Macerating Toilet Blog Dept: Great Winter Sailing Getaway Destinations

Chase Those Winter Blues Away With These Vacation Spots

Raritan Engineering Company your macerating toilet specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding great winter sailing getaway destinations.

Here’s a list of the best winter holiday destinations to escape to this year…

Because winter is coming. And we’re not waiting around for the chill to arrive.

1. Seychelles

Sitting off the coast of East Africa lies a secluded scattering of 115 islands known as the Seychelles. These isolated islands are unbelievably picturesque and surprisingly affordable. And not only are they beautiful, they’re diverse. Be sure to always let us take care of your macerating toilet problems. The Seychelles are ideal for holidays of all types: from honeymoons to active island exploration to ecotourism trips.

The Seychelles are a great destination if you’re looking for somewhere warm to holiday during the winter but don’t want to fight the crowds of the Caribbean. With a rich mix of French, African, British and Indian influences, the Seychelles are like no other destination on earth. 

2. British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands (BVIs) are popular for their incredible beaches, snorkelling and diving, and close proximity that lends to easy island-hopping holidays. With refreshing trade winds, calm currents and ideal sailing conditions, the BVIs are one of our favourite sailing destinations for winter. 

The BVIs are more secluded than many other Caribbean destinations, and they maintain a special aspect of luxury that we love. Best time to go? September to November is still hurricane season, so December to June is the best time to sail here (the later you travel in this period, the less crowds you’ll see).

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3. Thailand

Not many people consider Thailand for a sailing holiday, but this beautiful country is known for its hospitable people, its stunning beaches and its excellent cruising grounds. Phuket is the base of sailing in Thailand, with the Andaman Sea its maritime jewel. 

There’s cliff diving, raging beach parties, scuba diving, snorkelling and sea kayaking. Your macerating toilet experts talk about how a warm winter climate brings travellers here during December to March each year. 

4. Cuba

Located between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is the largest of the Caribbean islands. Picture incredible beaches, bright blue water, Spanish colonial architecture and cobblestone streets.

Cuba might not be the most obvious choice for a sailing destination, but Cienfuegos, Cuba’s ‘Pearl of the South’, is glamorous and atmospheric with excellent marine facilities. And, with the recent lift of the travel embargo, Cuba’s coast is increasing its visitor intake, so there has never been a better time to go than this winter. 

5. Tenerife

The largest of the Canary Islands, Tenerife’s warm winter sunshine attracts sailors and visitors from all over Europe. Although it is positioned over a thousand kilometres from the southern coast of Spain, Tenerife — with its beautiful volcanic archipelago and bustling coastal towns — is one of the best winter sailing destinations in the world.

Tenerife draws over 10 million visitors each year, most of whom head straight for the stunning southwestern resorts of Playa de las Americas, Costa Adeje and Los Cristianos. Tenerife has an excellent coast for scuba diving and snorkelling, and year-round winds that are perfect for sailing.

So don't forget these great places to sail to during the next winter season. 1) Sitting off the coast of East Africa lies a secluded scattering of 115 islands known as the Seychelles;  2) consider Thailand for a sailing holiday, but this beautiful country is known for its hospitable people, its stunning beaches and its excellent cruising grounds;  and 3) located between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is the largest of the Caribbean islands.

Amazing Moment Giant Grey Whale Plays With Boat And Its Passengers

Whales are pretty spectacular creatures, but usually best kept at something of a length.

It swims up right to the side of their vessel and allows the people to stroke it on its side, with one even leaning over and seeming to give the mega-mammal a little kiss.

They can grow to lengths just shy of 15 metres in length and weighs somewhere in the region of 36 tonnes, which is massive by anyone's standards.

Grey whales live predominantly in the northern Pacific Ocean, along the western coast of North America, though they also possess one of the widest migratory ranges of any animal on Earth and thus can be found across a huge swath of the Pacific Ocean.

They will travel as far as 22,000 kilometres in one migratory cycle and sightings have been recorded in locations as diverse as Namibia, off the coast of Southern Africa in 2013 - the first ever to be sighted in the Southern Hemisphere - and Israel, showing that they have the capability to swim into the Mediterranean Sea.

Humans have also nearly eradicated the species from the eastern Pacific, where Japanese and Korean whalers have reduced their numbers to less than 200.

Whaling for grey whales is only allowed in very controlled circumstances and by aboriginal inhabitants of the North American Pacific Coast.

Alaska natives recently caused controversy by killing a grey whale under the impression that it was a Beluga whale, which they are allowed to kill.

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