| The best thing about luxury yacht rentals is, well, how | | | | The Great Gatsby is just a reservation and swipe of |
| luxurious they can be. It's a no-brainer, really. How | | | | the credit card away. Of course, if you're the Big |
| many of us who don't have to suffer in the merchant | | | | Kahuna at Sprocket Industries, then you can just pay |
| marines actually get time to spend on a boat bigger | | | | cash and puff on your grand old stogy. One way or |
| than a dingy or speed boat? Not many. We don't live | | | | another, you're headed for a grand affair at sea. |
| like Cary Grant or Gary Cooper circa 1936. We don't | | | | What qualifies a yacht as a luxury yacht? I can't tell |
| get to spend weeks crossing the Pond or setting off | | | | you how many times a day I get that question. It |
| to seedy adventures in Macau. That era has passed | | | | should be big. Not QE2 big, but a nice 35-footer is a |
| us by. | | | | good way to start. This will give you and your |
| Now, if you want to glimpse the luxury of a by-gone | | | | pleasure-seeking cohorts enough room to spread out, |
| era, you have to make a reservation, invite 30 of your | | | | breaking into cliches, and come together at various |
| closest friends, bring some carters along, and get on a | | | | intervals through the course of the night. Additionally, |
| yacht. Nothing comes closer to being aboard the QE2 | | | | you should make arrangements for food and drink. No, |
| -- and it's worlds from the Disneyland-at-sea most | | | | most charters aren't going to stock a full bar and |
| cruise ships promise. A lovely soiree straight out of | | | | buffet for you. Now, before you toss your F. |