| If you look at the map, you will see that The Solent is a | | | | and have the necessary experience, then you will |
| 30 mile strip of sea between the Isle of Wight and | | | | probably prefer a Solent bareboat charter. You |
| Hampshire off the south coast of England. Look at in | | | | choose whether your you'd prefer to be powered by |
| more detail however, and you will see that The Solent | | | | sail or motor, and the quality of facilities and home |
| is an exhilarating sailing experience waiting for you to | | | | comforts required. |
| visit. | | | | For family holidays, we recommend that if this is to be |
| The stunning sailing ground of the Solent is a haven for | | | | your first sailing holiday together, you should try a |
| yacht enthusiasts, and is rightly known as the home of | | | | weekend charter first, to assess the suitability of a |
| yachting. Steeped in maritime history and surrounded | | | | whole weeks charter at a later date. You want a |
| by areas of outstanding natural beauty, the Solent | | | | family holiday, not a family mutiny because other family |
| offers a fantastic variety of scenery, history, culture | | | | members don't enjoy sailing as much as you do. A |
| and sailing conditions, and it can be as exciting as you | | | | weekend is long enough to experience some of what |
| want or as relaxing as you need. | | | | a Solent yacht charter can offer, and if everyone is |
| It is claimed that the Romans could wade across The | | | | really disappointed that the weekend finishes so |
| Solent at low tide, but these days you need a boat | | | | quickly, you know that it is safe to book a longer family |
| and The Solent is a major shipping route for ferries, | | | | sailing holiday the next time. |
| cruise liners, container ships and the Royal Navy. When | | | | If chartering a yacht for a week or more with friends |
| you add in the hovercraft, dinghies, catamarans, | | | | sounds like a good idea, then try it for a day or a |
| windsurfers, kitesurfers, jetskis etc, the variety of | | | | weekend first to see how good an idea it really is. It is |
| vessels and sailing companions is truly astounding and | | | | easy to assume that friendships built around evenings |
| ever changing. | | | | out, or days at the office will work out just as well in |
| For many people, the safest, easiest and most | | | | the cramped accommodation of a yacht with less |
| practical means of sailing in the Solent is to charter or | | | | privacy than you may be used to. |
| hire a boat of some kind, and you have a fantastic | | | | There are many marine events in the Solent between |
| choice for your Solent yacht charter. Whether you | | | | Spring and Autumn, including Solent regattas (especially |
| want a yacht for a Solent stag party or a day boat | | | | Cowes Week at the beginning of August), a visit from |
| for fishing, a white-knuckle ride or a romantic cruise, a | | | | the Tall Ships, the start or finish of a round the world |
| corporate charter for Cowes Week or a family | | | | race, and the International Boat Show to name but a |
| holiday to remember, then you can easily charter a | | | | few. These are particularly popular for Corporate |
| powerboat, rib or yacht to match your budget, | | | | Events and team-building exercises, and prices are |
| objectives and desires. | | | | obviously higher and queues longer at these times, so it |
| The Solent has the largest concentration of yachts in | | | | is recommended that you take these into consideration |
| the UK, and it follows therefore, that it also has the | | | | when planning your visit. |
| greatest number and variety of charter yachts | | | | The roster of Solent attractions and features is pretty |
| available for hire at any given time. The range of boats | | | | impressive, and you are only twelve hours sailing away |
| availiable for hire is as diverse as the reasons people | | | | from France, or a couple of hours from The Jurassic |
| might hire them for from a basic rib to an | | | | Coast in Dorset. But whatever you come for, you |
| unadulterated luxury yacht, and prices can start from | | | | cannot live by sailing alone, you need drink, food, |
| as little as £20 a person. So whatever type of | | | | shopping & entertainment! Portsmouth and |
| Solent yacht charter you require, the likelihood is that it | | | | Southampton should cater for most of your needs, |
| will be available. | | | | and the many harbours, marinas, towns and villages |
| A skippered Solent yacht charter would be best if you | | | | that border the Solent all help to spoil you for choice. |
| have limited sailing experience, or would prefer | | | | Book your Solent Yacht Charter soon at the "home of |
| somebody else to take responsibility for everything. On | | | | sailing". |
| the other hand, if you want to "captain" your own ship, | | | | |