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The Journal
The places, and the passages.
Destination journals to the world’s great cruising grounds — each mapped, with the tables, beach clubs and rooms worth tendering ashore for — and honest field notes from the desk that books them.
From the temple-cliffs of the Bukit to the manta channels of Nusa Penida — the Island of the Gods, read from the deck.
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Thailand · 10 min read
Phuket & the Andaman: A Charter Journal
Limestone towers, hidden hongs and barefoot-luxury beach clubs — the Andaman Sea from a private deck.
Mediterranean · 11 min read
The French Riviera: Saint-Tropez to Monaco by Yacht
Six legendary anchorages along the Côte d’Azur, from Pampelonne’s golden sands to Monaco’s gilded harbour.
Mediterranean · 11 min read
The Amalfi Coast & Capri: A Charter Guide by Sea
Six summer anchorages between Capri’s sea stacks and the Sorrentine tip, charted in cruising order from the deck.
Mediterranean · 11 min read
Mykonos & the Cyclades: An Aegean Yacht Journal
From the deck of a yacht through the white-and-cobalt heart of the Aegean, where antiquity and glamour share one horizon.
Mediterranean · 11 min read
Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda: The Emerald Coast by Yacht
Where the Aga Khan’s emerald dream still anchors the world’s grandest fleet, one granite cove at a time.
Field Notes
Kept honestly.
What we actually learn chartering the archipelago — written by the desk that books it, not the page that sells it.
Field note · April 2026 · 8 min read
What we learned chartering Lamima for ten nights through Komodo.
Komodo in shoulder season, a chef who insisted on the fish market every morning, and why the third anchorage matters more than the first.
12 April 2026
Captain’s log · 5 min read
The Banda Sea in October — the one window most miss.
Three weeks earlier than the brochures suggest. Whales in residence, no rain, and the spice traders’ route nearly empty.
28 March 2026
A short list · 6 min read
Four phinisi that will quietly outshine the famous ones.
Editor’s pick from the explorer collection — boats built for diving and storytelling, not for the feed.
10 March 2026