Safe and stress-free sailing
Being the skipper can be a heavy load. Especially on vacation with a crew of varying experience, with family or friends and in an unfamiliar area. Renting a boat with a skipper can be a very appropriate choice.
For a cruise, the skipper will be responsible for the safety on board. He will determine with you an itinerary according to your desires and the weather, will ensure the maneuvers, the anchorages and will free you from any stress.
This will not prevent you from keeping the best of the navigation by participating when you wish, and even to perfect your knowledge within the framework of a coaching. The professional sailor will help you in the handling of the boat, or even to perfect your maneuvers, according to your desires. The sail will come out of the bag more easily, where some inexperienced crews switch to the motor for fear of breaking equipment.
Knowledge of the navigation area
On vacation, we usually want to discover new ports of call, unknown coves or small harbors that we have not yet visited. But making the right choice can be difficult. By hiring a local skipper, you will discover secret anchorages, good restaurants and local heritage. In addition to navigation, the local sailor is a guide in power to make your vacation a success.
How to choose your skipper
It remains to find the right sailor and to do things legally. This is where Capt'n Boat brings its know-how. Directly on the site or via partner rental companies, the customer can select the professionals corresponding to his needs. The yachtsman can consult the profile of the skipper with whom he wishes to cruise: his experience, his titles and qualifications. He can also judge the experience of previous clients thanks to the comments and form an opinion by exchanging directly with him.
In order to find a skipper that perfectly matches the yachtsmen, it is important to describe precisely the sailing project: what will be the crew on board (young children, friends who like to party, etc.), what are the selection criteria (languages desired by the sailor, non-smoker, local skipper, etc.).
By going through Capt'n Boat, the yachtsman who has well described his navigation projects is sure to call upon a professional with the right diplomas to carry out the requested service. There is no need to know the regulations. The platform takes care of it.
Market costs
Going through Capt'n Boat allows you to be sure that the legal minimums of remuneration of the sailors are respected. The platform gives an indicative rate for each service. For a cruise, Capt'n Boat recommends in 2022 the daily cost of a skipper's service depending on the geographical area:
- South of France / Corsica : 300-350 euros/day
- Greece : 210 euros 300 euros
- Spain : 260 euros 330 euros
- Croatia : 210 euros 300 euros
- Martinique : 240 euros 300 euros
- Saint Barthelemy : 240 euros 300 euros
in addition to this, there are usually expenses on board: food, gas, etc. The travel expenses of the sailor, if the selected sailor is not on site.
Hiring a skipper will simplify your vacation and even more so if you call on Capt'n Boat to choose him well.
