Malta & Gozo
Journal
Practical writing about chartering here — where to sail, when to go, and what to ask an operator before you book. Every piece is read and approved by a person before it appears.
Where to sail
When to go to the Blue Lagoon, and when not to
The Blue Lagoon sits in the channel between Comino and Cominotto. It is genuinely as clear as the photographs suggest. It is also, between about ten in the morning and…
12 Aug 2026
How to plan a day around the wind in Malta
Malta is small, which is the thing that saves a windy day. From most departure marinas the whole coast is reachable, so a wind that ruins one side of the island simply…
18 Aug 2026
Can you do Gozo and Comino in one day?
Comino, yes. Comino and Gozo properly, in one day, from Malta — that is where people overreach.
18 Aug 2026
Charter types
Bareboat or skippered: which one you actually want
Bareboat means you take the boat and skipper it yourself. Skippered means somebody else handles it. The choice is usually made on price, which is the wrong reason.
5 Aug 2026
Before you book
What a Malta charter actually costs
The headline price of a charter is rarely the amount you pay. It is not a trick — the extras are real costs that vary with how you use the boat — but it does mean two…
18 Aug 2026
What licence you need to take a boat out yourself in Malta
Bareboat means you skipper the boat. Every operator that offers it will ask what you hold before they hand over the keys, and the answer is not "I have sailed a lot".
18 Aug 2026
The best time of year to charter in Malta
Malta's charter season runs roughly from April to October, and the months at each end are quietly the best of it.
18 Aug 2026
How far in advance to book a charter in Malta
The honest answer is that there is no magic number of weeks, because it is not really a question about time. It is a question about which kind of boat you want, and the…
Chartering with children in Malta
A day on a boat with children can be the best day of the holiday or a long exercise in supervision, and the difference is mostly decided before you leave the marina —…
What happens if the weather cancels your charter
The fear is losing the day and the money. The reality, most of the time in Malta, is neither — because Malta is small enough that bad weather usually changes the route…