Sailing yacht on a Bay of Biscay passage

Yacht delivery · French Atlantic

Your yacht.
The right shore.

I can skipper the passage alongside you, or assemble a professional crew and deliver the yacht turnkey from La Rochelle, Les Sables-d’Olonne, Cherbourg and other ports.

Choose a format
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Two formats

Join the passage — or meet your yacht at her destination

01

Owner-assisted passage

An experienced skipper leads a safe passage while helping you learn your own yacht in real conditions.

  • Route and weather-window planning
  • Watchkeeping and crew organisation
  • Sails, manoeuvres and onboard systems
  • Biscay and, when required, the Atlantic
02

Turnkey delivery

I select the crew, prepare the yacht, manage the passage and hand her over at the agreed destination.

  • Professional skipper and crew
  • Pre-departure readiness check
  • Passage updates and reporting
  • Documented final handover

The process

Departure is governed by yacht readiness, weather and safety — never by the calendar at any cost.

01 · Brief

Yacht and route

Model, condition, insurance, ports and preferred dates.

02 · Before sailing

Readiness

Critical systems, safety equipment and action list.

03 · At sea

Passage

Weather decisions, watches, systems monitoring and updates.

04 · Arrival

Handover

Secure berthing, condition record and owner report.

Skipper and owner reviewing the passage plan

Owner-assisted passage

More than arriving. Learn your yacht underway.

A first serious passage reveals how the yacht behaves, how her systems work and how life aboard should be organised.

My role is not to take the helm away, but to provide calm support until experience catches up.

Questions

Before the passage

When can the departure date be confirmed?

We agree a working window first. Final departure depends on the forecast and yacht readiness.

Can family or friends join?

Yes, when the yacht, route and participants’ experience allow safe watchkeeping.

What do you need for an estimate?

Yacht model and year, ports, preferred dates, technical condition, equipment and chosen format.

The next waypoint

Every sound passage starts ashore

Tell me about the yacht, route and timing. I will propose a realistic format.