For the spectator
You can exclusively charter our luxury yachts, sunseeker powerboats or speedboats (RIBs) and enjoy any sailing event in style.
Merchant Yachting can offer you a range of unique sailing opportunities:
- Relax and watch the racing ‘track side’
- Whet your appetite for the exhilaration sailing offers and learn some of the skills needed to race with speed and finesse
- Enjoy fine dining and exquisite wines whilst being looked after by our professional crew
- If you go ashore, for example during Cowes Week, the carnival atmosphere really rolls into town: great cafes, al-fresco dining, top class restaurants and the famous Guinness beer tent complete with the longest bar in the world.
- Take in the famous Friday night fireworks, aerial displays and much more.
- Merchant Yachting offers you an unrivalled experience of these kind of events.
What’s included – Elan 410
- Exclusive use of our 2008 40ft+ yachts
- Commercially endorsed yachtmaster skippers
- Hostess / first mate
- Full insurance
- All fuel
- Assistance with onshore arrangements i.e. restaurant bookings, hotels
- Provision of wet weather gear
What’s included – Sunseeker Portofino 53 (56ft luxury motor yacht) & RIB (8 metre rib powered by 225HP)
- Exclusive use of Sunseeker and/or RIB
- Continental breakfast and buffet-style lunch onboard
- Light refreshments onboard
- Wine, beer and champagne onboard
- Full insurance
- All fuel and mooring costs
- Assistance with onshore arrangements if required, such as restaurant bookings, hotels, marina passes etc.
Suggested itinerary
- Arrive at Hamble / Southampton or direct at Cowes to board your yacht and meet your skipper
- Soak up the pre-race excitement onboard whilst enjoying a fresh continental breakfast
- Depart with the race crews ready for a top view of the start-line action
- Learn some of the sailing skills used by the professionals
- Relax over a freshly prepared lunch taking in the spectacular sights
- Follow the fleet around the racecourse culminating in a close up of the finish line
- Return to Cowes late afternoon. Freshen up onboard and skip in to your glad rags ready to go ashore and soak up the party atmosphere
- Party into the night in the famous Guinness tent with live music every night
- Having been safely accompanied back to your yacht, finish the day with a night cap under the stars before turning in for the night. A good night's sleep will ensure you're well rested and ready for the next day's sailing adventure.
As a guide, an exclusive charter of a Sunseeker with a professional skipper and mate / hostess will cost £3,500 per day (for up to 10 guests)
(Please note, if the Friday is your preferred choice and you wish to stay for the fireworks, an additional £500 will be charged.)
As a guide a RIB with a professional skipper, for up to 8 guests, for a full day charter will cost £850, for a half day will cost £650 and thrill rides (2 x one hour slots) will cost £600.
For more information request an information pack or alternatively give us a call on 023 8021 5397 to discuss your specific needs.
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