Yachting fears

Dear friends, for several weeks basing on the rich experience our CEO Irina Bortnik had been collecting and systematizing information for those who have never stepped on board a yacht and who have never stepped into sea. It doesn't matter for what reasons you are afraid to do it, denying yourself one of the greatest pleasures in this world. Read our article and overcome all your fears with EGOcharter!

Further - reflections from Irina Bortnik ;)

All about YACHTING FEARS

Part 1

I want to analyze the situation and invite experienced ones to dialogue and seekers to discussion.

Fear No. 1 is associated with the absence of the shore in line of sight, and, as a consequence, there is a fear of inability to escape.

In charter it's a really rare situation. When the weather is calm the coast is visible from a distance of 5 mi (almost 10 km). You can see a mountain area or an island quite well in about 20 mi in the daytime and up to 30 at night because of the lighthouses. And this is almost 60 km! We will write more about salvation in fear # 5.

Fear No. 2 Swimming in the open sea: what if someone bites me?!

Fish in the sea don’t bite, if it is not a shark) Jellyfishes live both in the open sea and close to the shore. There are no sea monsters and the experience of meeting cute dolphins is always memorable and evokes only positive emotions.

Fear No. 3 Motion sickness

Yes, it's a common phenomenon. But you can train your vestibular apparatus. Also there are special pills or traditional ways like alcohol. From our practice looking at the horizon and being firmly busy with smth on the yacht always helps. There are probably a hundred more different ways and you will definitely find the one that is right for you.

Fear No. 4Price

Yachts as well as hotels have their own seasonality. For example, in Greece the sea is closed for holidays from November to April. Divide the remaining 6 months into three seasons of two months beginning and end, low-middle-high. (NB From the other side of the planet the same thing, just the opposite). If you are used to pay about 500€ per week for a hotel room, now you can easily find a cabin for this price and for 2000€ you can book the whole yacht. So, we truly believe that starting from 35€ per day per person you can easily have your first sailing vacation. Yachting is quite affordable!

Fear No 5 Storm, yacht wreck and as a result crew rescue

The most important thing is how and why you find yourself at sea in a storm. Usually these situations come with experience or with a need, most often professional. The chances of getting into a storm from the first exit are negligible. But if it happened smh, every skipper would tell you to sail to the sea. Boats are more afraid of stones and shoals than of water.

Every boat (especially a charter boat) is equipped with life jackets, lifebuoys, radio beacons, a life raft for the entire number of people on board and most importantly - a radio.

However, in the course of a passionate discussion on social networks, it turned out that fears are not the only thing that prevents people from trying a yachting vacation, there is still a lack of information. Therefore, a little later we will add * Part 2 * entitled "Gaps associated with insufficient information about yachting".