This is one of the most common questions I am asked and the answer I think, usually comes as a surprise! The exact amount will vary from yacht to yacht, but the cost of Sunsail Ownership is nearly always 2 weeks or less a year. That’s right for the same cost as your annual two week summer holiday, you could become a Sunsail Owner and sail for as many as 12 weeks a year! Let me give you an example for each of our programme options:

Setting Sail  I guess that I have always loved sailing, at least I don’t remember a time when I didn’t. This is probably because I grew up with sailors. As an infant, I would be taken out in the picturesque Chichester Harbour aboard my parents 16ft Norwegian Rana. Though it was obviously much later that I took up an active interest of my own. I remember being sent off to trial my primary schools “sailing club”. This involved being pushed off from a windy Lee-on-Solent shoreline, solo aboard a Topper in a force 4 (felt more like a 9 to me). I hadn’t a clue what to do and I think the idea was that I would quickly learn through trial and error. It wasn’t a smooth start, but from those many failed attempts, I was determined to understand how the other boys made the boat go where they wanted and how to do that the right way up!

If you are exploring your charter yacht ownership options, then without a doubt you will have heard the term "professional maintenance" thrown around a few times by now. I will assume therefore, that you have also asked yourself, "What does this really include?"