Do you want to start using our boats, without the monthly commitment? Perhaps you’re looking at using more than one of our boats. Our “Pay As You Boat” membership is the perfect solution.
Pay as you Boat with our fleet of sailing yachts, motor boats, and RIB’s available at multiple bases throughout the UK. Our competitive charter rates start at just £200 per day, and with a one-time membership fee of £495, you’ll have access to our boats, social events, and training. Enjoy the freedom of the open water without the hassle of owning your own boat.
Boats can be booked for individual days, 2 days, or a full week. Day bookings run from 9am until sunset, and you can book as many days as you would like.
To join, complete our joining form and pay the £495 joining fee. You’ll then be able to start booking your first sailing adventure.
All members require Day Skipper for the sailing boats and Powerboat Level 2 for the motor boats, together with your VHF certificate.
If however you don’t hold these then we can provide these as part of the joining process with our fully integrated RYA sailing school FlexiCrew.
After the joining fee, you pay the daily fee and fuel used.
Our boats are fully insured, berthed, maintained and managed by us. You are of course responsible for your own overnight berthing costs when away from your home marina.
Initially you are liable for the first £2,000 for any incident. Should you not make any claims, this reduces to £1,500 after 1 year and then £1,000 for any subsequent years.
Unfortunately not, each boat user must have their own membership for insurance purposes.
FlexiSail provide breakdown cover through SeaStart – the AA on the water. SeaStart will sort you out, usually within the hour, and will tow you back if necessary. They cover a wide area of the South Coast and have arrangements with local engineers in many other locations.
However, FlexiSail boats are generally new or nearly new, with an average age of approximately 3 years old. Yacht marine engines are very reliable and are serviced periodically by the main dealer and service agent. Therefore, it is most unlikely that you will ever have a major engine failure. However, it is always possible to pick up weed and cause the engine to overheat or to catch a rope around the prop.
SeaStart are available to chat through any potential issues before a breakdown, and of course we are on shore to deal with anything once you return.
Absolutely! Sailing with guests is much of the pleasure, be it family, friends, colleagues or other members.
Provided that you as ‘the named skipper member’ are on board, who you invite is entirely up to you. You can also still sail if you have not yet obtained your qualifications provided that you have a suitably qualified skipper who is in charge. In this situation, we need to have approved the skipper’s details and qualifications for insurance purposes prior to sailing.
Our membership agreement makes provision for any member who abuses their FlexiSail membership to be fined or removed from the programme. Since starting FlexiSail, we have only had to ‘remove’ two members who felt no duty of care or responsibility towards the other members on their boat and treated our yacht as charter boat. One had a series of accidents, which directly impacted on other members.
You get to personally know the members that are following you on board. Consequently, there is a natural concern and desire to return the boat on time and in the excellent condition that you received your boat. Also, because you join FlexiSail to have the ‘ownership’ experience, you become familiar with your boat, treat it as your own and as a result we have many fewer accidents.
No, unfortunately not. One of the reasons why we can keep and maintain our yachts to such a high standard is that they are for cruising only. We know from experience that boats which are raced are ‘pushed’ hard and to the limit, which results in equipment breaking and significantly greater wear and tear.
The only exception is the annual Round the Island Race when we only enter one of our larger yachts with an instructor aboard.
