Racing Yacht Management: A professional service offered for every type of racing yacht. Just step on board and your boat will have been meticulously prepared allowing you to fully concentrate on winning. Our aim is to have all of our race boats perfectly prepared and race ready well before the start of every event and all repairs, maintenance and optimisation taken care of immediately after each event meaning that nothing can be overlooked.
Many years of competitive sailing on a wide variety of boats and events has provided the knowledge to ensure every detail will have been covered. All yacht management packages will be tailored to suit the needs of the individual.
Refits: We can take care of most jobs including the following: Keel fairing, keel joints, bottom fairing, re-sprays, general spraying, laminating, composite works, engineering and metalwork.
Project Management: We can project manage refits, new builds and commissions; dealing with all personnel, logistics, ensuring deadlines are met and quality and careful work is produced.
Race and Rating Optimisation: Do you want everything on your boat to work perfectly and instantly improve your boat speed? Let us optimise your boat, covering every essential from removing friction in all controls to fairing your hull like glass. No job or boat too small.
We can take care of all measurement, weighing and help get the most out of your IRC sailing.
Custom Engineering and Deck Gear: We can design, spec and make up most components to suit specific applications on board. Examples of this are custom metal work, aluminium thimbles, inhauler rings etc. feel free to put us to the test!
Yacht Cradles: We can also design and spec custom yacht cradles that are made to suit any race boat. These can be made to flat pack for easy shipping with pads moulded exactly to suit your hull.
Rope, Rigging and Rope Work: Discounted Dyneema, stocks of 3mm - 12mm, most prices can be beaten. Splicing, tapering and rope loops.
Deck Gear and Equipment: Discounted deck gear from Harken, Spinlock, Holt Allen, Wichard, Equiplite etc.
Discounted paints from Durepox, Awlgrip, Nautix, International etc.
General Maintenance and Regatta Support: If you need a one off service in an emergency after racing or sails taken for repair let us know. We also cover all general maintenance such as deck gear servicing, polishing and cleaning.
Weather Routeing: We can provide up to date and accurate weather routing for any trip you may have to take on. This is boat specific and reflects your exact boatspeeds and position throughout longer trips. We can also advise on ideal departure dates, stop off areas and provide likely wind angles for the course of you trip.
Instrument Calibration: We can come on board your boat to help with the all important instrument calibrations to help get better, more accurate data from your systems. This can be done in the week in time for weekend racing so your free time isn't wasted on this essential, yet some what boring process.
Professional Race Crew: Navigator and tactician - with Solent local knowledge Bowman, Pitman, Trimmers, Mainsheet and Helmsman.
Container Fit Outs: We understand that to properly look after expensive boat equipment and sails you need to carefully store them when not in use. We can provide a 'fit out' service for standard 20ft and 40ft shipping containers and trailer boxes. Services include sourcing and delivery, ply lining and insulating, electrics and heating, racking options, work benches and storage units and even painting/branding in any colour both inside and out.
Delivery and Shipping: We can take care of all logistics for transporting your boat, container or equipment around the world by ship, road or air. We cover everything from protective packing to customs. We can also deliver your boat by sea, on its own keel, to practically anywhere. All skippers are qualified to Yachtmaster Ocean level and above this have many years practical experience. As a result you can be sure your boat will arrive in better condition than when it left.
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