Clever design gives Fantasy Island more useable space than other yachts of her size, allowing her to accommodate up to 10 guests in air-conditioned staterooms with queen- sized beds and vacuum-flush toilets. Four of these cabins are very large and the fifth is smaller, but still comfortable. Her crew of three occupies two additional cabins, with their own head and shower.

The salon is open and spacious and includes the galley, with serving counter, a bar and comfortable seating. You can watch a movie on the larger flat-screen TV with Bose sound system, listen to some good music, or just relax in air-conditioned comfort. There's also full-time Internet access and a phone for your convenience. At night, recessed LED lighting provides a dramatic effect.

Just aft of the salon is the cockpit area with dining tables on both sides. The cockpit has a permanent carbon-fiber bimini overhead to protect you from the sun, and the entire cockpit area can be enclosed in the event of rain. The cockpit is at deck level, so you don't need to climb in or out of it ' you simply walk through the aft entry opening to the deck beyond.

Each hull has wide stern steps leading down to the water for swimming or diving, with a fold-down stainless steel ladder. You can enter the dinghy easily, thanks to the design of the boarding platform, which is the same height as the dinghy's inflatable tubes. A fresh-water hot and cold shower is located at each stern platform, so you can rinse off after swimming.

Sun lovers particularly enjoy the large forward trampolines and seats built into the bow railing each side. This is a very popular spot both at anchor and under sail. Directional Bose speakers mounted on the mast can play music for your enjoyment. Due to the massive sails, there's usually some shade from the sun on one side of the boat or the other when under way.

Fantasy Island has twin engines for reliability under power, two generators to assure you of electricity whenever needed, and a large (65 gallons per hour) water maker to provide an uninterrupted water supply throughout your charter. She points higher into the wind than most cruising sailboats and sails faster, all without noticeable heel and without the fuss of a conventional sailboat. Her performance never ceases to surprise experienced charter guests (and the other boats as you pass them)!

Peter turns 50 this year. He holds both German and South African citizenship, and has been sailing for nearly 30 years in Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa and the Caribbean. He has skippered numerous yacht deliveries in Europe and Transatlantic, ran fishing charters in Mozambique, and for the past two years has been the captain of a charter catamaran with a busy schedule in the Virgin Islands, St Martin and the Grenadines.

Peter is a RYA Yacht Master with Ocean endorsement and a PADI Dive Instructor.

Colleen is 47 and holds dual citizenship in Zimbabwe and South Africa. She worked in the travel industry for many years, and met Peter when he rented a car from her while she was employed by Avis. They have been a couple ever since. She holds a Competent Crew certificate, has accompanied Peter on many of his yacht deliveries, and cooked on the charter yachts that he's operated.

Peter and Colleen are a delightful couple that come to Fantasy Island highly recommended. We have no doubt that they will continue the tradition of hospitality, fine food and five-star service for which Fantasy Island has become known for. They will also employ a third crewmember as needed.