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  Thanks to an innovative water purification technology, The Moorings now offers across its global operations drinking water directly from the tap. Staying properly hydrated is a vital need, especially in the tropics. So doing so without having to carry dozens of packs of water and saving our planet the production and recycling of thousands of plastic bottles, deserves special attention! 

Over the last few weeks the entire team at Travelopia Yachts have been focused on the safety and well-being of our employees and our customers. With all The Moorings and Sunsail destinations around the world now inaccessible to our charter customers and owners, either due to entry restrictions or as a result of our main source markets in North America and Europe advising against travel, our charter business, in common with many businesses around the world, is going through challenging times. We have already taken significant measures to mitigate the commercial impact that the corona virus is having on our business. These measures impact across the breadth of our business, whether it is temporarily closing bases for a period of time or for example delaying the opening of our Mediterranean bases. As you would expect, we have also had to take some difficult decisions with regards to pausing some of our projects, reducing our marketing activity and encouraging our teams to take additional leave in this time of reduced activity.

Jean Larroux wrote the rules for the charter yacht ownership programme used today—in fact he invented it. That’s right, our sales manager wrote the blue print for what 100’s of other yacht charter companies would imitate for decades to come. This is his story….

If your ideal charter is one where each night you’re anchored in secluded bays, enjoying a freshly self-caught tuna for dinner straight off the barbeque, with some of the world’s most stunning beaches as your backdrop then the Seychelles is the sailing ground for you!

By far, there are no other sailing holiday companies with greater quality product than The Moorings and Sunsail offer. All of our bases are staffed with employees trained to the highest of standards in customer service and technical expertise for maintenance and upkeep of the yachts.

We just got back from a spectacular sailing excursion aboard a Moorings Yacht in paradise, and it would be just plain wrong to not dish out all of the details for your enjoyment!

Last month I was lucky enough to return to the BVI’s having not sailed there for over 15 years! Accompanying me was my first mate and husband Niall; a very keen novice fisherman who always manages to pull in enough fish to keep our bellies full, and our good friends Sophie and James who are fairly new to sailing but picked it up super quickly and are now keen to get qualified as soon as possible so they can begin chartering! All four of us are kitesurfing crazy so we made the trip out to the BVI’s with a monstrous amount of kiting equipment including a hydrofoil board which we planned on mastering over the course of the holiday! If you’re not sure what this is it’s a board that has a mast under the water with foil attached to it creating lift making your board hover about a foot above the water’s surface, well that’s the idea anyway! The small plane from Antigua to Tortola was only a 14 seater and somehow our 5 long board bags were squeezed into the hold! We were blessed with a fantastic forecast for June with 20 knots of constant wind showing for each day so we sat on the plane with grins on our faces as we knew we were set for fun times ahead!

Welcome aboard the Moorings 403PC, a power catamaran that redefines the pleasure of sailing.

Maritime adventures in Seychelles Thanks to Kiwili, our boat situated and taken care of at the Moorings base in Seychelles, we discovered this archipelago between sky and sea and its inhabitants, whom we immediately fell in love with. We have been there several times, alone, with friends and with family and each trip, though different, is always a special and unique experience. Wanting to discover more of the archipelago’s hidden treasures, we decided to take a skipper on board. PADA is retired from the Seychelles Navy. His charm and kindness made him an instant friend. His fishing and cooking skills made him a valued member of our crew. And his storytelling skills extended our evenings under the starry Seychelles sky.