Charter Yacht.com Guides · Life aboard · August 2026
The Toy Box, Explained
Seabobs, tenders, paddleboards, the inflatable everything, a plain-language guide to what is actually in the garage, who each toy is really for, and what fills the afternoons at anchor.
By the Charter Yacht.com team
Half the charter week happens between the swim platform and the anchorage, and the garage is where that half lives. Toy lists read like catalogues, so here is the translation: what each thing is, and who ends up hogging it.
The tender
Not a toy, the yacht's car, and the piece that decides your radius. It runs the beach drops, the reef trips, the restaurant runs and the Hill Inlet lookout landing. A serious tender program is why a yacht anchored one bay from the crowd can still be everywhere first. On Lumir's program, the chase yacht is a Technohull that turns transfers into an event of their own.
The fast ones
Seabobs are the modern flagship toy, silent electric sleds that fly you over the reef and, for the brave, briefly under it. Jet skis (where regulations allow) cover distance and burn off teenagers. E-foils reward one determined afternoon of falling with a week of gliding.
Every garage sorts the party inside a day: the seabob queue, the paddleboard-at-dawn faction, and whoever claimed the slide first.
The slow ones
Paddleboards and kayaks own the early mornings at anchor, flat water, first light, the only wake your own. Snorkelling gear is provisioned per guest, sized before boarding, and in Whitsundays or Fijian water it is the toy that delivers the stories. Fishing gear ranges from the kids' handline to the serious offshore setup, depending on the yacht and the licence of the water.
The inflatable everything
Slides off the sun deck, floating islands, trampolines, collectively, the reason the afternoon anchorage goes quiet in the best way. Each yacht's page lists its garage: compare the fleet, or tell the enquiry desk which toys matter to your party and let that pick the yacht.
Ready when you are