Exciting Race Opportunities with Hair of the Dog
This season we've added the exhilarating Hair of the Dog, a Sunfast 3200 to the fleet, an ideal racing yacht she is available for racing including double hand sailing and race events, or simply some fun cruising!
If you're seeking a higher performance yacht she is built to win, with effortless speed, using the latest technology to ensure the best strength-to-weight ratios, this boat is uniquely adapted to performance racing. Read her full specification here.
There are some incredible events taking place in this season's racing calendar, see below for some inspiration for chartering Hair of the Dog.
April 30, 2022,
Cervantes Trophy Race
The first offshore race of the domestic season is a cross-Channel dash to Le Havre. Depending on the weather conditions, the race may include various marks along the way.
Situated at the mouth of the River Seine, the port city of Le Havre plays host to unusual architecture designed by Auguste Perret, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2005.
The Société des Regatés du Havre always extends a very warm welcome to the RORC fleet and, with regular cross channel ferry travel from Portsmouth, it is also possible for friends and family to join in the fun in Le Havre.
http://www.rorc.org/events/
June 25, 2022,
Round the Island Race
'Britain's favourite yacht race, The world-famous Round the Island Race is starting and finishing off Cowes on Saturday 25th June. The race regularly attracts over 1,400 boats and around 15,000 sailors, making it one of the largest yacht races in the world. Starting on the famous Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes, the fleet races westabout, to The Needles, round St Catherine's Point and Bembridge Ledge buoy, and back into the Solent to the finish line at Cowes.
July 22-24 2022,
Tattinger Royal Solent Yacht Club
If you like the idea of champagne sailing then you will love the Royal Solent Yacht Club’s annual Taittinger Regatta with amazing social events as well as close inshore racing over 2 days. A weekend of first-class racing in the Western Solent with onshore entertainment based in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
https://www.royalsolent.org/
September 9-10, 2022,
Little Britain Challenge Cup, Cowes
For 2022 The Little Britain Challenge Cup – the property and construction industry’s annual sailing regatta – will be a two-day, 5-race series event organised by industry volunteers for the industry. This year’s regatta will be held in West Cowes, and racing will be on the Solent, around the cans, with courses set in both the east and west of central Solent. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet up with crews, friends and industry colleagues during the pontoon parties and at the Royal Ocean Racing Club in Cowes.
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.