Rent the yacht Sanjeeda

With two masts fashioned from whole tree trunks, long curved booms from which the sails hang, and carved sea eagle at her prow, Sanjeeda looks like a pirate galleon. Her stability high teak sides, diving and snorkelling facilities make her the ideal vessel. The 93ft teak kotiya dhow with it’s elegant Portuguese-Style galleon stern, houses 6 cabins and 17 luxury beth. Available for private charters of short set date departures.

Sanjeeda feels exotic and she is exotic, being the only working Indian dhow, or kotiya, in the world. A 91ft vessel, with an elegant Portuguese-style galleon stern housing six solid wooden bunked cabins to hold friends and family, as well as crew quarters, a galley and library.
The seven enormous hand-sewn Indian cotton sails well into the skies on two masts (51ft and 55ft) and two moveable permans (77ft and 65ft), and form a sea of creamy cloud. The deck, hewn from Indonesian teak by 25 Indian boat builders, gleams richly with linseed oil as the seven-man crew heave ropes and scramble up masts.

The Kotiya dhows can only be confirmed to have existed from about 200 years ago, but theses dhows were probably a common sight even 300 years before that, using the monsoon winds to trade between Arabia, India, the Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa.
Meals of fresh sea food and exotic fruit keep energy levels high; cocktails served with warmed nuts add to heady evenings. A trailing dinghy is always available for diving, shoreline snorkeling and swimming trips to undiscovered beaches. The deck chairs, cushions, scattered sarongs and shady spots ensure there’s enough space to lie about and soak up the sun and the views at your leisure. The cosy, teak cabins are beautiful, and fans above bunks allow for a good night’s sleep.