Top 5 Reasons To Charter a Yacht with Grandchildren

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May 5, 2016 3:08 pm

Many of us have a childhood memory of sitting on a boat with our grandparents. Perhaps it was granddad patiently teaching you how to fish from an old dinghy, or grandma helping you hoist the sail of a little wooden boat on a lake.

We may not have not it at the time, but our grandparents loved being that close to us; teaching what they knew about boating, perhaps the very same pearls of wisdom their own grandparents taught them. ‘Watch me thread the fishing hook’, ‘This is how to tie a bowline’, or ‘Never go sailing without a jacket… even on a hot day’.

Over the years, you’ve grown up, and perhaps you’re now a grandparent yourself. Your yachting experience might have evolved a bit over the years, maybe the old dinghy has been replaced with a sportfish that takes you to the Bahamas. Or maybe you’ve chartered a larger yacht and cruised around the aqua waters of the Caribbean with your closest friends.

No matter what your yachting experience has been, the question remains: have you considered taking your grandkids on a yachting vacation? If not, let’s think about it for your next family outing, because boating always seems more fun with kids aboard.

1. A boating vacation provides the ideal way to bond with your grandkids.

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On a typical resort vacation, kids often run off to the pool, or might grab their cell phones and you may barely see them again. It’s great that they’re having fun, but you really wanted to spend some quality time with them, after all they’re growing up so fast, right?. On a yacht charter, the kids love spending time on the yacht just as much as you do! From splashing in the water around them, to enjoying the toys onboard, your grandkids may never enjoy being held captives quite like this again.

2. A yachting holiday provides lots of time together.

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Because charter yachts move from one exciting place to the next, everyone is constantly drawn back together, for meal times, watching movies in the salon at night, and relaxing on deck underway. Yet there’s also space and time for you to enjoy your own favorite things, whether that’s shopping, exploring the local history or just reading a book in your quiet cabin. A yachting holiday is ideal for every generation.

3. Yacht charters are full of activities for the kids so they won’t get bored.

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There are plenty of activities to keep the kids endlessly occupied on your family’s yacht charter. You might watch them from deck as they tear around the yacht on their wave runners, or pull on your snorkel and fins and explore a coral reef with them. You might also make sandcastles on the beach with the little ones, or create a treasure hunt on the yacht and give out presents. You might teach them how to catch fish off the swim platform at night, or dive for conch on the bottom of the seafloor. The opportunities for connecting them with the world around is endless.

4. A luxury yacht charter is an extremely safe holiday option for kids of all ages.

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Because a charter yacht has a highly-trained professional crew, your grandkids will be safe on a yachting holiday. Your grandchildren will be learning new skills and having lots of new experiences in a completely safe environment. Most superyacht crews have received extensive training on all aspects of keeping guests safe in the water, and aboard.

5. Kids are fun!

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Sometimes it takes being around children to bring out a sense of fun and wonder that adults often miss. Even if you’ve chartered yachts twenty times, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as watching your own grandchild come back from a scuba dive wide-eyed and babbling about the things he saw, or hearing your three year old granddaughter giggling until she’s fit to burst because you made a face at her from behind the newspaper at breakfast on the aft deck.

But most importantly of all, a yachting vacation provides endless special memories of your time together…ones that your grandkids will remember fondly one day when they’ve got grandkids of their own.