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Private holiday charter
Your trip, your crew, your pace. I take care of navigation, manoeuvres, weather and harbour logistics.
- Sailing or motor yacht
- Route planning by weather
- Family and friends crews
Nevil Santschi
Private Skipper & Yachtmaster Ocean
40,000+ nautical miles · Sail & power · Worldwide experience
Trust
Experience your crew can rely on
I have been sailing yachts for more than ten years, as a skipper for private crews, as an instructor and on deliveries. Safety, honest communication and a relaxed atmosphere on board always come first.
- Experience at sea
- 40,000+ nautical milesExperience at sea
- Professional offshore qualification
- RYA/MCA Yachtmaster OceanProfessional offshore qualification
- Sail & power
- Swiss offshore licenceSail & power
- Mediterranean, Atlantic and Pacific
- Sailing experience worldwideMediterranean, Atlantic and Pacific
Services
Ways to sail with me
Four kinds of trips, from a relaxed holiday charter with family and friends to a delivery across open water.
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Skipper training
Practice instead of theory: manoeuvres, harbour approaches, anchoring, navigation and safety, matched to your level.
- Manoeuvring practice
- Navigation & weather
- Preparation for your own trips
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Yacht delivery
Deliveries from yard, charter base or winter storage to the destination harbour, reliable and properly documented.
- Short and long distance
- Preparation & checks
- Regular owner updates
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Adventure sailing
Longer legs, night passages, fishing and cooking on board, for everyone who wants more than bay hopping.
- Night passages & watch system
- Fishing and galley
- Blue water legs
About me
Nevil Santschi
Swiss skipper, at home on the water since 2014, from inland lakes to the Atlantic.
It all started on Swiss waters with the inland licence A & D. Curiosity turned into a profession: offshore licence, then RYA/MCA training up to Yachtmaster Ocean.
Since then I have covered more than 40,000 nautical miles under sail and power, on holiday charters, training trips and deliveries.
On board I am calm and direct: clear agreements, clean manoeuvres, an honest assessment of weather and area. And because a trip is more than miles, fishing and cooking on board are part of it.
Experience
Past trips
Every trip sailed so far, one by one, from the first training miles in 2015 to the current season. Scroll horizontally.
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2025
Greece
- Organisation:
- Private
- Yacht:
- Jeanneau 439
2025
Croatia
- Organisation:
- CCS
- Yacht:
- Jeanneau 440
2024
Greece
- Organisation:
- Private
- Yacht:
- Jeanneau 54
2024
Ibiza
- Organisation:
- Private
- Yacht:
- Excess 11
2023
Pacific
- Organisation:
- WARC
- Yacht:
- Catana 53
2022
Croatia
- Organisation:
- Private
- Yacht:
- Bali Catspace
2022
River Rhine
- Organisation:
- Private
- Yacht:
- Monas
2021
Greece
- Organisation:
- Private
- Yacht:
- Sun Odysse 46
2021
Sardinia
- Organisation:
- Private
- Yacht:
- Oceanis 51.1
2018
Circumnavigation
- Organisation:
- WARC
- Yacht:
- not specified
2017
Baltic Sea
- Organisation:
- CCS
- Yacht:
- Hallberg Rassy 43
2017
Solent
- Organisation:
- UKSA
- Yacht:
- not specified
2015
English Channel
- Organisation:
- CCS
- Yacht:
- Trader 42
2015
Scotland
- Organisation:
- CCS
- Yacht:
- Arcona 430
2015
Turkey
- Organisation:
- CCS
- Yacht:
- XC42
World map
Trips I have sailed
All public trips with a stored track. Start and end points are marked; a click opens the trip page.
No track data has been published for these trips yet.
The photos in the trip history are general sailing images. Trip-specific photos will follow with the dynamic trip management.
Qualifications
Training and certificates
All certificates listed have actually been earned, nothing added, nothing rounded up.
2014
Swiss inland licence A & D
Licence for motor and sailing boats on Swiss waters.
2015
Swiss offshore licence sail & power
Entitlement to command yachts on the high seas, sail and power.
2016
RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore
Internationally recognised exam for trips up to 150 nautical miles from a safe harbour.
2019
RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean
The highest RYA/MCA level for yacht skippers, including astronavigation and an ocean passage.
What does Yachtmaster Ocean mean?
In short: the highest British skipper qualification for yachts. It requires a documented ocean crossing, navigation by sun and stars without electronic aids, and independently planning and commanding a yacht far from shore and assistance.
On board
Sailing, fishing, cooking
Three things that belong together on my trips, and that turn a passage into a voyage.
Sailing
Sail trim, manoeuvres, night watches, quiet anchorages. Anyone who wants to join in learns what is needed on board.
Fishing
On longer legs a trolling line is almost always out. Whatever comes on board is used respectfully, often straight in the galley.
Cooking
Good food is part of the trip. Fresh fish, local ingredients from the harbour and a galley that works even in a swell.
Process
How a trip with me works
From the first enquiry to the return to harbour, transparent and without surprises.
1 · Enquiry
You describe area, dates, crew size and what you hope for. No obligation.
2 · Call & planning
We clarify yacht, route, experience level and budget. I say honestly what is realistic.
3 · Booking & preparation
Yacht and dates are fixed. You receive crew list, packing list and travel information.
4 · The trip
Safety briefing, daily weather briefing, manoeuvres that suit the crew, plus time for bays, fishing and the galley.
5 · After the trip
Photos and logbook data, and, if you like, planning for the next one.
Logbook
Voyages on Polarsteps
Two special voyages, documented on Polarsteps. The maps show the routes sailed with the individual legs and photos.
Circumnavigation
The legs of the circumnavigation: long passages, night sailing and ocean crossings, documented with map and photos.
Rhine trip
The trip on the river Rhine: locks, inland waters and harbours, captured leg by leg.
InstagramCurrent photos and short updates from on board.
Both maps are loaded directly from Polarsteps.
Contact
Trip request
Tell me briefly what you have in mind: area, dates, crew size. I usually reply within 48 hours.