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Every year here at the Antigua charter yacht show, dozens upon dozens of chefs aboard everything from 50-foot sailboats to 200-foot megayachts compete for the right to be called the best chef in the yacht charter business. Judges roam the yachts for three days straight, comparing one chef’s escargot to another’s rack of lamb. Serious bragging rights are at stake. Tonight, the winners were announced for 2009 in a ceremony full of cheering, hooting, and tears of joy. Here are the yachts to charter this winter in the Caribbean if you want award-winning food to be part of your next cruising vacation: Category: Best Use of Coffee Yachts up to 89 feet long Third place: 75-foot sailing yacht Shaitan of Tortola Second place: 82-foot sailing yacht Raveneous First place: 63-foot sailing yacht Dulcinea
Yachts 90 to 149 feet long Third place: 124-foot motoryacht Perle Bleue Second place: 100-foot motoryacht Cocktails First place: 129-foot motoryacht Lionshare Yachts 150 feet and larger Third place: 235-foot motoryacht Kogo Second place: 165-foot motoryacht High Chaparral (read my interview with Chef Mark Hill) First place: 228-foot motoryacht Sherakhan Category: Best Table Setting Yachts up to 89 feet long Third place: 82-foot sailing yacht Raveneous Second place: 75-foot sailing catamaran Matau First place: 89-foot sailing yacht Icarus Yachts 90 to 149 feet long Third place: 115-foot motoryacht Paradigm Second place: 118-foot motoryacht Shalimar First place: 115-foot motoryacht Kapalua (read my interview with Chef Patrick Roney) Yachts 150 feet and larger Third place: 157-foot motoryacht Lady Joy Second place: 165-foot motoryacht High Chaparral First place: 228-foot motoryacht Sherakhan Best Buffet with Caribbean Flair Yachts up to 89 feet long Third place: 73-foot sailing catamaran Wonderful (read my interview with Chef Elizabeth Lee) Second place: 72-foot sailing yacht Pacific Wave (currently the CharterWave Chef of the Month) First place: 72-foot sailing catamaran Matau Yachts 90 to 149 feet long Third place: 118-foot motoryacht Shalimar Second place: 115-foot motoryacht Kapalua First place: 129-foot motoryacht Lionshare Yachts 150 feet and larger Third place: tie, 157-foot motoryacht Lady Joy and 198-foot motoryacht Slipstream Second place: 165-foot motoryacht High Chaparral First place: 181-foot motoryacht Sequel P My heartfelt congratulations to all of tonight’s winners!
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