Commercial Skippered Boat Delivery
With 2 Fully Qualified Commercially Endorsed Powerboat Advanced Skippers, we are pleased to be able to offer boat/yacht delivery services to clients.
Qualifications and Pricing
Both Alex and Josh are highly exerienced Commercially Endorsed Powerboat Advanced Skippers. This allows them to deliver boats up to 24m in length, operating in category 3, 4, 5 and 6 waters - that is up to 20 miles from a safe haven! This allows for deliveries along the entire UK South Coast of any powered vessel up to 24m in length in any weather at both day and night.
Alex has been powerboating on a wide range of smaller boats since the age of 10. Having joined Sea Cadets, Alex enjoyed driving the RIBs and safety boats. Alex, as coxswain, of the Southampton Sea Cadets Powerboat Team went on to win at District, Area, and finally, National level representing Southern Area at the Sea Cadets National Combined Regatta in London.
Josh has a huge range of experience skippering larger yachts such as the Sunseeker 68 Manhattan as well as RIBs, tenders, and jetskis. Like Alex, Josh has been skippering for several years
Both Alex and Josh have the following qualifications to ensure the safe passage of your boat delivery. We are also fully insured:
Commercially Endorsed Powerboat Advanced Cert
RYA Sea Survival
RYA First Aid
Day Skipper Theory/YM Theory
VHF SRC Certificate
Full UK Drivers Licence
ENG 1/ML5 Seafarers Medical Cert
Pricing
Powerboats up to 12m in length - £175 per day
Power vessels between 12m and 24m in length - £225 per day
Nightime passages and larger vessels may require additional crew at £75 per day
Mooring fees are charged at cost price
We can fill boats with fuel if agreed in advance at cost price
Travel is cost price or 45p per mile from Southampton. Where deliveries are one way, we will generally use the cheapest method of travel for return (i.e. train or bus over taxi)
1 day is counted as up to 12 hours.. Additional time is charged at £15/hr. Boats should be in good, working order, unfortunately, we cannot deliver boats that are damaged in a way that may affect the safety or stability of the vessel. All vessels should be equipped with an anchor, navigation lights, a VHF, and appropriate flares. We will always come equipped with lifejackets, handheld VHF, mobile phones, and chart plotting devices. Nightime passages over 2 hours require a skipper and an additional crew member.