{"id":50828,"date":"2020-10-27T20:42:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T00:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=50828"},"modified":"2023-05-08T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T11:49:00","slug":"charter-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/story\/cruising-and-chartering\/caribbean-charter-contracts-new-safety-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Charter the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n The Pitons on St. Lucia are among the Caribbean\u2019s most distinctive natural landmarks.<\/span>\n Scott Taylor<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n

Covid-19 has caused some of the biggest changes to the crewed yacht-charter industry in decades. Like everything travel-related, the charter business has adapted to the pandemic\u2019s realities. That means new types of contracts, new safety procedures for guests and crew, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

By mid-July, after a few months of the pandemic\u2019s initial problems, major charter companies worldwide were reporting bookings starting to resume. The summer season was, by all accounts, slow, but it offered a chance to test out new policies and ideas ahead of the winter season in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Many charter yachts can now be booked with contracts that outline contingencies and refunds should a COVID-19-related illness or government shutdown occur. There are new sanitation protocols aboard many yachts, as well as plans for handling an illness that may emerge on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re ready to get away for a break (and who among us isn\u2019t?), then the opportunity awaits. The Caribbean is calling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

The Yachts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n

Quite a few charter yachts are accepting inquiries for this winter in the Caribbean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

  • Okto<\/b><\/i> is a 216-foot ISA that\u2019s part of the Camper & Nicholsons International fleet. She can hit 18 knots. <\/li>
  • Relentless<\/b><\/i> is a 145-foot Trinity in the RJC Yachts fleet. She just had a refit in 2019. <\/li>
  • Lady J<\/b><\/i> is a 142-foot Palmer Johnson in the Churchill Yacht Partners fleet. She offers scuba and fishing. <\/li>
  • Pure Bliss<\/b><\/i> is a 143-foot Burger in the Ocean Independence fleet. She takes 12 guests.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Charter yachts have been preparing new contracts, safety procedures and more to welcome guests aboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Kim Kavin","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"20201027","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"156","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"In the world of social-distancing, a crewed yacht charter in the Caribbean may be the getaway you've been looking for.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"DCXVJ3XQCBBMFMTQ5HMARMK37E","arc_website_url":"story\/cruising-and-chartering\/caribbean-charter-contracts-new-safety-procedures\/","custom_permalink":"story\/cruising-and-chartering\/caribbean-charter-contracts-new-safety-procedures\/","arc_subtype":"right-sidebar","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":0,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[368,191,193,218,192,173,975,619],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}