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Orient Charters offers crewed yacht sailing holidays and charters in Asia primarily in Indonesia, Singapore, Phuket in Thailand or Langkawi in Malaysia. Merguie in Myanmar Burma. Our range of yachts has been selected as they offer something different and we aim to provide well presented vessels with an excellent level of service.

Crewed yachts -Luxury charters with services - sailing or motor yachts.

Chartering a yacht with a professional captain, crew and/or cook is perhaps the best way to get a feel for cruising in Asia. Whether you are experienced or not the benefits of having crew is that you will be guided to the best places and you are welcome to be involved as much as you like or just relax and be pampered. Each boat has it’s own character, feel and differing accommodation. Check our list of crewed yachts available for each of our destinations. Diving can be arranged on most boats if required.
Crewed Yachts in S E Asia

Enjoy your own sailing adventure with a skippered yacht charter for a day or as long as you like, with groups of 2 to 6. Sail in style and be pampered. You are welcome to take part or relax as you like and we will custom design your own sailing holiday for you.

Meniscus of Gweek

Vital Statistics:

Length Overall 45ft
Beam 13ft
Draft 6ft
Hull GRP
Rig Cutter Sloop
Design Bruce Roberts Mauritius
Launched 1990

Description:
Meniscus of Gweek, a Bruce Roberts 45, will be your home on your crewed yacht sailing holiday. She is a very comfortable vessel for sailing vacations and yacht charter. Many clients ask where her name came from. Meniscus means the smallest crescent of the new moon anMeniscus at anchord Gweek is a village at the top of the beautiful Helford River in Cornwall, England, where she was fitted out.

British flagged and operated, Meniscus of Gweek is a classic cruising yacht. She offers the chance of a lifetime to experience the fantastic cruising ground in this part of the world. Come and join Mark, a qualified Captain to RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Examiner. as he shows you the hidden delights which the region has to offer. Many of islands and beaches remain extremely secluded and can only be reached by sea.

Accommodation: 8 berths in 4 cabins outside the saloon, 2 heads, one fitted with a shower. (In general, except for when we are participating in race weeks, four or possibly six guest berths will be filled, allowing plenty of space and stowage for each person on board)

Bruce Roberts yachts are designed and proven to be robust blue water cruisers able to provide a good general level of performance as well as being capable of withstanding heavy conditions should the need arise. She has proved herself to be a good all round boat capable of making good passage times and sailing through several storms.

We pride ourselves on our excellent fresh food onboard. A mix of international and local cuisine is prepared for you and you can specify your requirements beforehand. Good quality linen is supplied for your cabins.

With the exception of alchololic beverages, our charters are fully inclusive.

Safety Equipment:

Meniscus carries all the safety equipment required by the Royal Yachting Association and the Department of Transport for a vessel of her size engaged in sail training, chartering and sailing unlimited distances from land. In addition to this she is fitted with phased array, forward looking sonar, which gives the ability to sail amongst reefs in poor light conditions. She is also fitted with an integratred GPS, auto pilot and radar system, which means that she can be navigated automatically.

2 x 8 person approved life rafts (we have liferafts to carry 16 people!)
406MHz EPIRB
Approved lifejackets and safety harnesses
VHF radio with an additional portable VHF set
SSB radio - for long range communications
2 Garmin GPS'
Interphase Probe - phased array, forward looking sonar
Furuno Radar linked to GPS
Aeries wind vane
Hydraulic auto pilot linked to the GPS