Have you ever thought of celebrating your valentine with the zing that’ll be your splendid hallmark? It is essential to ensure your V-Day is free of clichés and does not encompass boring ideas. And instead of going with the same old-school valentine ideas, let’s think beyond and enliven your day as you’ve never done before.
Ahoy there, boss!
An impulse buy led to the start of a yacht charter company, and the owner of Valencia yachts now oversees an all-male crew. She talks to JEANNE TAI about being in a man’s world.Watching her totter around One° 15 Marina Club in three-inch heels, it’s easy to assume that the owner of Valencia yachts, 32, is a tai tai heading to a yacht party – until you hear crewmen greeting her with an exuberant “Morning, lady boss!”.
More people are chartering yachts to unwind out at sea as well as for special celebrations
Bank finance executive See Kwang Yew, 29, rented a yacht for his friend’s stag night in July.
The group of five paid for a four-hour evening charter, during which they sailed off from Sentosa and docked at one of the nearby islands for a barbecue dinner prepared by the crew, before heading back to the Sentosa marina.
“The groom-to-be really enjoyed it because it was his first time on a yacht. The rest of us also had a cosy time hanging out together,” says Mr See.