There were at least five opportunities for local residents to ooh and ah and imagine living the ultra-rich life in the past week as luxury yachts continued their annual migration from Caribbean to Europe.

Meyer Agencies were agents for five luxury motor yachts that called to Bermuda in the past few days. On Friday, the Chamar cruising from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Horta, Azores arrived at 6.30 p.m. to refuel and for some rest and relaxation. She left at 6 p.m. on Monday. Also calling in at Bermuda on May 23 was the Ilona. She arrived at 10.15 p.m. from Savannah, Georgia and departed at 10.20 on Saturday morning for the Azores.

On May 24 and May 25, the private yachts, Patricia, Quiet Place and Aurora made briefs stop to refuel.

"These boats usually stop off here to fuel up and then head out to the Mediterranean where they spend the season. They usually stop back on their return trips to the Caribbean later on," said Joe Simas of Meyer.

High winds may have been a stroke of luck for passengers on board the Horizon on Monday. The cruise ship normally docks in St. George's but was forced to come to Hamilton because winds were too high for her to negotiate Town Cut. This made it easier for the 1,347 passengers to enjoy the Bermuda Day parade. She is expected to return to New York at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow. The Horizon's sister ship the Zenith also called in Hamilton on Monday morning. She had 1,405 people on board. She will go to St. George's at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

The Nordic Empress arrived in Dockyard at 1 p.m. yesterday with 1,547 passengers. She will stop in Hamilton at noon tomorrow before returning to New York at 1 p.m. on Friday.

At just about the same time the Nordic Empress was pulling in at Dockyard, the Norwegian Majesty was docking in St. George's with her 1,523 passengers. She is expected to retun to Boston at 1 p.m. on Friday.

The upscale cruise liner Seven Seas Navigator is due in Hamilton on Friday morning with 300 passengers. She will move on to St. George's in the morning of June 1 and leave for Newport, Rhode Island in the evening.

Yesterday the US Coast Guard tall ship Eagle arrived in Dockyard. A frequent visitor to Bermuda, she is slated to leave tomorrow.

Atlantis, the research vessel that helped raise the Titanic, was in Bermuda waters on Monday doing some research work. Mr. Simas said she will be calling in and out of the Island for the next couple of weeks.

Several tons - 7,000 metric tons to be exact - of gravel and sand will be brought to the Island tomorrow at Penno's Wharf in St. George's by the Wisla.

The Oleander arrived from Port Elizabeth New Jersey on May 25 with 147 dry containers, 41, refrigerated containers, a landscape trailer, a mafi and two flatbeds. She returned to New Jersey yesterday. The Bermuda Islander is slated to arrive tomorrow with 90 containers including 26 refers. She will leave Bermuda on Friday morning.