Reviews

Charter Dates: 09/21/2024-09/28/2024

Name on Your Reservation: Dawn Cameron
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: BARRAMUNDI III!
Charter Company & Yacht
Please answer the following questions pertaining to the charter company and the yacht you chartered.
Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 4
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
The charter company (Navigere) is wasn’t helpful at all, except giving me the contact details information for my skipper. The skipper was awesome (Barbara) and so thorough, safe and accommodating.
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
The charter company did not, but our skipper was awesome.
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
The yacht was worn but clean. The anchor was windlass started smoking and we had to hand crank the anchor up. This caused us to have to moo and dock for two plus days until it could be replaced. The sail design was very odd and the hoisting the mainsail was a huge pain.
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Sufficient but we weren’t allowed aboard until several hours past 5:00pm.
Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes, for the season we went.

Charter Dates: 07/05/2024-07/13/2024

Name on Your Reservation: Chris Albrecht
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Kerry Lee
Charter Company & Yacht
Please answer the following questions pertaining to the charter company and the yacht you chartered.
Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
Yes, our flight was cancelled and so we arrived a day late and they did a great job getting us on our boat quickly.
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
They did this with our captain since we were late.
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Yes, everything was great. We did have our navigation screen and they quickly came to us and replaced it. Then we encountered a bad storm which broke a part on the sail and again they quickly came and fixed it and never caused an issue with our trip.
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Yes
Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes
Additional comments about the charter company and yacht you chartered?
Highly recommend both VI Sailing and Navigare.
The quick response of Navigare will make me choose their fleet every time.

Charter Dates: 07/16/2024-07/26/2024

Name on Your Reservation: Lucas R Bennazar
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Summer
Charter Company & Yacht
Please answer the following questions pertaining to the charter company and the yacht you chartered.
Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
A little bit crowded, but very friendly and fast briefing.
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Yes, detailed informative briefing
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Excellent, no problem at all.
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Perfect!
Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes, AC worked perfectly during our whole trip
Additional comments about the charter company and yacht you chartered?
I’ve booked with couple different companies in the past, but Navigare do the best maintenance on their vessels. I booked Summer on 2021 and the difference wasn’t much on wear and tear.

Charter Dates: 07/16/2024-07/24/2024

Name on Your Reservation: Cheryl Hamblin
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Great Catsby
Charter Company & Yacht
Please answer the following questions pertaining to the charter company and the yacht you chartered.
Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
Did not respond to tech support at 9:30 pm via multiple attempts to reach them on the 24 contact
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Check out skipper named Jimmy was very sub par.
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Excellent
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Very sufficient.
Was the yacht well ventilated?
Decent but AC was very very good

Charter Dates: 07/15/2024-07/22/2024

Name on Your Reservation: Dalen
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Tehani
Charter Company & Yacht
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Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
Very friendly and accommodating. Once of the most cheerful group I have ever been in contact with.
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
The walkthrough was incredibly thorough AND entertaining. Highly recommended!
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Yacht was in great condition. No complaints.
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Yes
Was the yacht well ventilated?
A/C work amazing, and the entire back half opened up to let breezes in throughout the day.
Additional comments about the charter company and yacht you chartered?
Navigare staff (particularly Avril and Patrice) went far above and beyond tracking down my lost baggage and getting it from STT to Trellis for me. Avril even worked on her day off to coordinate details and make sure I got my bags. I can't overstate how amazing they were. They literally saved our trip!

charter dates: 06/17/2024-06/26/2024
Name on Your Reservation: Pete Pearson
Boat Name: Jays N'Seas
Charter Company & Yacht
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Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5

06/21/2024-07/02/2024

Name on Your Reservation: William W Murphy
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Piece of Mind
Charter Company & Yacht
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Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
Yes, very friendly and accommodating. Great staff!
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Yes
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Yes
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Teapot had hole in bottom, but we got by.
Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes
Additional comments about the charter company and yacht you chartered?
Despise the doors!. Distance between the lazy jacks very tight - battens kept hanging up while raising the main.

charter dates 06/15/2024-06/25/2024
Name on Your Reservation: Kelly Stephens
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Great Catsby

Charter Company & Yacht
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Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
The BEST......
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Yes
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Yes
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Yes
Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes
Additional comments about the charter company and yacht you chartered?
Navigate......5 Star Yacht and support Crew....

charter dates 06/10/2024-6/19/2024
Name on Your Reservation: Matt Gorajek
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Skye
Charter Company & Yacht
Please answer the following questions pertaining to the charter company and the yacht you chartered.
Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
Yes
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Yes
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Yes
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Yes
Was the yacht well ventilated?
Yes
Additional comments about the charter company and yacht you chartered?
Had problems with the dingy motor not running smoothly. Thats all

charter dates 06/15/2024-6/23/2024
Name on Your Reservation: John Niccolls
Are you the Lead Charterer or a Guest? Lead Charterer
Boat Name: Island Nomad
Charter Company & Yacht
Please answer the following questions pertaining to the charter company and the yacht you chartered.
Rating of Charter Company & Yacht: 5
Upon arrival and during your charter, were the staff of the charter company friendly and accommodating?
Very
Did the staff do a good job familiarizing you with the yacht and its equipment?
Very friendly boat briefer. A little bit less than complete but I’m a fairly experience mariner and it was sufficient
Was the yacht clean and in good working condition?
Yes but through no fault of Navigare one of the fuel gauges was wrong and that tank was low when the boat was accepted. It all worked out with a pretty quick delivery of fuel by Navigare’s team and a stop for fuel (provisions and ice) at Spanishtown. Navigare quickly agreed that the tank was low and fairly settled the final charges.
Was the yacht's cooking and cleaning equipment sufficient?
Very good galley and plenty of refrigeration space.
Was the yacht well ventilated?
It was hot there last week and we used the AC at night. I don’t think catamarans built by anyone ventilate well.
Additional comments about the charter company and yacht you chartered?
The Navigare office, dock and cleaning crews are very helpful and friendly. I’ve used at least five different BVI charter providers and our experience with Navigare was pretty close to perfect. Please tell them how pleased we were. As an example, at the base our last morning I was just stepping off the boat to put a bag of trash in a trash container about 50 feet away when one of the dock crew insisted on taking it and doing it himself.