Customer Reviews

Boat was in excellent condition. Staff were very friendly, knowledgeable, and professional.

Very helpful and welcoming team at Lefkada marina base. Yacht in very good condition and very well presented. Beautiful area for sailing.

This was my first sailboat charter and it was an amazing and unique vacation.

We have chartered many boats in both West Indies and the Med and whilst older boats can come with issues Brittany’s crew in English Harbour went above and beyond.
We took part in Antigua Race Week during which we were blessed with 25 knots of wind and the boat raced very competitively for all 5 days.
Half the fleet retired but The Sunsail crew kept us racing with daily small repairs enabling us to come third.
Thank you guys and if funds allow we will be back next year.

Sunsail made the process easy from start to finish, from booking to arriving on base and touring the yacht, provisioning, etc.

Everything was great

Condition of cat, mostly in excellent shape

Very professional and a very good fleet

Hat alles sehr gut gapasst.

Very good sailboat and loved the service!

Sunsail has always provided an excellent charter experience for us. We appreciate the product this company provides, and the effort to create a reliable, high-quality sailing vacation.

Sailing the BVI is such a great experience. The Sunsail/Moorings base does a really nice job to complete that experience.

Im Vergleich zu anderen Anbietern hat man einen guten Standard, der nicht enttäuscht wird.

Boat delivery, facilities at Road Town were 5 star.

Friendly crew

Staff was very attentive to our needs and questions.

Boat was beautiful. Staff very helpful. Our friendly skipper was great (Kennle)! He was a a great teacher and delightful.

The instruction provided by Alex Rigal was superb

From the booking of our holiday/competent crew course to the final day everything about sunsail was professional and well organised

Bon bateaux accueil pro

We just came back from a week flotilla in Croatia. Our lead crew was amazing, Esme was on hand for bookings, Fraser welcomed us into every dock showing remarkable patience when the boys line throwing went wrong and Miha visited every night to check on all things technical

Huge thanks to Amy Smith for the fun and professional course with Sunsail Agana ! Amy is a very talented and thorough instructor. Her calm and patient approach certainly helped to get all Comp Crew and Skippers Ticket candidates across the line ! Thank you Amy ! You are a gem 😊

We sailed as a family for a week with Rob from Sunsail. The children earned their RYA “Competent Crew”, my wife and I “Day Skipper”. We had a great time and learned a lot. Rob was great with the kids.

We had a beautiful week sailing in the BVI. The Sunsail dock facility is beautiful and the people are great and very helpful. We booked the wrong boat, too small. But Lindsay Roberts was able to provide us with a beautiful 50′ upgrade boat and at a reasonable price. So we had all the needed equipment to enjoy our trip.

I have been chartering with The Moorings & Sunsail for 30+ years. The service from Travis and Seanna was top notch. When we arrived the provisioning was complete and already loaded on the boat. We received a complete and useful briefing from Seanna. This is a cruising area which is protected from the open ocean by a large barrier reef. It is also a very shallow area where your boat generator might have ingested sand from previous charterers which chews up the impeller — however, Travis sent a tech to replace the impeller while we were in Green Turtle Cay which was very convenient for us. The 454L was in excellent condition.

Our 3rd bareboat charter in Belize. The Sunsail staff was excellent (special shout out to Diego and Kevin), and our catamaran was in great shape. The online paperwork system made our check out fast and simple. Belize is a challenging cruising ground, so pay attention to the chart briefing and the cruising guide, both provide good information on safe approaches! Belize is quite simply the best snorkeling and diving in the Caribbean, the best I have seen anywhere. We also enjoyed trips to Mayan ruins at Nim Li Punit, and later at Altun Ha, before and after our 8 day bareboat. Belize is wonderful, and the people everywhere are fun and welcoming. There’s a reason we have done this 3 times now! Check out the Hobbs Brew Barge in Placencia, especially if you crave a craft brew!

In one word, an extraordinary experience. At the reception office we were greeted by two beautiful and smiling girls and received vip service. At the yachts, very professional and welcoming maintenance personnel were waiting for us who explained everything in a professional manner. During the cruise we needed something from the office and they answered quickly and professionally. Highly recommended!!9

Charter sailing, with any company, in the BVIs is a joy. Great, reliable winds and weather make for a sailors paradise. Sunsail / Moorings provides great boats and service and has a great facility / location.

Our charter with Sunsail in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) was an unforgettable adventure. Sunsail’s team provided exceptional service from start to finish, ensuring our catamaran was in top condition for comfort and performance. Sailing through the BVI’s stunning landscapes was breathtaking, and Sunsail’s expertise on the best spots to explore enhanced our experience.We faced a couple of technical issues along the way, but Sunsail’s prompt and efficient response ensured they were quickly resolved, allowing us to enjoy our sailing paradise without interruption. This level of attentive service made us feel highly valued and reassured us of Sunsail’s commitment to an unparalleled sailing experience.The flexibility to tailor our itinerary, combined with the beauty of the BVI and Sunsail’s outstanding service, made our trip magical. We left with memories of adventure, relaxation, and the joy of sailing, looking forward to our next journey with Sunsail.

i have a group of sailing friends and we have been doing a bareboat charters around the world together each year for the last 20 years.
this year we went to Sunsail: Antigua
first let me talk about the base – nelson’s dock yard is a wonderful, protected landing and a nice place to start and end the journey – interesting things to see, easy access to stores to provision and buy souvenirs, lots of fun restaurants to try. the team at sunsail put the boat on and off the dock before handing the boat over (kind of like having a pilot coming into a major harbor), so while our crew may have enjoyed the challenge, we were also fine not having the drama of docking a boat we did not have a lot of experience with.
next antigua – plenty of great sailing detinations – the winds and weather did not disappoint. lots of easy to navigate to anchorages…..just easy and fun and interesting.
the boat – we had a Sunsail 44 with a 4 cabin layout. it was in good working order, clean, intelligently laid out and sailed very nicely. one of the nicest roomiest monohulls for its size.
the team at Sunsail – the team at the base were friendly and helpful and professional. there is a lot more paperwork and explicit focus on safety then in the old days. however the team was thorough in their boat and map briefing and didn’t rush it and took our followup questions and made us comfortable. we enjoyed their smile and enthusiasm seeing us start our charter and their smiles and help winding things up.
another great holiday – thanks Sunsail.

Sunsail is a large operation and has some amenities that we have not seen elsewhere. Nice showers on shore with towels. Three places to eat close by and grocery shopping including a French deli within easy walking range. Staff were friendly and helpful.
Our catamaran was pretty new, very clean, well equipped. Everything worked well. My only complaint was the minimal storage in the cabins.
We modified our itinerary a bit as we went and had a good time. Winds were good and we did most of our traveling under sail. We have some experience sailing but enjoyed experimenting with the sails.
Our only problem with crowds was at the Baths. I would avoid that in the morning when tour groups may be more likely. Didn’t see really colorful coral, etc but I did swim in the midst of 40 or 50 little yellow fish–a thrill for me. S upper at Marina Cay was nice. The Pirate’s Bight was very noisy but I enjoyed the musician and dancing.
BVI is a beautiful, beautiful place.
PS: If you fly to St. Thomas and take the ferry make reservations for the return trip. We did not and the 2 convenient ferries were sold out, though we did get another after a mad dash up the coast.

Amazing sailing week with Sunsail in Tortola. Excellent welcome on the base, well maintained boats, strong winds and overall nice sunny weather, easy mooring on balls, fun sailing on Sunsail Catamaran 40 with all amenities (electricity, air conditioning, etc…), nice restaurants and bar on the islands, unforgettable trip to Anegada, a dream week once again thanks to Sunsail!

We enjoyed a fantastic 8 night bareboat sail around the BVI on a Sunsail 46 from the Sunsail/Moorings marina at Tortola. Having been used to the attention to detail of Sunsail Europe, this was sadly lacking at Tortola. There was no welcoming contact from the base in the weeks leading up to our charter. Our air con wasn’t working, there was no gas in the canister, our Wi-Fi didn’t work and multiple door handles fell off. We wasted our first morning stuck in the base while a whole host of friendly staff worked to fit the problems.
The BVI is very busy in February and on three mornings we had the 7am stress of trying to secure a Boaty Ball mooring at popular locations. These were all booked in 10 seconds! We had prebooked three marinas and all our restaurants which proved a good call.
Our boat itself was excellent with all the major features like sails, engine, generator, tender working well throughout the week. We had some great sailing in the moderate-fresh Easterly Tradewinds and also enjoyed the warm temperatures and water for swimming and snorkelling. We booked a paddleboard but didn’t get to use this due to the significant swells, even at “sheltered” anchorages.
All the Sunsail staff were friendly and helpful and with more care with the preparation and presentation of the boat, this would be a five star review.

The trip exceeded our expectations, but Radge (our captain) MADE the trip! From the start, he asked us our priorities on the trip and what activities we wanted to focus on and he delivered on all of that. There were a couple of us nervous about getting sea sick and there was a storm that came through one of the days, and he changed up the itinerary to get us to a safe place to be for the night that was protected from the high winds. He also dove for conch and made us homemade ceviche, along with homemade tortillas one morning and homemade stuffed jacks another morning! He also took me snorkeling and let me stick with him so he could tell me what I was seeing and pointed out things to me too. He was the highlight of the trip, make sure to request for him!

An outstanding holiday. Wouldn’t hesitate to go again. A few niggles regarding maintenance, the Sunsail damage policy and the completeness/accuracy of the yacht details. Neverthess we have used Sunsail for three trips to the BVIs and have had great holidays each time.

My best friend and recently finished a fabulous week-long trip sailing around the BVI on a beautiful boat booked through Sunsail. Our captain, Rachel Smith, was superb. She handled the boat flawlessly, inspiring complete trust. Her knowledge of the islands led us to the best moorings, restaurants and beaches. She was unfailingly good-natured, and allowed us the time we wanted on the helm–helping us become better sailors and keeping our safety and the boat’s top of mind. Rachel’s motto is “making dreams come true.” She certainly made our vacation in the BVI a dream come true, so we highly recommend Sunsail and Captain Rachel.

Wonderful cays and atolls even if the weather has been often cloudy. We had on board for 6 days a local skipper, Dan, who is a real smart person and made possible to reach anchorages we would not reach without him. He also got fishes and lobsters for us. The Sunsail staff in Placencia is very nice. They always answered our numerous questions and gave us the assistance we needed. The catamaran perfectly corresponds to the description we had when we booked it

Love sailing in the BVIs. Sunsail made our trip very special. The staff was very professional. We had an amazing time

From start to finish, the Sunsail owner and staff were welcoming, extremely competent, informative and professional. We can’t wait to go back. The boat was in excellent condition and the check-out and sailing guides made our family vacation the best it could be

The Sunsail crew in Belize is outstanding. They take pride in taking care of our boat as if it were theirs, which we s not the case in others Moorings and Sunsail bases we have used in the past. They are friendly and respectful. 6 out of 5 rating.