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How To Hop Gallery

I saw about 300 charter yachts in 2007. Most of them I toured at boat shows at a pace of at least ten yachts a day. My stack of collected brochures from last year alone is more than three-feet tall. And it sits in my office next to similar-size stacks from years past.That's a lot of boats to try to remember, and I'd be lying if I told you they all stay at
  • By Mike Smith
  • May 1, 2008

A professional dancer shakes to the music onboard Harmony.

Milk and Honey’s captain and stewardesses get into the spirit.

Charter brokers Diane Fraser (left) and Patricia Saks from Fraser Yachts Worldwide enjoy the festivities – which they’ll later describe to potential clients.

Milk and Honey’s incognito captain offers hors d’oeuvres to Jenny Trotter, a charter broker at Meridian Yacht Charters.

The crew onboard the motoryacht Azzurra II are all smiles beneath their masks. A festive attitude helps set the mood as much as costumes and props do.

The Balaju crew put together a spa theme, to contrast with the dancing girls and loud parties onboard other yachts. Their costumes – bathrobes and towels – are both inexpensive and highly effective.

Balaju also brought in a massage therapist to help soothe brokers before they headed back to the louder parties onboard other boats.

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