Vacation is great time to stay away from your hectic work life and you would surely expect relaxation, sunshine and cocktails. Yacht charter is one of the best options available to enjoy your vacation by enjoying yacht racing. Many people assume that chartering a yacht is too expensive and only rich people can buy it.

This might be the case when you think of buying luxury and mega yachts but there are affordable yachts available in the market.

Before going into depth, first let us understand what yachts are. They are water vessels that can be used for several reasons such as you can rent or buy them for vacation purpose or racing.

They differ in sizes; the smaller ones can be between 15 and 100 feet. The bigger ones can touch up to 500 feet and can accommodate lot of people on board. If you want to use yacht for racing purpose you have to make sure that the length should be more than 21 meters.

Metal is the most common material used in making a number of carbon fiber products. This is so because these parts have to be tough for which metal is more suitable as a strong material. Metal is also used in making hoods which protect the engine and the adjacent machinery from rain and other outside elements.

However, with the invention of carbon fiber – a composite material – which is light yet strong; carbon fiber is also being used in making hoods of cars and other vehicles. Such hoods have certain advantages. First of all the overall weight of a vehicle having carbon fiber hood will be less than the weight of a similar vehicle using a metal hood. A lighter vehicle will need less power to haul it.