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LATEST NEWS ... Jan. 4, 2012 ... See you in Newport in August! |
Welcome ...... to the website for the annual bareboat sailing charter of the Francis family and friends. Our destinations are worldwide, limited only by our imaginations, our budgets, and the bareboat charter industry. See the photo gallery for some images of cruises past. |
 In
August 2012 we'll go back to the mainland for the first time in 14
years, chartering out of Newport, Rhode Island in the shadow of the
Newport-Jamestown bridge (at right). Our cruising grounds will include
Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, Narragansett Bay, Buzzards
Bay, Cuttyhunk, Hadley Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, Provincetown, Plymouth, and maybe even Boston. We've sailed these waters many times, but not since we discovered the overseas pleasures of warm clear waters, coral reefs, and parrot fish. For more details of our New England itinerary,
click here.
 One reason we stayed away from the mainland in recent years was the absence of large spacious boats for bareboat charter. But for the 2012 cruise we discovered a nearly new Jeanneau 54DS in Newport, with 5 cabins and more than enough space for the crew size we like. The Jeanneau also has the modern conveniences that we enjoyed in the Virgins last year, such as air conditioning, power winches, and power toilets, as well as some conveniences which we've never had, such as a roller-furling main. See the
Boat page for details.The cruise is two weeks long, from Aug. 10 to Aug. 24, Friday to Friday. Crew can join for one week or two, with a crew change in Newport at mid-cruise. No hotel stays are necessary, since the first-week crew will spend the night before the cruise on board the boat, and the second-week crew will spend their night of arrival on board as well. Contact Sam for more details and to sign up, by invitation only.
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