Recent Posts Tagged With 'diving'

• QWEST - Another great diving & sailing yacht charter

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 12:11 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, qwest, christmas and new years, paradise connections, usvi, sailing vacations

  Thanks to Kim & Rich for another wonderful yacht charter!Here are comments from our most recent clients aboard the s/v QWEST. Qwest is a 49-foot sloop which specializes in 2-person sailing vacations. Both Kim and Rich are dive instructors and div...

• Charter PROMENADE - Thanksgiving, New Years, Winter Discounts

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 08:25 in bvi, discounts, charters, diving, special offer, yacht charters, virgin islands, promenade, catamarans, paradise connections, sailing vacations

  Richard and Lisa are back aboard the ever-popular charter yacht Promenade and they have decided that they want to fill up the last few remaining weeks available on their winter 2009/10 calendar, so they are offering an incredible deal to entice you a...

• Catamaran REACTION - The Happy Couple

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 13:06 in bvi, charters, diving, reaction, yacht charters, virgin islands, catamarans, paradise connections, usvi, sailing vacations

  We received a couple of wedding photos from Ian & Polly, crew of the charter catamaran REACTION.In answer to our "What did you do on your summer vacation?", the ReAction crew can say "Got Married!".The marriage took place in a beautiful country h...

• News from charter catamaran AMARYLLIS

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 23:12 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, amaryllis, yacht charters, virgin islands, catamarans, christmas and new years, paradise connections, usvi, sailing vacations

  We've received an email from Bruce and Laura, owner-operators of the charter catamaran AMARYLLIS, a 45-foot Privilege.They've been busy this summer preparing Amaryllis for another successful charter season.Here's some bits from their email to us:In s...

• New Catamaran in Yacht Charter Fleet - Bella Principessa

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 11:23 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, catamarans, paradise connections, usvi, sailing vacations, bella principessa

  We are pleased to announce a new yacht to the charter fleet, Bella Principessa, a 2009 Privilege Alliaura catamaran. She will be accepting charters for the Caribbean 2009/2010 winter season.Catamaran Bella PrincipessaNew boat, but "old" crew. Will...

• New Crew on charter catamaran TRUE NORTH - Diving continues

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 07:33 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, catamarans, true north, paradise connections, usvi, sailing vacations

  With Virginia and Jamie moving over to the charter catamaran MATAU that we mentioned in a previous post, you might be wondering about the new crew for catamaran TRUE NORTH.Meet the experienced team of Whitey and Max, who are thrilled to be the new ca...

• PROMENADE cabin cruise April 2010

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 12:31 in bvi, caribbean, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, promenade, cabin cruise, paradise connections, sailing vacations

  We are pleased to announce (drum roll please!) that the popular BVI sail / dive trimaran PROMENADE has opened up one week in their 2010 calendar especially for a cabin cruise charter in the British Virgin Islands from April 19-25, 2010. . . . . Th...

• BVI Wreck Week 2010 - Charter Promenade

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 12:21 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, catamarans, cabin cruise, paradise connections, sailing vacations

  BVI WRECK WEEK - JUNE 12-19, 2010Promenade, a 65-foot trimaran, will be offering this special dive week to charterers on an individual cabin basis, or as a whole-boat private charter... whichever way gets the first booking.Here's a press release from...

• Catamaran REACTION now includes diving

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 07:24 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, catamarans, paradise connections, usvi, sailing vacations

  The Catamaran REACTION is now including 5 dives/week for 5 certified divers. This includes gear and air fills.ReAction is a 55-foot Jeanneau catamaran with the fabulous crew of Ian & Polly. We love these guys and we know they will take excellent...

• RECIPE from Charter Yacht Drumbeat - Chocolate Turtle Tart

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 18:20 in recipes, bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, drumbeat, paradise connections, usvi

  A while back, I asked several of our favorite charter yachts for recipes to share in our newsletter. Here is one from Linda of s/v Drumbeat...Linda didn't have a photo of this dessert so we are using a picture from Govida.comCHOCOLATE TURTLE TARTCRUS...

• Sail Dive Fish & Fun PROMENADE yacht charter photos

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 08:52 in family, Fishing, bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, yacht charters, virgin islands, promenade, paradise connections, sailing vacations

  Here's some new photos from the charter yacht PROMENADE, a 65-foot trimaran, which offers diving along with lots of other fun in the Virgin Islands!This photo looks like Kerry either set it up, or she took a picture of the aquarium in her dentist's w...

• ALOHA MALOLO - Charter Comments

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 15:19 in comments, bvi, charters, diving, virgin islands, paradise connections, usvi, aloha malolo

  Here are comments we received from recent charterers (family of 5) we had aboard ALOHA MALOLO.Dear Sheila and Bob, Sorry about the delay. I was waiting until everyone could get together to reply but with teenagers flying all over the place it is no...

• Promenade crew - Rich and Lisa

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 23:24 in family, bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, virgin islands, promenade, paradise connections, usvi

  Kerry from the charter dive / sail trimaran PROMENADE received these photos the other day of their crew Rich & Lisa on their vacation. She says they are in a little camper van eating and drinking their way through New Zealand for 5 weeks!We thou...

• Catamaran CATALYST: 3 weeks left this season

  Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 09:40 in bvi, caribbean, discounts, charters, diving, special offer, virgin islands, catalyst, catamarans, honeymoons, paradise connections, usvi

  A few of you may be surprised that people are booking yacht charter sailing vacations, but we're not.An all-inclusive, crewed yacht charter is an excellent "bang-for-the-buck", high-value, high-quality vacation, whether for couples, families, groups ...

• PROMENADE summer 2009 Rich & Lisa Return

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 17:01 in Fishing, bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, virgin islands, promenade, catamarans, paradise connections, usvi, captain only

  We are happy to announce the return of Rich & Lisa aboard the 65-foot, BVI sail-dive trimaran, Promenade. Richard Rome and Lisa Dixon have worked on Promenade for several years now and, after taking nine months off to have vacation time themselv...

• Trimaran PROMENADE, Sail Dive Charter Yacht - Recent News

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 03:53 in family, Fishing, bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, virgin islands, promenade, catamarans, cabin cruise, paradise connections, usvi

  Here's an update on one of our favorite charter yachts in the Virgin Islands... PROMENADE, a 65-foot trimaran, which offers diving, fishing, relaxing, fun...PROMENADE has one cabin available on her cabin cruise which will be sailing March 29th out of...

• News from the charter yacht ALOHA MALOLO

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 05:27 in Fishing, comments, bvi, caribbean, discounts, charters, diving, special offer, dolphins, virgin islands, st maarten, st martin

  Eric & Evelyn from the 65-foot sailboat ALOHA MALOLO just wrote us with quite a bit of news...Fun, Fun, Fun in the Caribbean sun onboard Aloha Malolo!SPECIAL OFFER:Confirm your charter for 2010 before July 31, 2009 and receive 2009 rates.SCUBA DI...

• Charter Catamaran ALDEBARAN & save up to $1300

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 14:16 in bvi, caribbean, discounts, charters, diving, special offer, aldebaran, virgin islands, catamarans, paradise connections, usvi

  Justin & Cayley, crew of the 57-foot Lagoon catamaran ALDEBARAN, would like to announce that they are offering a $1000 discount off charters taking place before July 15, 2009. If it is a non-diving charter, you may take an additional $300 off the...

• Charter yacht CORUS - Sail & dive the Virgin Islands

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 15:40 in bvi, caribbean, discounts, charters, diving, special offer, corus, virgin islands, paradise connections, usvi

  The charter yacht Corus, a 45-foot ketch, owned and operated by Bill & Ann Hasted, has instituted a new pricing structure through the end of the summer 2009 season (thru mid-December).Effective immediately, rates have been reduced to $4,800/wk fo...

• PROMENADE - Availability update - Sail - Dive - Cabin Cruise too

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 13:52 in bvi, charters, diving, virgin islands, promenade, cabin cruise, paradise connections

  NEWS FLASH *** NEWS FLASH *** NEWS FLASHThis just in...Promenade will open two more weeks in JULY 2009.July 6-13 and July 14-21, 2009... there may be a day or two of leeway in there... just ask!And, as mentioned yesterday...There are TWO possibilitie...

• Dive Catamaran LEGACY in Belize has special offer

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 09:55 in caribbean, discounts, charters, diving, special offer, belize, catamarans, paradise connections

  The 65-foot dive catamaran LEGACY is offering a special rate for Belize charters taking place in January, February, and March 2009.SPECIAL RATE for January-March 2009:Only $12,000 for 6 nights for up to 6 guestsWow, a $4,000 savings off their normal ...

• Charter PROMENADE - Last chance this season

  Posted on Saturday January 10th, 2009 at 11:11 in bvi, charters, diving, virgin islands, catamarans, cabin cruise, paradise connections

  The popular 65-foot sail dive trimaran PROMENADE, has one week available this season due to a recent cancellation.PROMENADE is now available for the week of Saturday, June 20-27, 2009.Rate: $18,900/week for up to 10 guestsThere is also the possibilit...

• Charter Motoryacht McGregor this season

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 09:02 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, virgin islands, mcgregor, paradise connections, usvi

  We received a newsletter from Tim & Julie of McGregor this morning... Here it is: (click the image to make it larger)View MacGregor's online brochure: CLICK HEREContact Paradise Connections: CLICK HEREVisit our web site: http://www.paradiseconn...

• Catamaran AMARYLLIS - Early season discount

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 09:20 in bvi, caribbean, discounts, charters, diving, special offer, amaryllis, virgin islands, catamarans, paradise connections, usvi

  The charter catamaran AMARYLLIS, a 45-foot Privilege catamaran, is offering an early season special!AMARYLLIS is offering a $750 discount for 7-night (or more) yacht charters taking place before December 15, 2008. Currently open for Thanksgiving!Laur...

• Charter Catamaran AMARYLLIS offers FREE dive

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 09:05 in bvi, caribbean, discounts, charters, diving, amaryllis, virgin islands, catamarans, paradise connections, usvi

  The charter catamaran Amaryllis, a 45-foot Privilege, is offering a dive promotion for their 2008/9 charter season.From Bruce & Laura, owner-operators of Amaryllis:As a promotion for the 2008/2009 season we will be offering our guests a free rend...

• SHINING STAR Lower charter rates for new season

  Posted on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 at 22:10 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, virgin islands, shining star, christmas and new years, paradise connections, usvi

  The charter motoryacht Shining Star, has lowered their rates for the new charter season, and up to two kids under the age of 12 can come along for free.SHINING STAR is a fully air conditioned, 58-foot DeFever motor yacht which accommodates up to 6 gu...

• Drumbeat News - First Grandchild

  Posted on Saturday September 13th, 2008 at 10:09 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, virgin islands, drumbeat, paradise connections, usvi

  We received an email today from Vince and Linda, owner-operators of the charter yacht Drumbeat.They became first-time grandparents on Monday... CONGRATULATIONS!Here's a photo with Vince and his new grandchild... More details later!Drumbeat is one of ...

• PROMENADE - Sail Dive BVI Cabin Cruise Spring 2009

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, special offer, promenade, catamarans, cabin cruise, paradise connections

  The popular BVI sail / dive trimaran PROMENADE is almost fully booked for next season (2008/9) but Kerry has opened up one week especially for a cabin cruise charter in the British Virgin Islands from March 29th through April 4, 2009. . . . . This...

• This week's PROMENADE charter

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 10:25 in charters, diving, virgin islands, promenade, paradise connections

  We have a family aboard the 65-foot trimaran PROMENADE this week and we have received some wonderful photos.The even had the spinnaker up!Beautiful photo of an octopus, Rich!Cool squid, Rich!Not sure what type of fish this is but it is another great ...

• PROMENADE IS QUICKLY FILLING UP!

  Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 in bvi, caribbean, charters, diving, virgin islands, promenade, catamarans, cabin cruise, paradise connections

  WARNING: Promenade, one of our most popular charter boats, only has a few weeks still available for next year... . . . . OPEN DATES, current availability for 2009:Jan. 30 - Feb 6 (Friday to Friday)March 1-8 (Sunday to Sunday) Hold on dates, NOT ...