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Photo: TWW YachtsWith a family home near the beautiful Lake Tahoe, Doug and his family tend to avoid Europe in the height of summer, and so putting the vessel into the charter trade seemed to be a no-brainer. It took a little time to get her to commercial standard however, and Doug described how much work really goes into preparing a yacht for charter; “the previous owner was really into scuba diving, so he had 12 scuba tanks and about 40 wetsuits and tenders that were specifically made for scuba diving and not made for taking people to dinner. We had to get rid of all of the dive equipment and tenders and buy all brand new water toys!”