A private day on the water: an envelope handed up from the tender to a guest on deck
Yacht · a format by Teleport

A story that
leaves the shore.

We write a day around one person or a small group and stage it on the water with actors. They do not know.

A private day on the water, written in advance. Your yacht, or one we introduce — and a crew who know the plot.

Apply for a story
One day we wrote

How a day on the water can go

One example: a wedding anniversary. You ordered the day; she thinks it is a day at sea with her family. The skipper and the crew know the plot. Every day on the water is written from a blank page.

Cast off: a stranger on the jetty calls her name
01
A stranger on the jetty
As the boat leaves, a man on the jetty calls her by name and waves. She has never seen him. He is our actor; the skipper carries on as if he heard nothing.
A bottle in the sand
02
A message in a bottle
On the first beach she finds a bottle in the sand. The note inside is in your handwriting: you wrote it a month ago.
Lunch at anchor
03
Lunch at anchor
The crew serve the same dishes the two of you ordered on your first date.
An album open on her lap
04
The lost album
In a quiet bay her sister hands her a photo album she last saw in 2009 — and pretends she had nothing to do with it.
The return: the radio calls her name
05
The radio
On the way back a voice on the ship’s radio asks for her by name. It is the last scene, and it is for her.

A private day on the water, written in advance. Your yacht, or one we introduce — and a crew who know the plot.

04 · Before the day

What you receive, and when

LengthAbout eight hours, cast-off to the last line.
VesselYours — or one we introduce.
On boardUsually eight. The boat sets the limit.
Who knowsYou decide.
What is included
  • A day on the water written for your guests alone — never staged before, never repeated
  • A real skipper, and professional actors among the crew
  • The route, the jetty, the lunch arranged — and the boat, if it is not yours
  • Everything made for the day: the bottle, the album, the menu
  • A wet-weather chapter, written before the day
  • The ship’s log — written by hand, in one copy
When
  1. Within two days
    Talk to us.

    Who comes aboard, and what the water means to them.

  2. Within a week
    Read one page.

    The day on one page: the route, the scenes, the cast. Change anything you like.

  3. Two to eight weeks
    Do nothing.

    We write and rehearse. We come aboard once and meet your crew.

  4. The day
    Be on the jetty.

    White, and shoes you can lose. The rest is aboard.

What stays after the day

The surprise

A day on the water that turned out to know her.

A memory that did not exist

Told for years by everyone who was aboard.

The ship’s log

Written by hand, signed by the skipper. The only record of the day.

03 · People on board

The crew is in on it.

The skipper, the deckhand and the man from the next boat go through the chart
BEFORE SHE BOARDSThe skipper, the deckhand and the man from the next boat go through the chart one last time. The envelopes are counted. The album is already on board.
THE SKIPPER

Real.

Yours or the charter’s. He knows the plot and the tide, and only has to look at the sky at the right moment.

THE DECKHAND

Written.

Rehearsed for eleven days. Coils the lines, drives the tender, and has had an envelope in his pocket since Tuesday.

THE NEXT BOAT

Not a stranger.

Anchors beside you and rows across with an album she last saw twenty years ago. Not everyone on the next boat is who they seem.

YOUR GUESTS

All of them know but one.

The crew never say which.

In their words

Folded from the log.

For all of you being involved this weekend, it has been pure magic.
Martina KlingvallFounder & CEO · Telness Group
“It took me almost a year to fully process all the emotions, and I will carry the memories of that day with me for the rest of my life.”
Jennifer Klingvall GillbergThe one the day was written for
“Teleport is visionary and playful and reawakens, at an essential level, what it is to be human.”
David GlassTheatre director · United Kingdom
Folded from the pages of the log · the only record of the day
Notes for the host

Questions

How long is the day? –

From cast-off to the last line, about eight hours. A sunset version and an overnight at anchor are written on request.

Can it be our own yacht? –

Yes. We come aboard once before the day, meet your crew and write them in. If you do not have a boat there, we introduce one.

What if it rains? –

The story has a wet-weather chapter. It is written before the day.

How many guests? –

Usually eight. From two to twelve — the boat sets the limit, not the story.

Will she know? –

Not until the radio calls her name.

Who arranges the places? –

The boat, if it is not yours, the jetty, the lunch: by us or by a partner we introduce, depending on the story. You never book anything yourself.

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