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Yacht charter in Solent

2 yachts available in Solent. Departing from 1 marinas. Prices from €2,835 per week.

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Practical info

Chartering from Solent: the basics

Departure marinas
1

Bases you can start the week from.

Licence needed?
Not always

1 boats here can be booked with a professional skipper, so no licence is required.

On the water

Sailing conditions in Solent

Not the Solent
Both boats are at Poole

About 40 nautical miles west, in Dorset. Reaching Cowes means rounding Hengistbury Head and crossing two bays — a passage, not a hop.

Poole Harbour
Huge, shallow, narrow entrance

One of the largest natural harbours in Europe, almost entirely shallow, with a stream that runs hard through the entrance.

Double high water
Poole's unusual tidal signature

A long stand rather than a single peak. It changes when you can leave, when you can return and which parts of the harbour you can cross.

Small boats
9.9 m average, two cabins

The smallest sailing yachts we list, with a 2007 build year. One bareboat, one crewed, at €2,835 and €3,075.

The Jurassic Coast outside
Spectacular and exposed

Old Harry Rocks, Studland, Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove to the west — a World Heritage coast with little shelter if the weather turns.

Season
May – September

English Channel weather. Both boats change over on a Saturday.

Worth the detour

Where to drop anchor in Solent

  • 1

    Poole Harbour

    Vast and almost entirely shallow, with marked channels through it and the town quay on the northern shore. The scale only registers once you are in the middle of it.

  • 2

    Brownsea Island

    A nature reserve in the middle of the harbour with red squirrels, a lagoon full of nesting terns, and the site of the first Scout camp in 1907. Moorings and a landing jetty.

  • 3

    Studland and Old Harry Rocks

    Immediately outside the harbour entrance: chalk stacks at the end of the headland and a long sandy bay behind them. The standard first anchorage in settled weather.

  • 4

    Wareham

    Up the River Frome at the harbour's western end, through reed beds and heath — the Purbeck heathland that Hardy wrote about. Shallow and tidal, and you need the water to get there.

  • 5

    Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove

    West along the Jurassic Coast: a limestone arch and a near-circular cove cut into the cliffs. Day anchorages in calm conditions and nothing to shelter in nearby.

  • 6

    Swanage

    South of the harbour entrance in its own bay, with a pier and a Victorian seafront. The practical alternative when Studland is exposed.

  • 7

    Isle of Wight and Cowes

    Forty miles east and the home of British yachting. A real passage from Poole and the reason to check your charter's permitted cruising area.

  • 8

    Lulworth firing ranges

    Not a highlight but essential: the Army uses the coast east of Lulworth and the sea area is closed when firing. Check the published schedule before planning that stretch.

Suggested routes

A week out of Solent

Poole Harbour and the Jurassic Coast

7 days

Tidal planning first, weather second. The harbour is the sheltered half and the coast outside is the spectacular, exposed half — the week moves between them as the forecast allows.

  1. 1

    Poole Quay

    Saturday handover; study the tide tables with the briefing and move into the harbour.

  2. 2

    Brownsea Island

    Moorings in the middle of the harbour; the nature reserve ashore.

  3. 3

    Wareham or the Frome

    West up the river on the tide; heath and reed, and you need the water.

  4. 4

    Studland and Old Harry

    Out through the entrance at a sensible state of tide; the chalk stacks.

  5. 5

    Swanage or Lulworth Cove

    West along the Jurassic Coast — check the firing range schedule first.

  6. 6

    Back east — Studland

    Return toward the harbour; time the entrance.

  7. 7

    Poole Quay

    Into the harbour for handover, on the tide.

Find a boat for this route

Before you book

Local rules and paperwork in Solent

Tidal experience is the question
And it is the right one. British operators will ask about it. Poole's double high water, the harbour entrance stream and the shallow channels all reward experience and punish improvisation.
Time the entrance
The stream runs hard. Poole Harbour's entrance is narrow and the tide through it is strong. Plan departures and arrivals around the state of tide rather than the hour.
The harbour is shallow
Stay in the marked channels. Most of this very large harbour is a metre or two at best. The channels are buoyed and crossing between them is how visitors go aground.
Lulworth firing ranges
The sea area closes when firing. The Army range east of Lulworth publishes a schedule. Check it before planning that part of the coast; it is not advisory.
Little shelter outside
The Jurassic Coast is exposed. Durdle Door and Lulworth are calm-weather anchorages with nowhere nearby to run to. Go out with a settled forecast and a plan to return.
Check the cruising area
The Solent is 40 nm away. If Cowes or the Isle of Wight is the point, confirm the charter permits the passage — and that you have the days for it.

Checked October 2026. Rules change — confirm the detail that matters for your trip when you book.

What is here

The Solent fleet at a glance

The fleet in Solent is made up of 2 sailing yachts.

Most boats here are sailing yachts, averaging 9.9 metres.

Weekly prices start in the €1,500 – €3,000 range, where 1 boats are listed.

Boats sleep between 6 and 6 guests, with cabins up to 2.

The most common size band is under 10 m, with 1 boats.

1 boats can be chartered with a skipper; 1 are available bareboat.

2
Sailing yachts
from €2.835

Budget

Charter prices in Solent

Weekly rate, set by the operator. No booking fee.

Space on board

Boat sizes

Sleeping 6–6 guests

  • under 10 m 1
  • 10 – 13 m 1

Yachts in Solent

Alibi 2011

Alibi

Poole

9.3 m 2 cabins 6 guests
From €405 / day €2.835 / week
Escapade 2002

Escapade

Poole

10.45 m 2 cabins 6 guests
From €439 / day €3.075 / week

About the destination

Why charter from Solent

The region is called the Solent and neither boat is in it. Both are at Poole Quay Boat Haven in Dorset, roughly 40 nautical miles west of the Solent proper — the strait between the Isle of Wight and the mainland where Cowes, Southampton and Portsmouth are. Getting from Poole to Cowes means rounding Hengistbury Head and crossing Christchurch and Bournemouth bays, which is a passage rather than a detail. If you were expecting to start at Cowes, check the base first.

What Poole actually gives you is one of the largest natural harbours in Europe and a short, serious piece of tidal water. The harbour is enormous and almost entirely shallow, with a narrow entrance where the stream runs hard, and Poole has the unusual tidal signature of a double high water — a long stand rather than a single peak. On a 9.9-metre boat that is genuine planning rather than trivia: when you can leave, when you can get back in, and which parts of the harbour you can cross at all.

Inside, Brownsea Island sits in the middle as a nature reserve with red squirrels and a lagoon full of terns, and the harbour's western arms wind up to Wareham through reed and heath. Outside, the Jurassic Coast runs west: Old Harry Rocks at the harbour mouth, Studland's beaches, then Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove — a World Heritage coastline and one of the most striking in Britain, with nowhere much to hide if the weather turns.

Two boats, both small, one crewed, at €2,835 and €3,075 a week. One is bareboat and British operators will want to see your tidal experience, which is the right question to be asked here.

The season is roughly May to September. Both boats change over on a Saturday.

Charter bases

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Poole Quay Boat Haven

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Frequently asked questions

Our Solent listings include 2 sailing yachts.
Weekly rates here fall mostly in the €1,500 – €3,000 range. Prices are set by the charter operator; we add no booking fee.

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