Barge haul out

After 7 years on the water and serving as an office and classroom for the RYA Sailing School and Solent Yacht Charter, the Commodore Yachting barge has gone for a refit. The 65 foot long steel barge was built by Commodore Yachting principal Stuart Cooper and Gareth Jones in Hamble before being moved to Gosport where it currently lies in Gosport Marina. Customers and students will know it well having visited in when chartering a yacht or taking a RYA theory course or practical sailing course. With the barge now high and dry at Endeavour Quay overlooking Gosport Marina it is business as usual at the RYA training centre with a makeshift office set up on Adelaide Star, one of the company’s Bavaria 44 charter yachts.

The refit will involve cleaning the bottom which as you can see resembles the hanging gardens of Babylon, repainting and extending the accommodation to include a second classroom and new office.  The barge should back in it’s usual spot in 2 weeks time.

 

 

 

Barge out of water

Barge in hoist

French milebuilding Cruise

We have a full programme of milebuilding trips and cruises this year with an exciting list of destinations including London, the Channel Islands, Cornwall, St Malo and the Brittany coast. Our next Cross Channel sailing trip is coming up at the end of this month leaving Gosport on Friday evening 26th March for an overnight sail to Cherbourg. This is a perfect opportunity for anyone wishing to take  Yachtmaster to gain experience of the Channel traffic separation shemes and build quality logged miles. In April we have what is becoming termed here on the marina ‘ Commodore Yachting annual Summer Holiday’. We will be taking our 4 cabin Bavaria 44 off on a four week trip around the Channel Islands and Brittany to combine a holiday cruise with some serious mile building and passage making. Sailing in some extremely challenging coastal waters, pilotage in and out of the many ports and harbours will provide the perfect training opportunities for anyone wishing to move on to Yachtmaster Coastal or Yachtmaster Offshore or to take the Coastal Skipper course completion certificate. Stops have been planned to enable people to sail for between 1 and 4 weeks leaving or joining at either Gosport, St Malo or Roscoff where there are regular ferry crossings to Portsmouth and Plymouth. For more information contact us.

Commodore Yachting are delighted to announce that despite rumours of recession, business is booming down on the marina and we have just taken delivery of another Bavaria 44 – Emerald Star. This 4 cabin yacht will be available for charter and already her diary is filling up. Ideal for charter in the Solent or a Cross Channel cruise this yacht is an exciting addition to the Commodore Yachting Fleet.

http://www.commodore-yachting.com/Charter