Boat hire. Big boat hire

[.Mark]

A friend is having a significant birthday soon and was planning on a 4 day excursion to a Scottish Castle with flash hire cars and lots of eating/drinking in between but some party poopers have put an end to that so it's been narrowed down to a day/evening type affair and we are thinking boats on the Solent.

So it needs to be large enough to cater for perhaps 20 people to have a decent meal and a drink and to cruise around the local waterways and generally be very enjoyable.

So far we've got an idea of dinner on The Warrior in Portsmouth but they won't let us put to sea.

Over to you good folks for ideas/pointers/general advice.

Cheers

[Stefan DS3R]

Here's a couple to get you started......................

http://www.bluefunnel.co.uk/

http://www.solentboatcharters.co.uk/

http://www.princesscaroline.net/

Stef

[.Mark]

Top man, good starter for 10 there.

[AndWhyNot]

Try Roy at Sunseeker Experience

[Burgmeister]

This looks nice;

http://www.thebarenecessities.co.uk/

[DumpTruck]

http://www.seafin.co.uk/

[.Mark]

All, thanks a million, gives us plenty of options to review. Much appreciated.

Event is not til next August but I imagine these boats book up early so probably a year in advance is not too far off.

[Legmaster]

As you'll be seeing 'TENACIOUS' at the Tall Ships Sunday Service on 7th Aug, we could have a chat on the day about using her?

I've not written next years programme yet, but she's usually in the Southampton area in August.

[Jon TVR]

I can vouch for Seafin, nice boat and have always been looked after onboard.

Bare Necessities is also a lovely boat and very different.

Jon

[.Mark]

Legmaster said:

As you'll be seeing 'TENACIOUS' at the Tall Ships Sunday Service on 7th Aug, we could have a chat on the day about using her?

I've not written next years programme yet, but she's usually in the Southampton area in August.

Lets do that - I know that she would absolutely love that!

[.Mark]

Bare Necessities is in the lead currently

[Burgmeister]

.Mark said:

Bare Necessities is in the lead currently

[.Mark]

Burgmeister said:

.Mark said:

Bare Necessities is in the lead currently

Steady chap - not my decision and I know Tenacious will light up the eyes too.

[Huntsman]

DumpTruck said:

http://www.seafin.co.uk/

It is very lovely on Seafin.

[DumpTruck]

Huntsman said:

It is very lovely on Seafin.

What about offering a squirt around the solent in your 28? I guess you will struggle to cope the the number of guests?

[Huntsman]

DumpTruck said:

What about offering a squirt around the solent in your 28? I guess you will struggle to cope the the number of guests?

Yes, 20 guests would sink the poor thing.

[.Mark]

Huntsman said:

DumpTruck said:

What about offering a squirt around the solent in your 28? I guess you will struggle to cope the the number of guests?

Yes, 20 guests would sink the poor thing.

Living on an Island you'd think I would already have a boat wouldn't you

[village idiot]

right...

SEAFIN is a good laugh for getting utterly sozzled.

RUM JUNGLE is pretty similar too http://www.rumjungle.co.uk/

if you want to go sail, then of course you have BARE NECESSITIES, but there is also BIG SPIRIT http://www.bigspiritadventures.com/ which operates out of Ocean Village and is owned by fellow pistonheader "speedyellow".

I know all of the boats very well, having either sold them, have them up for sale at the moment, or having got utterly pissed aboard them.

[Huntsman]

Or there is Bounty.

http://www.thebounty.net/da/71929

[village idiot]

Huntsman said:

Or there is Bounty.

http://www.thebounty.net/da/71929

i forgot about that one... quite odd seing as i've been looking at it every day for the past fews years as we've been refitting it.