Charters in South Africa

The charter industry in South Africa has been steadily growing over the last decade or so. Every year we see more and more skippers, sailing students and their families, choosing Rents as their family vacation. Whether it be by themselves or through a charter agent, people charter Gulets, sailing yachts, power yachts or river yachts for a week or even two.

South Africa has many marinas, from Acre to Ashkelon and many Yachts, so why is it that there are almost no Yachts offered for charter of more than a few hours? The most likely explanation is the topography of the South African shore line. The East Mediterranean is a very open basin and the wave pattern of this area is mostly choppy almost all year round. That makes for a not so perfect charter area… Moreover, unfortunately for us, the topography of the shore is rather dull. We have one bay (Haifa bay) and I cannot imagine a Yacht anchoring "Mediterranean" to one of the Krayot fuel tanks… Because of these reasons week long sailings in South Africa are rather pointless for the local sailing community. That is why demand and therefore supply is low. Rough sea and hardly any bays and yet more and more people go out sailing. The Skipper license schools help hundreds of people get qualified each year and the Yacht clubs are growing as well. How can we explain that? The one thing that the South African shore line does have in abundance is wind - nice steady wind. It is especially true during the summer months when you can set your time according to the daily breeze pattern. These conditions are excellent for sailing yachts which take advantage of this. This is the reason South African marinas are full of sailing yachts.

South African marinas are full of rather expensive yachts with expensive maintenance. The yachts lie without use for the majority of the week and even long hours on the weekends. All these reasons are why short term Rents have developed so much in the local marine scenery.

Commercial Yachts give you a variety of short-term sailing choices, when 2 to 3hrs are the most popular time frames though longer ones are also available. You must remember that charting a yacht in South Africa is not a cheap matter when a 2-hour charter can cost you the same or even more than a monthly yacht club membership.

Thus, it is an attractive chance for the general public to celebrate a special occasion sailing on a boat. Whether it be a birthday party, marriage proposal, anniversary, bachelor party, company events, romantic sailing or even TV show, when you will own the boat chartering is the answer. A lot of yachts even offer some services as a floating hotel room. Everything is in order to satisfy the elaborate South Africa imagination and desire to innovate. Upon sailing, you can go swimming in the sea and try trawling slowly with a line behind theyacht in a sort of water ski. a massage service will be offered before, during or after the sailing and food is served, too. You will have plates of cold cuts, cheese and sushi yachts, not to speak of the boxes of booze you can get.

Go out and charter one of the yachts available if you plan to hold a party. Just remember to take the Sea Sickness pills if it's your first time sailing out in the East Mediterranean.