Amalfi coast yacht charter, plus some newbie questions
Discussion
First off, does anyone have any recommendations of firms to use?? I'm looking at next August.
Anyone been in peak season? How horrifically busy is it likely to be? I know mooring fees are very high, but will I need to book?
It'll my first yacht charter, I have a bit of crew experience and a day skipper ticket but I'm near Poole so will get some more experience before then. My wife will need some crew experience too! How daft a plan is it for a pair of newbies? Our plan is to kayak a fair bit, using the yacht as a base and maybe visit the Pontine Islands.
Anyone been in peak season? How horrifically busy is it likely to be? I know mooring fees are very high, but will I need to book?
It'll my first yacht charter, I have a bit of crew experience and a day skipper ticket but I'm near Poole so will get some more experience before then. My wife will need some crew experience too! How daft a plan is it for a pair of newbies? Our plan is to kayak a fair bit, using the yacht as a base and maybe visit the Pontine Islands.
One option is to hire a skipper, but it's an extra expense and means sharing the boat with a random. OTOH ballsing it up in front of a thousand baying Italians doesn't appeal!Thanks everyone, very useful. How much evidence of experience do charter firms generally want?
The kids are all on scout camp that week so it's also a chance to see how we go without the additional hassle.
tankplanker said:
Plenty of UK based training centres will give you a day or two days Marina Skills courses and will focus on med mooring if you ask them. As this is Italy just assume standard Italian road rules, whoever is going fastest in the largest vehicle wins.
We sailing Amalfi this May, just before it got busy. Its very pretty but expensive for mooring. We paid between 70 and 100 Euros per night for a 35' mono in a fully serviced berth, I would suggest allow more than that as that wasn't peak season.
Have you started working out your itinerary? Personally I like to buy the printed pilot book for the area and use that to work out where I want to go, rough costs and so on, but it is possible to do it online. Obviously you will need some flexibility in your plans in case the weather gets in the way, this can make it risky to book berths too far ahead.
Amalfi itself is really pretty but it was expensive and touristy. Capri there was a regatta on so we avoided the main port as it was over fun and went round the back of the island stopping for lunch at one of the restaurants that uses water taxis. We particularly liked Sorrento, Ischia and Procida. Plenty of nice bays to stop for lunch and a swim. Try the hot springs if you get time.
Brilliant, thanks. No firm plans yet. The original plan was just to kayak, but once I started to look at logistics getting a yacht made more sense.We sailing Amalfi this May, just before it got busy. Its very pretty but expensive for mooring. We paid between 70 and 100 Euros per night for a 35' mono in a fully serviced berth, I would suggest allow more than that as that wasn't peak season.
Have you started working out your itinerary? Personally I like to buy the printed pilot book for the area and use that to work out where I want to go, rough costs and so on, but it is possible to do it online. Obviously you will need some flexibility in your plans in case the weather gets in the way, this can make it risky to book berths too far ahead.
Amalfi itself is really pretty but it was expensive and touristy. Capri there was a regatta on so we avoided the main port as it was over fun and went round the back of the island stopping for lunch at one of the restaurants that uses water taxis. We particularly liked Sorrento, Ischia and Procida. Plenty of nice bays to stop for lunch and a swim. Try the hot springs if you get time.
The kids are all on scout camp that week so it's also a chance to see how we go without the additional hassle.
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