We are very fortunate to have Portsmouth Harbour Station direct from London just 10 minutes’ walk away. This enjoys the beautiful views of the harbour on the little green ferry crossing the harbour to Gosport.
King’s Ransom is based in Haslar Marina, Gosport in the historic Portsmouth Harbour. For your SAT NAV, our postcode is PO12 1NU.
We are fully compliant with the MCA/RYA code of compliance rules. These restrict us to carrying a maximum of 12 guests. From our experience, we have found the optimum number of guests to be 10 persons to achieve the best experience.
Your safety and enjoyment are always our prime concern. If our skipper considers the weather to be detrimental to the safety of the Guests or vessel, we simply postpone the event to a mutually agreeable date. Generally, we can foresee the bad weather using various specialist websites, we would normally contact you the day before the event.
Some of our guests do like to swim off the back of the boat in good weather. If you would like to include this in your itinerary, please consult with the skipper who will make the final decision as to where and whether it will be safe.
Please drink in moderation to ensure your own safety as well as the safety of the crew and other guests. The skipper and crew reserve the right to ask you to stop consuming alcohol. If any passenger’s behaviour is deemed to put the crew, passengers or vessel at risk we will go to the nearest port where the charter group will be disembarked without a refund. Please note we do not allow red wine on board.
For your safety, your skipper will be qualified in accordance with the MCA requirement.
For your comfort, our boat has been designated as a public place and as such we are unable to allow smoking on the boat.
We would ask that you wear sensible footwear preferably with light-coloured soles and please remember to bring something warmer in case the weather deteriorates.
Some guests bring their own picnic lunch, others tend to prefer local hospitality.
Some of the more popular are listed below:
The Lifeboat, East Cowes IOW – Our recommendation
“I had the most amazing experience. Everything was perfect, there were five of us out for a days fun on the Solent and the skipper and crew were wonderful in every way.”
“I took my wife and children out on a summer’s day for a nice day break last year. Fantastic host, nice, relaxed day. Everything was handled very professionally, from booking through to service provided. Would definitely recommend and look forward to doing it again.”
“We had an amazing day, everything was perfect! Cannot wait to one day repeat the experience.”
“We had the best day on the yacht sailing over to the Isle of Wight and back again. I would highly recommend this for a special day out. Steve and Hillary were very good hosts and kept us informed and comfortable all day. We had perfect weather and stopped off at The Hut on the island for brunch. We can’t wait to do it again.”
Wow, what a fabulous day we had with you yesterday. Everything was excellently planned, you had matters well in hand to help Christine get on and off, you could not have been more helpful or charming. This had been a worry for me as I obviously wanted her to get full enjoyment of the day. The whole process from my initial enquiry right the way through to the actual day was a very pleasant process. It was a delight to meet you and Dan and highly amusing when Dan discovered that Steve Hyland once of Radio Mercury was a passenger. His expression much like the whole day will live long in my memory.
“Fantastic family day out in the Solent for a 40th birthday celebration. Excellent hosts, lovely boat. Highly recommend!”
“Had the most amazing time celebrating our friends Birthday .Was slightly nervous at the start however Steve and Hillary were fabulous and helped me through the nerves . They both really made sure we all had the best day dropping us to The Hut and location for people to go swimming.”
“Thank you for the wonderful trip to the Hut. What a trip! Everyone really enjoyed it. You and Dan were amazing! We hope to book you again.
Best wishes Sven”