Smaller Yachts, Shorter Terms, Instant Gratifcation

On-demand, short-term charters on yachts up to 115 feet are coming your way soon.

Using nothing more than my smartphone, I can book an airline fight, a hotel room, a train seat, a private villa—even a luxury jet. And I can do it right this minute, whenever the mood strikes, sometimes scoring a high-roller Vegas suite within 30 seconds of wanting to bet a $1,000 “yo” at the craps table. Nowadays, impatience isn’t a fault. It’s a right. That’s the thinking behind Yachtster, a Monaco-based company that promises a charter yacht within a day of users hitting the “send” button on a computer, tablet or smartphone. You read that correctly. Yachtster says it can get you a charter yacht not with one week’s or