The Virgin Islands-based charter yacht management company Oceanwide Yacht Charter Group has ceased operations. Its sole proprietor, Laddie Woods, is no longer in the Virgin Islands, according to the company’s former website. A half-dozen of its yachts have formed/joined a new company called CoolCatCharters.

Oceanwide Yacht Charter Group previously managed at least nine sailing catamarans for charter in the Virgin Islands: 44-foot Castellina, 44-foot Catatonic, 46-foot Catnap, 50-foot Charme, 46-foot Good Medicine, 44-foot Hypnautic, 71-foot Serendy, 46-foot Solitude, and 55-foot Tomcat.

The six yachts that have formed/joined the CoolCatCharters fleet are Castellina, Catatonic, Charme, Good Medicine, Hypnautic and Solitude.

CoolCatCharters is being run by some of the former Oceanwide staff in conjunction with Pamela Wilson, formerly of the Virgin Islands-based clearinghouse Flagship. According to a reputable broker I spoke with who specializes in the Virgin Islands, the half-dozen boats that have joined CoolCatCharters have not skipped so much as one beat in performing their previously booked charters. The crew members on these yachts are still offering the same levels of onboard service, simply now under the organizational structure of the new clearinghouse.

For more information, contact any reputable charter broker.

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