Velvet Adventure Sailing offers sailing holidays in a comfortable friendly atmosphere. With a maximum of six guests at any one time we specialise in trips for small groups and individuals. You can book a berth or charter the whole boat. We offer the opportunity to visit some destinations not on the usual yachting calendar.

Our adventures take place aboard our yacht VELVET LADY. She is a 55 foot sailing yacht built by Oyster of Ipswich. Oysters are world renowned for their comfort and security.

Velvet Adventure Sailing is owned and run by Lin Parker and Richard Andrew who are both passionate about sailing and exploring new places. They have now been operating aboard Velvet Lady for 2 years.

Our ethos is to provide fun filled active sailing adventures in a comfortable and safe environment. Our idea of cruising is to complement a great days sailing with enough time to relax and explore the places that we visit. The destinations we choose are often secluded bays and small fishing ports, rarely modern developed marinas. We’ll be dropping the anchor and taking the dinghy ashore. We look forward to welcoming you on board our yacht Velvet Lady

During the winter 2008/9 we will be cruising to Spain and Portugal on our way to Madeira and onwards to the Canary islands for some winter sun.

New for Summer 2009 we will be visiting the beautiful coastline of northern Norway and cruising in the Lofoten Islands. On the passage from UK to Norway we will be visiting the Faroe Islands and on the passage returning from Norway to UK we will be sailing via the Shetland and Orkney Islands.

All our holidays are led by round the world yachtswoman Lin Parker. With 20 years experience she is well accomplished at both introducing the new comer and coaching the more experienced. Although we do not run RYA courses, Lin is an RYA Instructor and Examiner, and happy to include instruction as part of your holiday. With our experienced staff and small guest numbers we are able to tailor the exact itinerary around the interests of those onboard making each holiday unique. There are plenty of opportunities to add extra miles to your log books on our longer Blue Water Adventures and Ocean Passages, even get the sextant out!

We offer a range of 7 night, 10 night and 15 night holidays. All our trips are fully inclusive on board – however travel to and from the yacht is not included. Further details can be found on the Whats Included page on the Velvet website.

Velvet Lady has a very full inventory of equipment which includes:-

Electronics:
DSC/VHF radio with command microphone in cockpit, hand held VHF
Colour Chart plotter, GPS
Radar, Autopilot
SSB Radio, Weatherfax, Inmarsat C, Navtex, EPIRB

General Equipment:
Electric anchor windlass,
Roller furling main and headsails,
240V Invertor, 240 V Generator, Microwave,
TV and DVD player, Stereo radio and CD player,
Electric Heating, Air Conditioning, Watermaker,
Solid bottom dinghy with outboard in davits,
Sextant, Barbeque

Our itineraries are all written to allow time to explore ashore in our destinations – many of these are small harbours and anchorages only accessible by boat where the scenery and wildlife are superb.

We operate year round, sailing in the beautiful northern regions during the summer where we benefit from 24 hour daylight, and following the sunshine south for the winter.

Full details of all our trips, including itineraries, prices, travel information, kit lists etc are available on our website. Booking is easy, just book on line from our site, each individual trip page tells you how many berths are currently vacant.