Reflections, Resolutions and 2019 goals
Happy New Year!
Christmas and New Year always represents a period of togetherness; an opportunity to enjoy time with friends or family - possibly even planning your summer sailing trips? For many, it is also a time for reflection or resolutions and so we have decided to share our 2018 reflections and 2019 goals with you.
Our Family grew.
In 2018 we welcomed several new faces to the team; Kate who has been studying digital marketing has joined us in the office team as our marketing and social media specialist, but she will also be helping with check-ins, so if you haven't already met Kate you probably will on your next charter.
We also welcomed David to the valeting team, these guys are the unsung heroes cleaning and preparing yachts to make sure they are 100% ready for your charter.
Our fleet continued to grow
As well as new faces, we welcomed Abraxas, the Beneteau First 40.7 racer-cruiser to the fleet and we offered charters along the stunning West Coast of Scotland on board Tenacious.
For 2019, we are excited to reveal that we have a 2018 Hanse 45.8 joined the fleet - we hope to confirm more details soon!
As always, we are looking for more high-quality yachts to join our fleet. So if you own a yacht and would like to consider chartering her, or if you would consider purchasing a yacht knowing you could off-set charter income against running costs, please get in touch with us.
Yacht-Match
in 2018 we were the first UK base to join the Yacht-Match group. Dirk, CEO of Yacht-Match explains how he can help you purchase a yacht for charter as an investment in out recent blog, 'To buy of to charter'.
Our new website
We launched our new mobile-friendly website in the Autumn which has a cleaner design and improved yacht search feature. We are working really hard on an online booking system, and hope to have more news on this in 2019.
Continued 5-star service
Our 25th anniversary year stared amazingly well! We were awarded with a Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence and we won the Customer Service Award 2018 from British Maritime, both awards were made in recognition of our high levels of customer service and consistently excellent reviews.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed us on TripAdvisor, Facebook or Google - it really makes a difference to us and helps future charterers understand more about us.
If you are making plans for 2019, remember all Summer charters booked before 31st January benefit from a 5% early booking discount (which you can also use in conjunction with your loyalty discount). Or if you can't plan that far ahead, don't forget to take advantage of our Winter Rates on charters until 1st March 2019 or keep an eye out for our short-notice offers
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.