Twin Flame – Where Luxury & Adventure Merge

Recent Yacht Refit Elevates the Experience

Twin Flame, a 2019, 77’ Lagoon catamaran, went through an extensive refit by her current owner. That refit raised the bar on the yacht’s already stunning aesthetics, elevating the luxurious creature comforts inside and out to an entirely new level.

The recent refit also focused on the mechanics and systems that lie behind the scenes. These mechanical systems are an integral part of the charter. They’re what keep Twin Flame and her charters running seamlessly in the background, allowing her crew to deliver a charter experience for the guests that somehow looks and feels quite effortless.

An Ideal Layout for Charter

Twin Flame’s well-laid-out cockpit greets you with an ideal alfresco dining setup, perfect for gathering with family or friends and taking in the yacht’s amazing cuisine right at the water’s edge. Quite simply, dining with a view doesn’t get any better than this.

Her understated and comfortable salon is an ideal location to relax with a good book, enjoy your morning coffee, or take in a cozy movie night with the family. From there, you’re steps away from the forward cockpit, with expansive lounge seating, often a favorite spot while underway or in the late afternoons. Make your way up to the fly-bridge deck for the ultimate 360-degree views as you island-hop your way through the islands.

Below deck, you find two comfortable Queen cabins, a lavish King Master Suite, plus an adaptable King cabin that can transform into twin beds, perfect for single adults or kids. Twin Flame can accommodate groups of up to 8 guests, and her dynamic layout continues to make her an ideal choice for a family, multi-family group, or group of friends.

With plenty of space to gather with the group or find a private moment alone, all of Twin Flame’s indoor and outdoor spaces boast designer touches that evoke the yacht’s understated and comfortable luxury style.

The Owners Behind the Experience

The owners of Twin Flame are an extremely supportive couple with a background in developing products that focus on the user experience, including the E-Foil with Lift Foils. Twin Flame is no exception, and from the get-go, the owners wanted to inject their charters with that same user experience mindset.

On a charter level, the owners boiled this user experience down to what they felt were a couple of key pillars. Those pillars include the yacht’s on-board luxuries, a focus on guest comfort and service, the culinary experience, and the adventure aspect.

Over the course of numerous charters, the owners and crew believe that they have fine-tuned an ideal combination of top-notch service, guest support, and activity instruction. Through this combination, their goal is to deliver an on-board experience where each guest can feel completely taken care of and supported each day, while at the same time feeling very much at home and comfortable aboard the yacht.

Twin Flame is Known for Adventure

Adventure is something that Twin Flame and her crew have become known for. In the owner’s words and with guests in mind, that adventure aspect includes “doing something new, doing something different, and pushing your boundaries a little bit.”

This adventure piece is what makes the charter experience in general and particularly aboard Twin Flame unlike any other vacation experience out there. This type of experience and adventure cannot be replicated at a resort.

The success of a crewed charter is highly dependent on the crew, and the owners of Twin Flame fully embraced that idea from the onset. As they said, “In order to deliver on every one of those pillars, it all comes down to having the ideal crew aboard and how that crew can anticipate the guests’ needs before they even realize they need it.”

At the Heart of the Crew – Meet Kieran & Michelle

Captain Kieran Bown and First Mate Michelle Preciado lie at the heart of the yacht’s four-person crew and lead their team with a natural zest for adventure and a pursuit of the ultimate charter experience. A trained Chef as well as an attentive Stewardess always round out their team.

This continual pursuit of the ultimate charter experience defines Kieran and Michelle’s charters and sets them apart. As Kieran put it, “We cater an experience to you, to exactly what you’re looking for and that’s what we’re passionate about, and that’s what we strive to do every single week is to develop the experience, to enhance it.”

Their 10 years of working alongside one another include various roles within the charter industry as well as the scuba diving business. This background, combined with their experience working as a team, has honed their customer service skills and allowed them to provide what is now an effortless expertise above and below the water.

A Diverse Background Honed their Skills

Kieran and Michelle started their careers in the scuba diving industry, where they had the opportunity to travel the world and acquire some invaluable experience doing anything and everything from practical research to pampering guests at opulent dive resorts.

As they told us, “This adventure-friendly, welcoming atmosphere served as the ideal introduction to the yachting industry and laid the foundation for our ability to deliver remarkable charter experiences.”

Their backgrounds have provided them with extensive experience in working with clientele in an intimate setting. It also nurtured their ability to customize each and every week to the needs and wants of the guests at hand.

Whether guests are looking to relax with a hand-crafted cocktail or jump into the action with e-foiling or cliff jumping, their mission is to ensure that each guest’s vacation aspirations are met throughout the week and become an integral part of the overall charter experience.

Kieran & Michelle’s Unparalleled Dive Expertise

Kieran and Michelle are both highly experienced PADI dive instructors with thousands of dives each throughout the BVI, Caribbean, and Bahamas. Their experience makes them extremely well-suited for experienced divers looking for more advanced dives or for guests in any group who are new to diving and looking to discover scuba for the first time.

The yacht is equipped with all the necessary dive equipment, including BC’s, regulators, tanks, and an onboard scuba compressor. The onboard compressor allows for complete freedom during the charter as the crew doesn’t have to rely on the location of shoreside tank fills.

This “un-plugged” flexibility provides the crew with the ability to incorporate any dive site into the charter itinerary, with the guests’ experience and comfort level, their diving interests, as well as their overall charter preferences in mind.

Scuba Diving Options Aboard Twin Flame

Experienced divers can enjoy up to multiple dives in a week-long charter, and newbies can try out scuba for the first time with a Discover Scuba Diving Course.

Guests can also complete their certification by way of a PADI Referral Course, in which the required four open water check-out dives get completed while aboard. Scuba diving and diving instruction costs are extra on Twin Flame and will be detailed upon inquiry. The adventure doesn’t stop there—Twin Flame also boasts the latest E-Foil boards and the always thrilling Sea Bobs, ensuring there’s never a dull moment aboard.

Twin Flame’s Ultimate Water Sports Assortment

Twin Flame is stocked to the brim with the latest water sports gear, including the latest craze of E-Foil equipment along with the ever-popular Sea Bobs. Other key water sports equipment includes a well-powered dinghy, water skis for kids and adults, an assortment of snorkeling gear, kayaks, and stand-up paddle boards.

Besides having the latest equipment aboard, the passion that Kieran and Michelle bring to these activities and their enthusiasm for sharing it ensure that every guest aboard, no matter their experience level, has a personalized and memorable experience on the water.

​Wing Foiling​ for instance,​ is a specialty of Kieran & Michelle’s and they’ve put great effort into developing their own skills as well as their ability to teach it. They have a good selection of equipment ​aboard in order to deliver beginner-friendly sessions. While this is ​a specialist sport and requires dedication from any participants, ​they’ve successfully taught guests during their time aboard Twin Flame and believe “it’s an incredible achievement to be able to log that journey onboard​.”

From Action Packed to the Ultimate in Relaxation

While aboard Twin Flame, you can choose to unwind in opulence or dive into adventure—whatever your heart desires. The crew is ever-ready to make your day eventful with a wide array of activities. As Kieran told us: “We like to keep an exciting pace on charter as we’re shooting from dive site to hiking trail to secluded beach.” Here are 11 ideas to get you started:

• Snorkeling Adventures: Immerse yourself in the underwater world right from Twin Flame or via a short dinghy ride. You might even embark on a snorkel safari, hopping from one vibrant spot to another.
• Trailblazing Hikes: Does the great outdoors beckon? The crew loves hiking and is eager to guide you through the best scenic trails.
• E-Foiling Fun: With Twin Flame’s Lift E-Foils, everyone from beginners to experienced riders can glide over the water, learning from the skilled crew.
• Wake Foiling Thrills: Master the waves with tow-foiling lessons, a fantastic way to refine your foiling skills.
• Wing Foiling Excitement: Depending on the wind, the crew can introduce you to or help polish your wing-foiling techniques.
• Kiteboarding Action: Another wind-reliant activity, kiteboarding offers exhilarating fun under the crew’s expert guidance.
• Seabobs Exploration: Channel your inner spy and cruise under the waves on their high-tech Seabobs, perfect for scouting out reefs and bays.
• Cliff Jumping Adrenaline: Leap from cliffs into the crystal waters below, always under the watchful eye of the safety-conscious crew.
• Cold Plunge Therapy: Be among the first in the Virgin Islands to experience this invigorating cold water therapy, exclusive to Twin Flame.
• Yoga and Wellness: Embrace serenity with yoga sessions on the flybridge, or join Captain Kieran for a motivating fitness challenge.
• Cozy Movie Nights: Wind down after an adventurous day with a movie, snuggled up in the salon with plush seating and a large-screen TV.

An Ideal Choice for Families, Kids, and Adventure Seekers

Kieran and Michelle enjoy all kinds of groups and have had the opportunity to host a wide range of charter guests over the years. They believe they can deliver an unparalleled experience for families, groups of teens, or adventure seekers.

Both Kieran and Michelle are excellent with kids and love sharing new experiences with them, including anything from scuba diving and watersports to hiking or treasure hunts. From their perspective, when the kids are having fun, the parents and grandparents are as well. That can simply mean spectating from the fly-bridge deck with a cocktail in hand while the younger ones are tubing or playing in the water.

A Personal and Friendly Approach to Charter

As Kieran and Michelle told us, they’ve been fortunate to work with some excellent crews during their initial years of yachting and received a top-notch education from incredible crew members. They believe their style has evolved through a combination of the great approaches they’ve been exposed to and their personalities and backgrounds.

Creating a personal and friendly approach while on charter is a key ingredient in their charters, with as much interaction as the guests desire. Through their experience, they’ve learned to gauge the guests that are aboard each week as well as the mood of the moment. They’re attuned to subtly entering or exiting various interactions as they develop their relationships with their guests during the week.

With their abundance of activities, watersports, and diving, it’s easy for Kieran and Michelle to build up face-time and interaction with the guests in a natural, unforced manner. This allows them to gain an understanding of what the guests like, what they’d like to explore during the charter, and what their favorite activities are.

As they told us, “With the variety of activities we offer, like diving and watersports, we’ve developed our talents in reading our visitors’ cues and understanding when to engage and when to give them space, all while establishing rapport via shared experiences.”

Twin Flame’s Fully Immersed Experience

One of their favorite locations in the BVI, Little Harbour on Peter Island, is where they often anchor stern-to-shore to create a private, pool-like setting between the yacht and shore. This secluded bay is a place where the crew encourages their guests to perhaps spend a full day if they’re up for it. It’s also a place that they believe captures their charter style.

It’s an ideal spot for discovering scuba diving experiences or for teaching guests how to wakeboard. It’s also a day in which the guests are fully engaged in all the yacht has to offer – including the food and drinks along with the on-board luxuries and water sports. This sort of private and activity-based day sets a wonderful tone for the week and allows guests to fully immerse themselves in the charter experience.

Summer Adventures Beyond the BVI with Twin Flame

Although Twin Flame’s luxury crewed yacht charters are based in the British Virgin Islands, she often spends her summer traveling to other alluring destinations such as the Bahamas or the Grenadines before concluding the charter season. This transition in location presents new sights and sensations for the owners, the crew, and Twin Flame’s long list of devoted repeat guests.

If you’re curious about where Twin Flame might take you beyond the BVI this summer, just reach out to us at Carefree Yacht Charters for all the info and details you’ll need.

Twin Flame’s Crew Can’t-Wait to Welcome You Aboard

Kieran, Michelle, and the crew are all about having fun. If you haven’t had the opportunity to meet them yet, they want you to know that they are just as eager as the guests to start the day’s activities, if not more so. They are up before the sun, ready to make sure that they’re there to greet you and start your day.

In terms of the experience, it’s all about the various elements they bring to the table – the luxury, the comfort, the adventure, the safety, and the human connection. They’re constantly fine-tuning their charters in search of the ultimate charter experience for each and every guest. Kieran summed up his pursuit perfectly by adding, “So, even if you heard what someone experienced last week, we are still trying to make the product better and that will not stop. Ever.”

For further details regarding Twin Flame and her charters, visit their e-brochure or reach out to us directly.