Skippered Charter
Skippered Yacht Charter in the Solent
With a skippered yacht charter, you choose the sailing yacht or motor boat that you would like to sail on, we provide a professional skipper and any additional required crew.
Consider skippered yacht charter if you
- wish to celebrate a special occasion on a yacht without the responsibilities of skippering
- or have insufficient experience to skipper a yacht yourself
- or wish to experience sailing for the first time
- or are not able to muster enough sailing friends to crew for you
- or would like some extra support to try something new, such as a channel crossing, night sailing, or trip round the island
- or would like to organise a corporate/company sailing day near Southampton
Choice of Yachts for Skippered Charter
Sailing Yachts
You can charter your choice of sailing yacht from our fleet. With our wide selection of well presented and carefully privately owned yachts equipped to the highest standards, we offer a unique choice of make and size of yachts.
We will have a discussion with you to determine your aims for the charter and to understand who will make up your crew in order to provide you with a skipper who will be a good match for you, your group and your requirements. We can also arrange for our skipper to phone you prior to the commencement of your charter to ensure that he/she has a proper understanding of your objectives.
The skipper will be happy to act in the capacity that you would like him/her to – from simply overseeing you skippering the yacht, to ensuring that every person on board has an active role to play and explaining the finer points of sailing and navigation to those who are interested, to quietly sailing the yacht for you while you and your crew sit back and enjoy the sailing experience.
If you have not sailed for some time or if we need to verify your sailing experience before you continue on a bareboat basis, then it is possible to hire one of our professional skippers for a half day or more at the start of your charter to build up your confidence before continuing your sailing holiday without them.
Please note that when you take a skipper on a sailing yacht, you are responsible for providing them with food and drink and, for overnight charters, either a berth on the boat or a B&B room ashore.
Seafin motor yacht
Our 75ft motor cruiser, Seafin combines the period elegance of a classic English motor yacht, with all the luxuries and amenities of modern day cruising, providing an ideal environment for relaxing or enjoying the water sports equipment on board.
Life on board is relaxed and informal and our crew will ensure that your party of up to 30 has a truly memorable time. Seafin brings everyone together whether for drinks before lunch or dinner, leisurely chats on the comfortable sofas, playing on the jet skis or partying and dancing to the music. Relax on the top sun deck and take in the view with the blissful prospect of just soaking up the sun in a perfect private setting.
Ideal for a special birthday, hen day, stag day, wedding reception, or other special event.
- A day cruising on our 75ft traditional motor yacht “Seafin” with jetskis, paddleboards, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and drinks included: from £135 per person for 30 guests
More Sailing Options:
Half Day or Evening Skippered Sail
If you are looking for a shorter sailing experience, Hamble Point YachtCharters can arrange a half-day or evening Skippered Sail for you and your guests in the Solent.
Your half-day or evening skippered sail offers you
- A private mid-week skippered yacht charter sailing experience
- A chance to take colleagues, friends or family sailing in the Solent, with no sailing experience required, making it a great gift or reward.
Refreshments are included. Maximum 7 people plus skipper per yacht. Mid-week daysonly.
To find out more about skippered yacht charter in the Solent or to book a Skippered Sail, please contact us on 02380 457110 or use the enquiry form on the right hand side.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Thank you all for the well prepared Aeolus. Hope to charter her again next Spring and probably this autumn.
Hassle-free check-in with adjacent free parking about 50m from the boat so we could start enjoying our accommodation-only 2 night stay. Marina facilities are excellent, the location ultra-quiet at night, the boat was spotless, and essential start-up supplies helpful. We lucked out on weather with sun and shorts at the end of March by the Solent for the weekend. I highly recommend Alex and her boats for a stay on the water.
As usual excellent service from the team at Hamble Point Yacht Charters. This must be about the 7th or 8th time and always great! Finally made a visit to Chichester and had a great time there and back. Technical problem with the boat in Cowes heading back but no big deal. All sorted out with Sea Start...
My go to charter company on the south coast for the past 15 years, very professional, their yachts are always well prepared. I'll be back in April and then again in October.
Having a charter option immediately available with Hamble Point Yacht Charters gave our client the confidence to purchase their first yacht. Charter Management reduced the financial risk for the client and I don’t think we would have closed the sale without the client having the reassurance of a charter income.
We can recommend Hamble Point Yacht Charters on all points. Marvelous service, good price, great boats. An absolute winner!!
Just finished a fabulous week in the Solent with two friends. The chartered boat was in very good condition, considering she was quite elderly. Being the end of the season there were a few scratches on her hull, which were pointed out by the staff. However, the interior and engine were in first class condition, everything was ship shaped and worked. Bembridge then Yarmouth back to Buckler's Hard, finally returning to the Hamble. Winds mainly from either S or N of F3/6, just perfect sailing. Certainly, in the future, hope to repeat this experience with a very well run organised Charter.
Thank you for everything, certainly hope in the near future to charter again, and pleased to recommend the efficient way your organisation works
We charter regularly from HPYC and always find the boats are clean, well maintained and properly equipped. The handover and briefing process is always efficient and thorough so we get away quickly and we know support is available if there are any difficulties. The marina location is also a great plus, giving easy and quick access to the Solent with options to go east or west depending on the tides. All of the team at HPYC are very friendly and helpful and we really appreciate the great service they provide.
Thoroughly enjoyed the week. Four days sailing with Leigh as skipper; made up the itinerary as we went along - across to Cowes then down to Lulworth Cove and back. Several of us have sailing experience but did not have the experience to navigate the tides and currents of the south coast. Leigh was brilliant - quickly got us doing all the work within our own abilities and his knowledge and experience was exceptional. Knew his stuff. Great fun and pretty good value for money all once you divided it up between the seven of us. Not quite enough storage for all the beer however...
Very efficient and friendly service, quick and slick handover and return. Communication with Alex was very good, both by telephone and emails. I’d never sailed a Gib Sea 37 before but Viola is quick under sail and motor, very noisy in tick over as was pointed out at the handover but equally quiet with a few revs, in fact almost ‘electric’ quiet one crew member remarked. The heavy kick to port in astern can be used to good effect when close quarter manoeuvring. Plenty of electronics ( I brought charts with me but didn’t need them, the plotter at the helm was great ) All in all, Viola was a credit to you and I wouldn’t hesitate to charter her again... Although I do like the look of the Halberg Rassey on the next berth ! Perhaps next year? Many thanks Alex and the team.
We had an excellent weekend on board a 36 ft yacht, Aeolus, chartered from HPYC. The boat was in great condition, fully equipped with no problems at all, Booking, collection and returning the boat all went very smoothly and the staff were all super friendly and efficient. Hamble Point Marina is also a really nice spot and a great place to start out from. HPYC will definitely be our first choice for our next charter.
Had another amazing week sailing thanks to HPYC. The team here are so friendly; Alex, Josh and Dave are a really credit to the business - nothing seems to much trouble and we shall definitely be visiting again next year. Here’s to hoping we have another mid 20’s heatwave.....please.
When asked what do HPYC do really well... 'Presentation and quality of yachts on offer together with friendly and helpful staff, willing to be flexible and to accommodate client's wishes.'