Questions, answered honestly.

We speak with every guest before booking. Send the inquiry form or book a quick call, we talk through the open weeks and your questions, and once you decide we send payment details by email after the call. No public checkout.

Use the inquire form and tell us. We sometimes hold private-charter weeks back from the public calendar and add them based on group interest. We do not run unscheduled weeks for individual cabins.

Yes. Booking the whole boat is the same per-cabin price with two perks: a fully tailored itinerary, and one extra shore dinner on us. We need 6+ months notice for a private-charter week; less if the date is already open on the public calendar.

We recommend travelers insurance that lets you cancel for any reason and get a full refund: trawickinternational.com/?agent=21057. We talk you through the details on a quick call before you book.

Not required, strongly recommended. We have seen guests need it for weather diversions, missed flights, and a few medical situations. Coverage in the $200-400 range for a $14k-$30k booking is standard.

No. Clint handles every helm decision and crew task. If you want to learn - trimming, helming, anchoring - he will teach you under his eye. If you want to read a book on the trampoline, the boat sails itself with him at the helm.

Very. The day-by-day on each voyage page is a sample; weather and the group's energy get a vote. Most weeks deviate from the published route in small ways - adding an extra anchorage, skipping a shore stop, sleeping in. Major route changes (regional swap) happen rarely and always with reason.

Catamarans are dramatically more stable than monohulls - most people who get seasick on cruise ships are fine on this boat. Guests should purchase seasickness remedies such as scopolamine patches, Bonine, or ginger on their own and bring them along. The BVI and Bahamas are also among the most protected sailing grounds on earth - you are almost never out of sight of an island.

Yes. The boat sleeps 12 and kids stack in cabins easily. Two notes: this is an adult-pace trip (long dinners, no kids menu), and there is no formal childcare. If you want a family week, book the whole boat and we will tailor the schedule - earlier dinners, more swim time, fewer long passages.

Yes. Roughly a quarter of our guests come solo. Solo travelers book a cabin to themselves at the per-guest rate × 2 (effectively a single supplement).

We don't provide or sell alcohol aboard - Guiding Winds is not a booze cruise, and we don't encourage drinking on the boat. If you'd like a drink, you're welcome to enjoy one responsibly while ashore on the islands. If a bar-focused, party-style charter is what you're looking for, we're honestly probably not the right fit - and we'd rather say so kindly up front so your week is everything you hoped it would be.

Dodie has run weeks with vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, kosher, halal, low-carb, and serious shellfish allergies on the same boat at the same week. Tell us at inquiry - she shops accordingly.

Clint runs the boat and Dodie runs the galley. Together they have years of experience sailing the Caribbean chain, and the same team is with you from embarkation to disembarkation.

Standard offshore safety brief at embarkation: life jackets, throwable PFDs, EPIRB, life raft, fire extinguishers, ditch bag, AED, first aid kit, and a registered satellite communicator. Coast guard radio coverage in every cruising ground we visit.

Clint plans every week with three potential routes depending on weather. If a tropical system threatens during a Caribbean or Bahamas week, we will reroute to the safest anchorage or, in the rare worst case, postpone - full refund or rebook. We have never lost a guest day to weather; we have re-routed plenty.