Charlotte

Couples who have saved for one particular sailing arrive slightly overwhelmed, with a folder of times and a case each. Charlotte is twenty-seven and slows that down, beginning later than the itinerary suggests and finishing a long way before the alarm. Oud-Zuid is her base and it is quiet by eleven, which is roughly the standard she keeps in a room. She works in English and writes in it, and she would sooner ask one more question in the thread than guess at the answer. Blonde, composed, and plain about the fact that she can bring a visit to an end at any point she judges right.

Charlotte decides which bookings she takes and may decline any of them; she sets the limits for what a session includes, says what they are, and may end a visit at any point, as the terms set out.