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How it works

From search to the marina, in five steps.

No booking fee and no agency mark-up: you pay the operator's own price. Here is exactly what happens between picking a destination and meeting your yacht — including the parts we do not control.

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  • No booking fees
  • Verified operators
  • Written offer within 48 hours
  • Same fields, same units — comparable

Step by step

A booking flow built around the sailor.

  1. 01 Step 01

    Search and filter

    Pick a destination — country, region, city or a specific marina — plus your dates and the size of your party. You can combine several places and several yacht types in one search.

    Filter by cabins, berths, length, year, builder, equipment and charter type.

  2. 02 Step 02

    Compare like for like

    Every listing uses the same units and the same fields, so a catamaran in Croatia is genuinely comparable with one in Greece. Obligatory extras are listed separately, before you commit to anything.

    Photos, equipment and specifications come from the operator — we show what they supply, and nothing we cannot verify.

  3. 03 Step 03

    Send a booking request

    Choose your yacht and send a request. This is not a payment and not a commitment — we check the dates with the charter operator and come back to you with the full cost, including obligatory extras and the exact deposit terms.

    We reply with a written offer within 48 hours.

  4. 04 Step 04

    Confirm and pay the deposit

    If the offer works for you, we confirm the reservation with the operator. You pay 30% to secure the booking and the balance before check-in; the payment details are on your offer.

    The price is the operator's own price. We add no booking fee — our commission is paid by them.

  5. 05 Step 05

    Meet the operator at the base

    The charter is delivered by the licensed local operator. They handle the handover, the safety briefing and support on the water — they are the people in the marina where your yacht is waiting.

    Their contact details are on your booking confirmation. During a charter, reach them directly — they are on site.

Why Sailnboat

A clearer way to charter.

What you get Traditional agency Sailnboat
Obligatory extras shown before you commit
The operator's own price, no booking fee
Written offer within 48 hours ~
Same units and fields on every listing
Multilingual site (8 languages) ~

Common questions

Everything you wanted to ask.

For a bareboat charter at least one person on board needs a recognised license (RYA Day Skipper, ICC or equivalent) and, in most countries, a VHF certificate. Some yachts require no license at all — you can filter for those — and on any yacht you can ask us to add a professional skipper.
Normally 30% to confirm the booking and the balance before check-in. The exact split, along with the security deposit, is set by the charter operator and stated in the written offer we send you — before you pay anything.
No, and we would rather say so plainly. You send a request, we check the dates with the operator, and you receive a written offer within 48 hours. Nothing is charged until you accept it.
They are set by the charter operator, not by us, and they differ from one operator to another. We confirm the exact terms for your yacht in writing with your offer — before any payment. We will not quote you a policy we have not verified.
Some operators allow pets and some do not. We do not yet receive that information in a form we can filter on, so ask us in your request and we will check with the operator for the specific yacht.
Calendars and prices come directly from the reservation systems the charter operators themselves use, and are synchronised daily. We still reconfirm your exact dates with the operator before sending an offer.
The charter operator, using the number on your booking confirmation — they are in the marina and can act immediately. For anything about your booking, payment or offer, write to us and we will reply within one business day.

Still have questions? Talk to a sailor.

We reply within one business day — usually much sooner.

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