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The Nala, with a 10-guest capacity, offers intimate cruising and accessibility to wild places.

The Nala, with a 10-guest capacity, offers intimate cruising and accessibility to wild places.

PHOTO: YACHT SOURCING & JASON REPOSAR

John Tan

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BANDA ISLANDS, Indonesia – Over the years, I have been on about 20 small, intimate sailings and charters.

These getaways, usually with a dozen guests or fewer to a boat, can take guests to wild places inaccessible to massive cruise ships.

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