Big charter yachts are limited to deep-water ports. Bareboat rentals leave you doing your own dishes and worrying about grounding. But the scenario offers the perfect middle ground. It is a crewed yacht with the intimacy of a small ship.
You board late afternoon. While most captains rush to get out of port, the Boroka crew fires up the outdoor grill for a "Mooring Ball Mofongo." You spend the first night in the protected harbor of San Juan, getting to know the boat. At dawn, you raise the main and beam reach to Culebra. The Private Tropical 40 flies in light air; you'll hit 8 knots easily. Private Tropical 40 - Boroka Does The Caribbean...
This is the feature film. "Boroka Does the Caribbean" hits its crescendo here. The crew hands you the helm on a broad reach. The water color shifts from emerald to indigo. Spotting the needle-eye rock of Gustavia from the bow of a Private Tropical 40 is a rite of passage. You bypass the fuel docks entirely because the Boroka uses hydrogenerators; you are silent, stealing into the bay like a ghost. Big charter yachts are limited to deep-water ports
There is a moment, just after you clear the lee of a volcanic island and the trade winds fill the main sail, when a boat stops being a vessel and starts being a world. For the crew and lucky guests aboard the Boroka , a stunning , that moment doesn’t just happen once. It happens every morning as the sun cracks over the cobalt horizon of the Lesser Antilles. It is a crewed yacht with the intimacy of a small ship