and dull.

Mike Dickens is the operator of Paradise Yachts, located in Florida USA. Paradise Yachts is a full service yacht brokerage offering quality used yachts and boats. We sell and ship worldwide.

Visit the Paradise Yachts website to view our selection of Used Trawlers, Used Motor Yachts, and Used Sailboats for Sale