Blog copyright Janet Groene 2024.
News, cues and views for sailing folks and wannabe's
From Farley Halladay, author of the Yacht Yenta e-mysteries
LEADING CHARTER BOAT HOTSPOTS
According
to Dream Yacht Worldwide, a leading sea-based vacation company –no
sailing experience required–here is an overview of U.S. sales for
sailings booked during November and December 2024 compared to last year.
British Virgin Islands +22%
Guadeloupe +25%
Saint Martin +28%
U.S. Virgin Island +217%
The
company books monohulls and catamarans in choice waters worldwide.
Choose a captained cruise or a captain plus hostess to do the cooking.
TAIWAN BOAT SHOW IS BACK!
Taiwan, where some of the world’s best boats are built, is holding the Taiwan International Boat Show (TIBS) after a six-year absence. See a world of yachts, accessories, fishing gear and maritime services for leisure and commercial boaters. The site is the Horizon City Marina in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Get dates and details at (www.)boatshow.tw/en/ Dates are November 28-December 1.
SAVANNAH HARBOR GOES GLAM
One of the most romantic, appealing and popular stops for southbound cruising folks each spring is historic Savannah, Georgia.
By next season it is expected to welcome visitors with a glamorous new
full-service, concierge marina and a mixed use development that invites
shore visits for history tours, a fresh market village, boat sales,
waterfront restaurant and a park. Linger here to take tours of
antebellum mansions, shop in smart boutiques and get spa treatments. It
will be known as the IGY Savannah Harbor Marina, www.igymarinas.com, tel. +1-954-510-3309; email PR@IGYMarinas.com/
The 6th in the Yacht Yenta ebook series of cozy mysteries again features widow Farley Halladay as charter boat booking agent, caregiver, galley cook and kickass crime solver.
Once
a charterboat hostess herself. Farley was forced to seek a new life
ashore when her skipper husband was mysteriously killed in a fall from
the mainmast of their ketch Sea SEAL. In Book Six she finds a possible solution to his death.
KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON DOCKS UPGRADED
Kirkland, Washington will
have a spiffed-up Marina Park by next year. Year-round dockage and
moorage are available in the city, where the South Pier will have ADA
upgrading, replaced utilities and new picnic tables. For details on
transient dockage contact the Park Planning and Development Manager at
(425) 587-3311, email mgardocki@kirklandwa.gov
There are times when the fridge fails, the ice melts, stove fuel runs out or the bilge floods. Survival Food Handbook is about using stand-by supplies before you have to resort to those awful, high-priced survival rations.
Using familiar, affordable supermarket staples it's possible to make tasty, balanced meals in make-do emergencies. https://amzn.to/3mIfryC
FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW 2024
This
event claims to showcase more world and U.S. debuts than any other boat
show in the country. The esteemed Fort Lauderdale International Boat
Show (FLIBS) brings the largest in-water bat show in the world to
Florida’s yachiest city ends November 3. Mingle with a Who’s Who of the yachting world to see 1,300 boats representing 1,000 prestige brands.
While the show itself is dazzling, this is truly an experience of
luxury boats, a sparkling harbor and all the parties, receptions and
related events that make up this annual extravaganza.
No ticket
booth will be at the show itself so it’s essential to get tickets
online in advance. Prices range from $100 for a two-day general
admission to $435.50 for a Windward VIP pass. Go to https://flibs.com/
