Med Charters - Smaller Yachts

FirstinLastout · 28 Mar 2024

Hi Shipmates,

Looking at a Med bareboat charter for late summer but curious if there are any charter companies with smaller sailboats available.
Most craft at the smaller end of things are around the 34ft but wondering if any companies have circa 28-30ft craft available.

Will only be two of us, so short handed without need for additional cabins etc.

Any advice appreciated!

Tranona · 28 Mar 2024

Highly unlikely. Minimum is 32' these days - and few of those. Simply not economic to run boats that small.

crewman · 28 Mar 2024

Sailing holidays used to have some smaller boats 27 ft I think, adadpted for a couple. May still have them

Davy_S · 28 Mar 2024

crewman said:
Sailing holidays used to have some smaller boats 27 ft I think, adadpted for a couple. May still have them

They used to use the Jag 27, they upgraded some of them to include showers etc, but i think they have sold them all now, the smallest they have starts at 32ft, seems a shame because the Jag 27 was ok for a couple.

Ingwe · 28 Mar 2024

There are a few first /seascape 27's that can be chartered in Croatia (for a price!).

Buck Turgidson · 28 Mar 2024

FirstinLastout said:
Hi Shipmates,

Looking at a Med bareboat charter for late summer but curious if there are any charter companies with smaller sailboats available.
Most craft at the smaller end of things are around the 34ft but wondering if any companies have circa 28-30ft craft available.

Will only be two of us, so short handed without need for additional cabins etc.

Any advice appreciated!

I just did a quick search on late sail and there were some 27ft available. stick your place and dates in and set the filters to max length. link

ridgy · 28 Mar 2024

Sailing Holidays are the experts in extracting value out of old small yachts. Unlikely that anyone is doing better deals such as their 331s or 323s.

samfieldhouse · 29 Mar 2024

My 28ft Cobra was owned by Neilson until 2012, having served with them (as Falcon holidays) since 1979. I think her last seasons were as a crew flotilla lead boat.

It’s a shame they’ve all gone to jumbo size boats now - the Med charter industry was built on Jaguars, Snapdragons and Cobras.

mjcoon · 29 Mar 2024

samfieldhouse said:
My 28ft Cobra was owned by Neilson until 2012, having served with them (as Falcon holidays) since 1979. I think her last seasons were as a crew flotilla lead boat.

It’s a shame they’ve all gone to jumbo size boats now - the Med charter industry was built on Jaguars, Snapdragons and Cobras.

Yes, and of course Rod Heikell was involved quite early on: see https://www.facebook.com/...
The "CPT" he mentions was Crawford Perry Travel, with whom I sailed in some years of the late 1970s and 1980, as recorded in: www.mjcoon.plus.com/page38.htm
Re Snapdragons: forums./members/stemar

Laser310 · 30 Mar 2024

RM et Randonneurs à louer

Lot's of smaller RM's, but mostly Atlantic coast of France, not Med.

Cariadco · 30 Mar 2024

In Croatia you can get the Bendytoy 27's here...https://ultra-sailing.hr/boats/first-27-beneteau/suferina?Duration=&Date=

and in Corfu, a friend of mine has an Aloa 28.....here...https://www.balosyachtscorfu.com/yacht-charter.html

Davy_S · 30 Mar 2024

Yes, the Aloa 28, forgot about that one, there were a number of them sold along with the Jag 27s on Apollo Duck greece.

samfieldhouse · 30 Mar 2024

I do really like RMs

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