GAMBIT Yacht Charter Catamaran
GAMBIT Yacht Charter Catamaran
Accommodations
Gambit offers sleeping accommodations in 3 queen size cabins and 1 twin bunk room. All offer AC and ensuite head and shower.
NOTE: If charter is for 4 couples crew can take bunk room. Please inquire for rate.
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Crew Profile
Doug and Val off duty
Crew in the water
African adventure
Paragliding in the Grenadines
Hiking in the BVI
Before sailing days
Home school teacher out of view
Holiday out of the tropics
Gambit the original family cruising yacht in 1995
YOUR SKIPPER AND HOSTESS
To ease you into life at a slower pace are Doug and Val Fairfield, an English speaking, husband and wife team from South Africa, with many years combined cruising, travel and charter experience.
Doug holds a Yachtmaster Offshore Qualification, reinforced with many ocean crossings and coastal voyages, not least those accomplished with his family aboard. Doug started sailing in his mid twenties, based off the east coast of South Africa, where sailing and weather conditions are notoriously unpredictable and the coastline hazardous. Having grown up on the ocean with surfing as his main sport, sailing was a natural progression for him. Weekends were occupied with local and coastal racing as well as family sailing with the children. In 1995, in pursuit of our joint ambition to travel to remote places, we left on an extended 6 year cruise aboard our 30 foot monohull, (later upgraded to a 43 foot monohull), together with our two children, then 4 and 6 years old. This adventure took us across the Indian Ocean and back to South Africa, and then across the Atlantic to the USA, finally returning to South Africa at the end of 2000 for a period of regular land based life. During our cruising years we explored remote archipelagos, traveled by yacht many miles up the Amazon River, visited new and unique places, experienced diverse cultures and were exposed to many and varied challenges and opportunities. In 2012, the urge to move on again resulted in the acquisition of Katlyn, our first catamaran, and once again we set off across the Atlantic from Cape Town, spending a year en route, before establishing ourselves in the charter industry in the Caribbean. Along the way we have developed an awareness, appreciation and respect for the ocean, the sky and the weather in all its diversity. Most recently, we have been reminded of the majesty of mother nature as we have sailed Gambit the 4500nm from Italy to the Caribbean, to replace Katlyn, destroyed by hurricane Irma.
Doug has been an avid adventure sport enthusiast throughout his life. He is an advanced skydiver with 2500 jumps, and was the chief instructor at the local skydive club prior to his involvement with sailing; he is an experienced paraglider, loves scuba and free diving, as well as water and snow skiing and has completed a number of arduous long distance marathons. He is a natural storyteller and entertainer with a great sense of humor, a charismatic and attentive host, willing to go the extra mile to ensure you get the most out of your vacation.
Val grew up on a vast dairy farm in the Drakensberg farming district of South Africa, and attended boarding school, before qualifying as a private secretary and then a primary school teacher. She traded horse riding and hiking for sailing, and was perfectly positioned to home school the children while cruising. She is a qualified scuba diver, and enjoys snorkeling, skiing and hiking, and living the island life. She takes pride and pleasure in creating inviting spaces through tasteful choice and use of fabrics and decor, and is an accomplished seamstress. This is evident in the decor aboard Gambit, redecorated since arriving in the BVI a few months ago. Many years of challenging galley responsibilities have enabled her to become a competent and creative chef aboard, fine tuned by various short courses in culinary arts.
Doug and Val have a passion for traveling and a special affinity for the African bush, it’s wildlife, beauty, solitude and wide open spaces, and have been fortunate to do an extended three month 4x4 camping safari with roof top tent through some of the most unspoiled and rugged areas of Southern Africa. The freedom of traveling without boundaries inspired a six week camper van tour of New Zealand last year, wild camping without the constraints of official campsites in the winter wonderland of mountains and fjords. During this time we took the opportunity to try our hand at dog sledding, abseiling and caving. We have spent a month touring Sri Lanka traveling by train and staying in local B&B’s, visited Egypt and driven off the beaten track through the Western Desert, camping in the splendor of the White Desert en route. We have driven across the USA and would love to follow this up with a longer RV trip in the not to distant future.
After many years sailing together, (mostly with children aboard), and in excess of 70 completed charters, we team up on deck to offer you a fun filled sailing vacation, and when the anchor is down, a companionable, relaxed yet attentive atmosphere is created for you to escape your normal routine and create memories which will live with you forever.
We would love the opportunity to extend a warm welcome to you in the BVI, offer you our hospitality aboard Gambit, and show you around some of our lovely anchorages and must see spots that we’ve come to call home.
Water Entertainment
Scuba Diving
Diving only offered in the Virgins.
Rendezvous diving in the Grenadines at guest expense.
Onboard Entertainment
Menu
Meal times are always a significant aspect of any vacation! On Gambit we aim to provide our
guests with attractive meals which are both appetizing and nutritious, whilst accommodating
your dietary requirements, likes and dislikes as best we can. We focus on preparing meals
using a combination of locally obtained produce such as fresh fish, chicken, meat, tropical fruit
and vegetables, rather than importing exotic ingredients and out of season foodstuffs. We
serve breakfast, a light lunch and dinner in the cockpit or at the saloon table, with chilled water,
fruit juice, tea or coffee to accompany it. In addition we have our ‘Captains Bar’, providing you
with that perfect glass of chilled wine, a cold beer or soda, a selection of standard spirits and
mixers, or a sundowner cocktail.
Here are some sample dishes from our menu:
Breakfast:
A fruit platter, tropical juice, coffee and tea await you in the morning followed up with something
from the galley:
Fluffy cheese omelettes with a variety of fillings, slices of avocado and crispy bacon
Creamy scrambled eggs sandwiched between grilled hash browns, caribbean grilled bananas
and roasted tomatoes
Eggs benedict served on an English muffin and topped with dijon hollandaise sauce and micro
greens
Continental inspired selection of cold cuts, croissants, muffins, and boiled eggs
Golden french toast, decadently topped with cinnamon apples, dried cranberries and coconut
rum sauce
Cold smoked salmon with poached eggs over baby spinach leaves and crisp potato cubes
Breakfast sausages, caramelized onions, and over easy eggs done how you like them
Toast and preserves
Lunch:
Usually a casual, relaxed meal served family style at the cockpit table during a break in
activities and sailing.
Alfresco dining with an assortment of cold cuts and salads, crispy artisan loaves, chutneys,
mustards and condiments
Sweet thai chilli wraps filled with chicken, greens, sprouts and peanuts
Bruschetta with red pesto, feta cheese and avocado topping
Hamburgers from Doug’s barbecue, build your own with a medley of fillings
Mexican wraps individually created with a variety of fillings
Grilled buffalo wings accompanied by tropical coleslaw and a tossed salad
Melty mushroom cheese toasts with a crunchy citrus flavoured carrot salad
Chef’s quiche
Dinner:
Lightly floured pan-fried mahi-mahi served with sautéed potatoes, veggie tendrils and a
creamy lemon butter sauce
Shrimp platter on a bed of garlic fried rice drizzled and topped with lime wedges
Fragrant thai coconut curry served with jasmine rice and tropical mango salad
Slow roasted lamb shanks, crushed potatoes and mange tout, served with a deglazed red
wine sauce and mint jelly
Grilled spinach and blue cheese stuffed chicken medallions topped with a creamy sauce and
served with steamed vegetables in season
Linguine with red wine bolognaise, crispy garlic bread and Italian salad
Barbecued steak, served with potato gratin and warm beetroot salad
Oriental stir fry incorporating colourful peppers, and bright greens served on a bed of penne
Pork tenderloin medallions flambéed and served with a Mount Gay Jamaican Rum sauce and
colorful roasted veges.
Barbecued tuna steaks marinated and served with a sesame ginger lime sauce, and couscous
tossed veggies.
Asian inspired salmon with quinoa and black bean medley
Desserts:
Flambéed banana crepes, dusted with nutmeg and topped with ice-cream
Torched Berry brulee
Rich dark chocolate mousse sprinkled with mint sugar
Passionfruit mousse over a honey crumble
Home made pavlova with colorful berries and chantilly cream
Apple and cinnamon crumble topped with whipped cream
Poached pears in a red wine reduction with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
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