Broker Michael Sawyer at Vancouver-based Infinity Yacht Charters has just let me know that the 141-foot motoryacht Pacific Yellowfin–a classic 1943 build that was extensively refit in 2003–is now offering discounts as high as 25 percent for charters the rest of this season in the Pacific Northwest.
If you charter between now and September 6 for six nights or less, you can take a 20-percent discount off the yacht’s regular rates. If you charter between now and September 6 for one week or more, you get a 25-percent discount. And if you book any length of charter between September 7 and 21, you get 20 percent off.
By way of sample itineraries, that makes the base rate $25,500 for a five-night cruise through the Gulf Islands, or $52,594 for a 10-night itinerary through Desolation Sound (where, among other things, you can often kayak this time of year near Orca whales). The prices being offered reflect a guest party of eight, but the boat can accommodate 12 for additional fees.
Sawyer tells me that longtime broker Liz Howard of Fraser Yachts Worldwide was recently aboard and is willing to provide references from her office in San Diego, California, as well as help clients book charters in and around the Pacific Northwest areas where she cruised.
Luckily, Howard and I are scheduled to cruise together aboard a charter yacht in Fiji later this month. I hope to learn more then about her recent Gulf Islands experience so that I can share the details with you here, just as I did in my Broker Report based on Howard’s charter earlier this year in Thailand.
Here are a couple shots of the yacht’s lovingly restored interior:
Tags: Desolation Sound, Gulf Islands, Infinity Yacht Charters, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Yellowfin