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| June 2008 | ||||||
| Richard Snowballs on.... | ||||||
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David enlisted Front Row Yacht Deliveries after he had been let down by a shipping company who had initially said they would be able to fit his Nicholson 35 on a shipment before the end of May so not to left out there within the Hurricane season. When David had been left off the shipment he was obviously panicking! The yacht had to leave before the end of May as the Insurance Company had refused to insure it further whilst it was there. We had our crew ready in a week, and they arrived there just 12 days after David had asked us to help. Richard's last delivery for Front Row Yachting was a Warrior 40', Ocean Rainbow, from Bangor to Brixham earlier this month. This was also a last minute delivery, when owner Philip Rogers had to rush to his hospitalised wife. He contracted Front Row Yachting, who had the crew ready within days. Philip was delighted with our service and wrote:- "Thanks for fitting me in a short notice, much appreciated. Well pleased with the crew you supplied, very professional, would have no hesitation in recommending your services, well done!" Well done Richard, Ian Papworth and David Picken, crew of Ocean Rainbow. |
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| May 2008 | ||||||
| Front Row gains more support! | ||||||
| After teaming up with sailing school "Flying Fish", Front Row Yacht Deliveries has now made further alliances. "A Base Ashore" is an online accommodation agency in Cowes. Accommodation can be found for all of the major sailing advents including: Cowes Week, Little Britain, Commodores Cup, Round the Island, Silicon Cup and other regattas in Cowes. "A Base Ashore" will find you rentals, holiday home rental and short term let accommodation in Cowes from houses, flats and apartments. So if you need accommodation at Cowes, please click on this Link:- | ||||||
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| In addition to "A Base Ashore", "Cruise Charter" have also registered their support for us. Cruise Charter was formed in 1999 by an ex-software Vice-President Jamieson Ide with the objective of providing high quality water based corporate events. | ||||||
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| April 2008 | ||||||
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Flying Fish offer training and assessment for professional certificates of competence from the UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA), the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and Yachting Australia (YA). Their commercial Basic Safety Training course complies with the internationally recognised Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers (STCW 95). They also offer a recruitment service for all its Graduates to help them on their road to employment. Flying Fish will teach you to sail on short RYA course like Competent Crew and Day Skipper in Cowes or Sydney, or you can go on to develop your skills and experience on an international Yachtmaster course. Flying Fish employs friendly, expert instructors to ensure you learn fast and enjoy the sailing as you work towards RYA Yachtmaster qualification. |
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| March 2008 | ||||||
| Front Row goes Green Blue | ||||||
| Front Row Yacht Deliveries has decided to show its support for "The Green Blue". The Green Blue is an exciting environmental awareness initiative by the British Marine Federation and the Royal Yachting Association. The Green Blue is for everyone who enjoys getting out on the water, or whose livelihood depends on boats and watersports. By working working towards an environmentally sustainable boating community, we can save money, avoid red tape and safe guard the waters and habitats we enjoy for the future. We will therefore, where possible, use environmentally friendly cleaning products, and promote "The Green Blue" where ever possible. We would like to thank Sarah Black, the Project Manager, who will be donating leaflets and samples for us to distribute to our customers. | ||||||
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After a very windy end to February, March has started with the standard English rain :( But it's not all dreary here at Front Row Yacht Deliveries, as yacht deliveries are up on last year! So well done to all you skippers and crew that worked for us last year. This year sees some changes at Front Row Yacht Deliveries; Andy has left due to other business commitments, hence we have employed Cheryl. And, because we are now well established, we have decided to push for an even better service for customers by only using skippers that have either worked for us before or who have completed an introductory sail with Front Row Yacht Deliveries. Standards are expected to raise Just to reiterate the point to all you Yachtmasters who wish to work for us, no matter how much experience you have, you may still not be good enough for Front Row Yacht Deliveries. We only give Skipper work to those who have been on a delivery as Mate, so you can be assessed for your suitability for our yacht deliveries! This way the customer can feel assured their pride and joy will be getting the TLC it deserves. Try to look at it from the perspective that I do; ultimately you will get more work from us! As Bath Rugby's motto used to be "Good enough for England, but not good enough for Bath"! We want Nick! One skipper who has made a big impression on our customers, is Nick Davion. Nick only did a couple of deliveries (both were onboard tuition) for us, but both customers wrote back to thank us for supplying Nick. He promotes exactly what Front Row Yacht Deliveries is all about. His sailing and tuition skills were much appreciated along with his exceptional management skills. I'm sure his clean cut appearance and cheeky grin helped! So all you budding young skippers take note! Nick is exactly the type of skipper the customers want, and therefore the type we want and strive to find more of. Nick has given us his commitment for this year, which is great news for us, and better news for you customers! |
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Profile I am intelligent, articulate, conscientious and very keen and will provide high levels of customer service in any environment. I was previously involved, at management level, in the events industry. I have a wide range of transferable skills developed in that field; however I am most keen to be on the water. Having turned to professional sailing later in life, achieving the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster – Commercial Endorsement in April 2005 I have, since then, undertaken a variety of sailing opportunities including, deliveries, charter work, racing and teaching, I gained the RYA’s Cruising Instructor endorsement in 2006 and I enjoy teaching and sharing my experience. |
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| February 2008 | ||||||
We at Front Row Yacht Deliveries would like to thank Swale Marina, especially Guy and the lady in the office I believe to be his Mum, for all their help. Mylor marina and James, at Ancaster, who was also extremely helpful. And last but not least Andy our 1st Mate who is a very good sailor, we wish you and your partner Louis all the best in Greece. Please give us a call when you return because we’d love you both to do some delivery work for us. Since joining Front Row Yacht Deliveries, Cheryl has made it quiet clear she wants to try it out and discover what all the fuss is all about. So, now she has caught up with back log in the office, we thought we'd let her go as crew for the 1st delivery of the year, Conyer (Kent) - Mylor (Cornwall). She couldn't wait to escape the dry central heated air of the office for the cold damp salty easterly wind! Here's how she got on............. |
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| Swale marina is a drying marina and because Jaywalker had not been out for a while, the mud had built up around her. The problem was made more urgent due to neaps being only 3 days away. Skipper had decided that because of these problems we should leave that night on the 1738 high tide. Swale marina were extremely helpful and offered to launch the 120hp rib to help us out the berth and to escort us out of the creek as it was only just deep enough for us but it was also unlit and the channel is marked with withies! | ||||||
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I wasn’t back up on deck (with bucket) until 1130 the next day when Mervyn had decided that a short stop at Brighton would give me a chance to hold down some sea sickness tablets, and the yacht can be refuelled. So off to Asda I went and the lads made a bee line for McDonalds! 5 hrs later and we were off again, feeling anxious but not ill. I didn’t miss a watch for the rest of the trip, and I have to admit that apart from being constantly cold, it was the best adventure I’ve ever had! |
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Saturday 16th February The sun rise was particularly awesome, it gave me the boost that I needed, it almost felt like life had started all over again. I no longer had that horrible feeling where all I wanted was land! I was now enjoying every motion of the boat as it surfed down the 3 metre waves. The bucket had gone and I started eating again, then couldn't stop eating! I had definitely got my sea legs now! Today was a little warmer, or perhaps I was becoming comfortably numb! It was a beautiful day, very clear with coast line to match. We had porpoises leading us all the way from Plymouth to Falmouth entrance. Sunday 17th February We arrived at Mylor marina near Falmouth at 0415 Sunday 17th February. Again, another really helpful marina. We had no onboard heater and queried if they might have one we could borrow, with out hesitation a fan heater was brought down to the boat by the security guard. Any thing we needed to know the marina staff couldn’t help enough. With the boat moored safely and the heater on, my sleeping bag was more inviting than it had ever been!! Once up the day was spent cleaning Jaywalker, showering, and later eating at the harbour side restaurant “Castaways”. After which we caught a taxi to Flushing where we enjoyed the warm and friendly atmosphere of the “Seven Farthings” followed by a taxi home with a curry and back to Jaywalker for a final night before catching an early train home to W-S-M Monday morning. I can’t wait for the next one, although I wouldn’t complain if it was somewhere a little warmer!!! Hint hint! Cheryl -x- |
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| January 2008 | ||||||
| Cheryl Joins Front Row! "Welcome Cheryl"!! | ||||||
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Boat Tracking as Standard Front Row Yacht Deliveries is the first delivery business to use Boat Tracking as standard. Due to popularity of the Boat Tracking supplied by Marine Track, the decision was made that every delivered boat/yacht shall have one for the delivery. Delivery Co-ordinator Andy Stephens said "I'm sure it won't be long before other businesses follow suit, but it just shows that we are one step ahead of the rest"! |
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Deliveries 2008
Telephone: 01179 118948