5 Reasons To Charter in The UK
5 Reasons To Charter in The UK
The UK may not be the first place you think of when planning your yacht charter but actually, chartering in the UK offers many advantages and benefits to the UK-based sailor.
1. A weekend Escape
You can easily arrange a weekend charter in the UK, which simply isn’t feasible if you are looking further afield.
Hamble Point Yacht Charters’ weekend package runs from 4pm on Friday to 5pm on Sunday allowing two nights on board and you can be back in the office / school on Monday morning with none of your precious annual leave allowance used.
With evening handovers available until 7pm, you don't even need to leave the office early.
2. Solent Sights
The Solent (the strip of water between Southampton and the Isle of Wight) is one on the premier sailing spots in the UK. The shelter from the Isle of Wight results in flat waters and a perfect sailing breeze on all but the most extreme weather days.
Just 20 miles long and between 2.5 – 5 miles wide, the Solent offers a fantastic range of destinations all within just a few hours sail from each other; moor up in charming Yarmouth, pick up a mooring buoy in the historic Beaulieu River, drop anchor in Osborne Bay (where Queen Victoria bathed), or explore the infamous home of yachting, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight.
Hamble Point Yacht Charters offers a huge cruising area, so if you can spare a few extra days you could even hop across the Channel or explore the West Country.
3. Low Cost & Low Stress
Chartering in the UK is low cost and low stress. There are no expensive flights, no stressful airport queues, no limits on liquids, no eye-watering parking charges at the airport. There are no credit card fees for international transactions, and no dodgy exchange rates to trip you up. You simply arrive at Hamble Point Marina where even the parking is free. You can even do your provisioning at the local Sainsbury’s or Tesco on the way into Hamble and collect your loyalty points or if you are short of time, Hamble Point Yacht Charters offers a variety of provisioning services.
You can often find short notice or late availability offers which reduce the cost even further. You can check the forecast and confidently pick up a bargain. Hamble Point Yacht Charters update their last-minute discounts weekly.
4. Environmentally friendly
For the environmentally conscious, chartering in the UK doesn’t involve carbon-chugging long-haul flights. So instead of planting the 116 trees needed to offset the carbon footprint generated by a family of 4 on a round trip flight from Gatwick to SE Asia, you can simply hop on board in Hamble, hoist your sails and potter down to Yarmouth, cruise to Cherbourg or take a trip to Dartmouth.
Yes, it’s true! Hamble Point Yacht Charters allow charterers to bring their pets on board (subject to an additional cleaning fee) so you can truly enjoy a family sailing holiday without leaving anyone behind, or needing to find a dog-sitter.
Of course, we welcome children too and can provide child-sized lifejackets and child-netting on request.
The Solent has so much to offer – so why not contact Hamble Point Yacht Charters and book your sailing charter today.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
This is truly a 5 * service. The team really looked after us both ashore on arrival and also while at sea. We were a relatively inexperienced crew but always felt the team ashore had our backs. Thoroughly recommended.
I just wanted to say Thank-you very much for the weekend charter. It was exactly what we were after (albeit cold!) plus Andy was an awesome teacher and great company. We’ll definitely be keen to book again soon!
We had a fabulous four days. Marina is ideally placed for the Solent, boat was in great condition, well equipped and a joy to sail. We were well briefed and the shore side team including the dog very friendly.
We charted one of the sailing yachts for a fantastic weekend cruise in the Solent. The boat was in superb condition and well equipped, the staff was very helpful explaining how things work on the yacht and there was also a video available with all the important information. 10/10 would recommend!
Had a fantastic week chartering Blue Otter, Alex was incredibly helpful and sent loads of information and date checking prior to booking. There was a handover video and both the handover and return were really smooth. The boat was lovely and well maintained and Lee was really helpful in recommending places to visit (and helping identify the steering issue as an autopilot takeover - doh!). Definitely will be back and would fully recommend!
Just back from a lovely week in the Solent. Great service from HPYC from first inquiry through to return handover. Very straightforward to deal with, and the yacht was in excellent condition. We've chartered from many companies in the UK and abroad and the attention to detail (and flawless inventory!) was second to none. Everything about the yacht and equipment had clearly been well looked after and was in immaculate condition. Great service, will use again.
Always very friendly service, and well-maintained yachts. Easy check-in and checkout. Will be back...
We had a great time and were very happy with everything. Your team were genuinely friendly and were very helpful when we needed it. Is a big contrast to many charter companies I have dealt with in the past.
Watching the sun go down with a glass of bubbly on the deck of a sparkling yacht was unbelievable. What a treat, and a much needed change of scenery in these troubled times. We will be back for sure
Fab service, nothing too much trouble, including my daft questions. I'll be a repeat customer for sure!
We had a great time sailing with Lee for a few days at the beginning of September. Hamble Point Yacht Charters supplied us an impeccable 45 ft Hanse yacht, which was handled with complete mastery by Captain Lee. It was a privilege to sail with Lee, who is clearly a highly skilled professional taking great pride in his work ... but who is also a fantastic character with a great sense of humour and plenty of fun stories to keep the whole family entertained. He balances the serious side of safety and learning about sailing with a whopping dose of amusement and good cheer. We sailed the Solent in some decent seas, visited Bucklers Hard on the banks of the Beaulieu River and learned lots about British nautical history. Our boys started somewhat of a fishing trend catching bass off the back of the boat in Portsmouth and we would love to sail with Lee again in the future. The man truly knows his stuff, maintained the boat impeccably and went to every effort to ensure that we had a great time. Many thanks to “Shippers” and Hamble Point Charters. We’ll be back.
Chartered bareboats with HPYC on numerous occasions most recently in Sept 2020. Always helpful and accommodating. Highly recommend.
We had a fantastic weekend sailing on Loxley B. Boat in super condition and spotlessly clean, Alex. and the team very thorough and always on hand to answer any questions. A great experience. We will be back. Thank you!
Lots of information from office with a friendly service. We selected a one of the cheaper yachts and was please with find everything work and was cleaned and tidy. We will definitely be back
This was the first time we had tried chartering and as experienced racing sailors we didn't know what to expect. Covid has closed down all our events this year so this was a chance to get afloat at least once in 2020. What a great experience and Alex and all the Hamble staff could not have been more friendly or helpful. We had a great three days and we will be back !! We would have no hesitation is recommending Hamble Point Yacht Charters.