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Create an account
Create an account simply and free of charge. Complete your profile and your sailing CV.
Offer a boat for charter
List your boat and stay in control of every request.
The decision to allow someone to charter your boat is entirely yours.
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Publish your listing
Choose your boat type and complete the form. Use Register your boat in the header. Add the best photos you have and a clear description, then publish it for the community.
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Manage your bookings
Reply to members who message you and agree the charter details. The hirer requests the booking on the website and authorises payment. If you accept within 24 hours, the booking is confirmed. Check their sailing CV first.
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Meet your hirers
Once you accept, you receive the hirer’s phone number and email so you can agree the meeting point, the hire contract, the pre-charter inventory and the handover of the keys. The charter payment is marked for transfer to you at the start of the hire.
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Rate them
After the charter, rate the hirer’s sailing skills, responsibility and pleasantness so other owners can read the record when they consider a request.
Charter a boat
Search, ask, then book with the owner’s acceptance.
So are you ready for a yacht charter?
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Search for the ideal boat
Check the listings and filter by destination, dates, guests and the kind of day you want.
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Contact the owner and create an account
Create a free account, complete your profile and sailing CV, then message the owner about how the charter works and whether the dates are suitable.
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Book
Authorise the payment and wait up to 24 hours. If the owner accepts, the booking is confirmed and you receive the owner’s contact details.
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Handover of the keys
Call or email the owner to agree the time, the contract and the pre-charter inventory. Payment is released to the owner at the start of the hire when the booking stands.
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Rate and review your experience
After the charter, rate the boat and its owner so future guests can prepare with a clearer picture.
Clear before you set sail
Know what to expect.
Every charter is different. Confirm these details with the owner before you request the booking.
- Departure location, timings and itinerary
- Guest capacity and captain arrangements
- Price, what is included and what is extra
- Weather, safety and cancellation terms
- Accessibility needs and onboard facilities
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