Planning Your Trip

3. Planning your trip, provisions and preparing your crew: The logistics of bareboat sailing charters require a lot of planning. A seat-of-the-pants kind of experience may be thrilling, but it may not be safe for you and your crew. You should get charts and cruising guides for the area in which you plan to sail. Once you have a plan, meet with your crew and go over all the things that need their input and what they need to know about safety. Depending on where you will be sailing, you have three choices for provisioning the boat. You bring your provisions, you can buy them when you get to the boat and you can have the charter company provide them. More