Who writes them
Our guides come from the Sailnboat editorial desk. Sailnboat is a charter marketplace: we do not own boats and we are not a local agency in any single country. What we sell is judgement and support — help choosing a base, reading a contract, understanding what a price actually includes.
That shapes what we publish. We are not trying to talk you into a particular boat, because no boat in our catalogue pays us to be recommended. We are trying to get you to the right decision, because people who had a good week come back and tell others.
Where the numbers come from
Charter advice is only worth reading when it carries real figures: berth fees, distances, depths, deposit amounts, season windows. Ours are checked against the live operator and marina data flowing through our own booking connections, and against current public sources at the time of writing.
Where a value genuinely varies — and in this industry most do — we say what it depends on and give an honest range instead of a false precision. A guide that pretends every marina charges the same number is not being helpful, it is being confident.
We do not invent figures. If we cannot stand behind a specific number, we say so in plain language and tell you who to confirm it with.
What we will not do
- We do not accept payment for a recommendation, a ranking or a mention. No operator can buy a place in a guide.
- We do not write fake reviews, and we do not ask anyone else to. Reviews on Sailnboat come from people who actually chartered.
- We do not present a guide as first-hand experience unless it is. Where a piece is written from a named person’s own trip, it carries their name.
- We do not quietly rewrite history. Substantive corrections are made in the text and the review date is updated.
Keeping guides current
Charter information ages badly. Fees change every season, bases move, a quay that was free last year now takes bookings. Every guide carries the date it was last reviewed, and we revisit pieces whose seasonal or price information has gone stale rather than leaving them to drift.
Found something wrong?
Tell us. If a fee is out of date, a depth is wrong or an approach note would put a crew in a bad spot, that is worth more to us than a compliment — a wrong number in a sailing guide is a safety matter, not a typo.