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This forum is censored such that if you write "scurm sale" correctly and all as one word, it bars the word from your text and changes into [ah em!].
But from my experience over the past few years, especially since takeover by First Choice, i'm afraid that the nickname is quite apt. Sunsail is now quite poor, and seems dedicating its efforts towards seeing just how badly it can maintain its fleet and still maximise profits. The chairman of 1st choice was gleeful on TV that you could "charge a lot" for these types of holiday,s but they have to be good and these days they aren't.
These boats are not cheap. You pay £1,000 for a 37 footer for a weekend from portsmouth . Thisis significantly higher than others. And their standards are lower. Sunsail work hard to attrcat the "corporate market" who can reclaim VAT, perhaps and are less price sensitive.
The boats are filthy. They need people dedicated to cleaning the boat, and to make them clean, spotless if there's time. Yes, i want the teak looking clean, not grey. I don't want to be able to find dusty slime in the saloon. The colour of the WC should be white, not yellow - they need a detailed army-style clean.
The cushions have been recovered with plastic, to make them hardwearing. This means that you sweat more than usual, and may not have a decent sleep. "It's fine after a few pints!" say the staff. Hm.
In the carribean, sunsail include a welcome pack, matches for the gas at least, a higher standard of cleanliness, towels and so forth. Why is this? it's because Moorings are nearby, and are tons better. Ask people who maintain or buy ex-charter boats and they will be quite clear - Mooring's boats are more cared for than sunsail's.
But in the UK, and especially, in portsmouth, there's less competition. So, they can charge enough to recoup the whole price of the boat in less than a year. If the MCA requires something, it's there, if not - it ain't. So, no soap, no loo paper, no gps, no radar, no fitted radar reflector no autopilot (altho advertised), no sprayhood, no inmast furling (altho promised), no cleaning, yelow loos and so on.
It seems that they do the worst job they can get away with instead of the best job they can afford. Very poor. If you want swmbo to let you buy a powerboat - take her on a Sunsail boat for a weekend first of all. Is sunsail secretly sponsored by sunseeker?
Oh yes, the boats sail well enough - but that's a feature of the boat - not of sunsail. For this money, they could be lots better. I'll choose someone/anyone else next time, not sunsail.
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But from my experience over the past few years, especially since takeover by First Choice, i'm afraid that the nickname is quite apt. Sunsail is now quite poor, and seems dedicating its efforts towards seeing just how badly it can maintain its fleet and still maximise profits. The chairman of 1st choice was gleeful on TV that you could "charge a lot" for these types of holiday,s but they have to be good and these days they aren't.
These boats are not cheap. You pay £1,000 for a 37 footer for a weekend from portsmouth . Thisis significantly higher than others. And their standards are lower. Sunsail work hard to attrcat the "corporate market" who can reclaim VAT, perhaps and are less price sensitive.
The boats are filthy. They need people dedicated to cleaning the boat, and to make them clean, spotless if there's time. Yes, i want the teak looking clean, not grey. I don't want to be able to find dusty slime in the saloon. The colour of the WC should be white, not yellow - they need a detailed army-style clean.
The cushions have been recovered with plastic, to make them hardwearing. This means that you sweat more than usual, and may not have a decent sleep. "It's fine after a few pints!" say the staff. Hm.
In the carribean, sunsail include a welcome pack, matches for the gas at least, a higher standard of cleanliness, towels and so forth. Why is this? it's because Moorings are nearby, and are tons better. Ask people who maintain or buy ex-charter boats and they will be quite clear - Mooring's boats are more cared for than sunsail's.
But in the UK, and especially, in portsmouth, there's less competition. So, they can charge enough to recoup the whole price of the boat in less than a year. If the MCA requires something, it's there, if not - it ain't. So, no soap, no loo paper, no gps, no radar, no fitted radar reflector no autopilot (altho advertised), no sprayhood, no inmast furling (altho promised), no cleaning, yelow loos and so on.
It seems that they do the worst job they can get away with instead of the best job they can afford. Very poor. If you want swmbo to let you buy a powerboat - take her on a Sunsail boat for a weekend first of all. Is sunsail secretly sponsored by sunseeker?
Oh yes, the boats sail well enough - but that's a feature of the boat - not of sunsail. For this money, they could be lots better. I'll choose someone/anyone else next time, not sunsail.
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