Yacht Owners Direct provides a unique and easy to use platform for all yacht and boat owners, captains, managers and central agents to list their boats available for charter or for sale making it the easiest, most direct and cost effective way for anybody to secure a dream yacht charter or purchase worldwide. Through our yachting forums and Yacht Directory our site provides a gateway to the yachting community, yachting enthusiasts and service providers to share and make the yachting world a more open and connected place. We are a dedicated team at Yacht Owners Direct (YOD), we are passionate about yachting and all associated professions and have 17 years experience working in the yacht charter industry worldwide. We work with boats in all the major ports around the globe and our vision is to put you in direct contact with the best choice of yachts, to cut out the expensive middle-man and to keep the charter price down. You request and book directly with the yacht owners preferred point of contact, be it the owner directly or their central agent, representative or captain. Over the years we have built up an extensive list of reputable contacts and forged strong relationships with yacht owners and yacht management companies. We believe that nobody knows a yacht better than the owner and we put you in direct contact with them. We also vet each boat in each category to ensure that it meets our superior standards of quality and safety.