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Sailing Sri Lanka in Style: Inside Sail Lanka's New Wave of Ocean Adventures
Daily FT
|September 26, 2025
There's something timeless about stepping aboard a yacht and feeling the breeze lift off the Indian Ocean.
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The chaos of the city melts away, the horizon stretches wide, and for a few hours or days you're somewhere between adventure and calm. That's the feeling Sail Lanka has been perfecting for travellers, locals and corporate groups alike, a blend of Sri Lankan hospitality, French boat-building know-how and a deep respect for the sea.
Sail Lanka isn't another cookie-cutter tour operator. It's the country's first full-scale charter yacht company, with sleek catamarans dotted around Sri Lanka's coastline, from Jaffna in the far north to Trincomalee and Passikudah on the east coast, down to Mirissa, Galle and Weligama in the south.
This story is from the September 26, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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