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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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Indonesia · 8 min read
Bali to Nusa Penida & Lembongan: The Day-Trip Guide
Private full-day and half-day boat charters from Benoa to the manta channels, the T-Rex cliff and the mangrove bays — with a clear sample of exactly what a day on the water looks like.
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.
Thailand · 8 min read
Phuket Day Trips by Private Boat: Phi Phi & James Bond Island
Full-day and half-day private boat charters from Phuket — to the cliffs of Phi Phi, the hidden hongs of Phang Nga Bay and James Bond Island — with a clear sample of what a day on the water looks like.
Indonesia · 11 min read
Indonesia Yacht Charter: The Complete Guide
Komodo’s dragons and Padar ridge, Raja Ampat’s karst and the richest reefs on earth, Bali’s gateway day boats and the Banda Sea’s spice islands — crewed phinisi and superyachts across the world’s greatest charter archipelago.
Indonesia · 9 min read
Komodo Yacht Charter & Liveaboard: The Complete Guide
Padar’s three bays, the dragons of Komodo and Rinca, Pink Beach and the manta channels — Komodo National Park from a private phinisi.
Thailand · 10 min read
Thailand Yacht Charter: The Complete Guide
Phang Nga Bay’s limestone towers, the hongs and sea caves, Phi Phi and Maya Bay, and the Similan reefs — the Andaman Sea from a private yacht out of Phuket.
Indonesia · 9 min read
Bali Yacht Charter: The Complete Guide
Day boats to the Nusa Islands, sunset cruises off the south coast, and crewed phinisi onward to Komodo — chartering a yacht from Bali, Indonesia’s gateway.
Thailand · 9 min read
Phuket Yacht Charter: The Complete Guide
Chartering from Phuket — the four marinas, day runs to Coral and Racha, Phang Nga Bay and Phi Phi, and the motor-yacht fleet that sails the Andaman.
Indonesia · 9 min read
Raja Ampat Yacht Charter & Liveaboard: The Complete Guide
Piaynemo’s karst lagoons, the reefs of Misool and the manta cleaning stations — the richest marine biodiversity on Earth, from a private phinisi.
Indonesia · 9 min read
Amandira Yacht Charter: A Komodo Cruise Aboard Aman’s Phinisi
Aman’s flagship 52-metre phinisi on a five-night Komodo voyage — the dragons of Rinca, the manta channels and Pink Beach, dived and dined in Aman style.
Indonesia · 8 min read
Amandira in Raja Ampat: A Four Kings Cruise Aboard Aman’s Phinisi
Aman’s flagship phinisi through the Four Kings — the Dampier Strait reefs, the mangrove islands of Waigeo and the pearl farms of Alyui, dived in Aman style.
Indonesia · 9 min read
Amandira & the Spice Islands: A Ten-Night Banda Sea Cruise
Aman’s phinisi from Ambon through the Banda Spice Islands to Raja Ampat — nutmeg groves, the Gunung Api volcano, and the reefs that history was traded for.
Indonesia · 8 min read
Amandira in Alor: An Eight-Day Lesser Sunda Diving Cruise
Aman’s phinisi through Alor — Indonesia’s least-visited diving frontier, from the Komba volcano to the last whaling village, mola mola and macro magic.
Indonesia · 8 min read
Journey Across the Sea: Bali to Moyo Island Aboard Aman
A seven-day Aman voyage from Bali to Moyo Island — combining Amankila, Amandira and Amanwana — through the Flores Sea, with whale sharks and Moyo’s waterfalls.
Mediterranean · 10 min read
Mediterranean Yacht Charter: The Complete Guide
The French Riviera, the Amalfi Coast and Capri, Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda and the Greek Cyclades — the classic superyacht season, May to September.
Caribbean · 9 min read
Caribbean Yacht Charter: The Complete Guide
The British Virgin Islands, St Barths, Antigua and the Grenadines — the winter superyacht season in the trade winds, December to April.
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