Chartering a Yacht with Ian Pedersen, EP#407
29 de marzo de 2026 · 1h 2m · 9 visitas
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Jerome Rand interviews Ian Pedersen, Senior Marketing Manager at The Moorings Yacht Charter Company, who has 15 years in the yacht charter industry.1:13 The conversation centers on bareboat and crewed chartering in the British Virgin Islands, which Pedersen identifies as The Moorings' primary base with over 200 boats, and one of 20 worldwide destinations the company operates.10:44 Pedersen explains The Moorings' online qualification system, which assesses a sailor's logged hours and experience to assign a tiered certification — authorizing, for example, a 45-foot bareboat in the BVI and St. Martin but not the St. Lucia-to-Grenada route without additional hours.35:47 A crewed catamaran charter in high season runs $15,000–$25,000 per week.45:00 The conversation covers the difference between crewed and bareboat vacations, early-morning timing strategies to secure mooring balls at The Baths before crowds arrive, and the BVI's recovery after Hurricane Irma destroyed roughly 300 boats overnight and was followed by COVID.51:31 Rand also mentions ongoing repairs to Into Oblivion — engine work, rotten hatch wood, a forward leak, sewing, broken refrigeration, and a full propane system rebuild.48:16 Chartering is framed as the most practical way to introduce non-sailors to offshore sailing without the burden of boat ownership and maintenance.55:47
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