Fleet Updates and Refurbishments
Christmas is behind us, we’ve made our first steps into the New Year and the days are only getting longer… which means we’re just a few months away from the…
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America’s Cup World Series – 2020 Announcement
Another exciting year on the Solent coming up for 2020! Last month, SailGP announced that Series 2 is coming back to Cowes and today it was confirmed that the America's…
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2019 Skippers’ Highlights – Simon Hedley
With our final week in the office before we close for Christmas, we turn to Simon Hedley, Solent Events Manager for his favourite charter of 2019! For me, welcoming back…
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2019 Skippers’ Highlights – Kieran James
Following Steve's blog last week, we move on to another one of our skippers, this time one of our ops team! Since joining our operations team in May 2019, Kieran…
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2019 Skippers’ Highlights – Steve Morgan
It's come to that time of year where we start reflecting on our 2019 highlights. We've had a great season here at Solent Rib Charter having been involved in some…
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SailGP is returning to Cowes 2020!
Established in 2018, with Season 1 debuting in Sydney 2019, SailGP is an annual, global sports championship featuring bold, cutting-edge technology and awe-inspiring athleticism. The exhilarating inshore racing takes place…
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Freelance Bookkeeper Required!
After 7 years, our bookkeeper Sue is sadly going to be leaving us as she will be retiring this year...(not jealous at all). This does however leave us with an…
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Red Sky in the Morning, Sailors Take Warning!
Seafarers are renowned for being superstitious, from the age of antiquity up to recent history, as sailors faced many uncertainties and dangers when embarking on a voyage. Over the years,…
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We’re off to Le Havre!
It's sad to say but the season of 2019 is pretty much over as we begin to creep into the autumn and then winter months. It's always difficult to say…
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Why We Use Ribcraft
Back in 2001 Solent Rib Charter was born with a single 7.8m Ribcraft Rib... 18 years later and we now have a fleet of over 30 boats making us the…
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The Season’s Not Over Yet!
It only feels like yesterday that we were prepping our boats for SailGP & Cowes Week at the start of August, somehow it's already September and we're left wondering where…
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Cowes – Torquay Powerboat Race 2019
With Cowes Week and SailGP now behind us the office is starting to become a calmer environment, however there's still one last event in August to help fill our diary.…
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