Lake Wanaka Yacht Charters
Lake Wanaka Yacht Charters
Lake Wanaka Yacht Charters
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The South Island's only charter lake sailing experience. Bare-boat and Skippered charters for an adventure of a lifetime. Explore Lake Wanaka Under Sail aboard our 7.7 metre Yacht for Ruby Island and Beyond 2.5-3hrs, half-day, full-day or overnight. Connect with Friends, Family Fun, or a Romantic Getaway. Price includes up to four people. Book Now!
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Camille
Freeport, ME22 contributions
Feb 2023 • Family
Our family of 4 took a three day sailing course with Randall. Our goal was to learn the basics of sailing as well as learn how to sail as a family. This experience exceeded our expectations in every way. Randall is a very gifted teacher and yachtsman and goes above and beyond to make everyone feel comfortable and engaged. He provided us with a sailing booklet with essential information complete with charts and references. He engaged every member of our family - meeting each person at their skill and comfort level- and taught us all the basics of sailing including navigation, putting up and taking down sails, tacking/jibing, key sailing terms, how to read the wind, operate the rudder and all the lines, etc. etc. Over the three days he also pointed out numerous sites all around Lake Wanaka and shared pieces of New Zealand culture and history. And to top it all off Randall brought homemade bread, with jam and butter for a treat (one of the many)! We highly recommend any time spent with Randall on his sailboat! It was a highlight of our time in Wanaka.
Written February 20, 2023
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Amy and Scott,
Many thanks for the kind words. It was a ball teaching your family the finer points of sailing and teamwork out on the water for three days. The best part of taking people out sailing is meeting new friends like you four - A wonderful experience for my family and me as well. It was fun having dinner with you all.
Safe travels and happy sailing!
Randall
Written March 13, 2023
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ShelleyWhit
Perth, Australia22 contributions
Jan 2020
We had a great time on our day out on Lake Wanaka, Randall was a fantastic host and very thorough in his briefing. The boat accommodated six people comfortably and was well equipped even down to some lovely cheese and biscuits. Thanks for a great day Randall and despite the lack of wind we had a brilliant time.
Written January 6, 2020
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Tourismeducator
Main Beach, Australia22 contributions
Feb 2019 • Family
So pleased that we had the chance to see magnificent Wanaka from the water! Randall is a high experienced and knowledgeable skipper, and he couldn't have done more to make us feel comfortable on his beautiful sailboat. We especially appreciated Randall's narration as we learned a great deal about the local history, flora, and fauna. A must do if you have the chance. Can't wait to go again!
Written February 22, 2019
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Great! So that means you'll be back? I hope so. Thanks for the kind words. I always have fun imparting my knowledge of the lake and surrounds. It's such a special place, I want to do it justice, through history, and even the geology. I used to be a mountain guide, and have been in the tourism, outdoor experiential education field all of my adult life, so I feel comfortable in the role of guide/skipper. I hope to see you again on Lake Wanaka Yacht Charters. Thanks again!
Randall
Written February 24, 2019
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HSR123456
Harrogate, UK16 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
Four of us had a fantastic afternoon in the sunshine on the lake. There was very little wind (but plenty of sunshine) and we made our way up the lake with a beach landing where we waded ashore for a quick wander round and some excellent photos. Randall could not have made us more welcome and I would thoroughly recommend spending time with Randall on his boat!
Written November 17, 2018
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THAT was a great afternoon out on the water! Thanks for the kind words. I really enjoyed our time out there, and landing on that remote beach!
Cheers,
Randall
Written December 6, 2018
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FairComment888
Melbourne, Australia57 contributions
Mar 2017 • Friends
This was a fabulous half day out on the water. Scenery just spectacular. It does not matter whether you are an old salt, never sailed before or anything in between. Randall was an excellent teacher for some of us who wanted to learn, a hands-off skipper for some of us with experience. He is friendly and welcoming. The boat is very well maintained and easy to handle. Or you can just sit, enjoy and let Randall do the work. Value for money 10/10. You'll want to go sailing again after this, believe me.
Written April 15, 2017
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Many thanks for the kind review, and glad you enjoyed your time with us out on the water.
It was fun teaching and also hanging back when need be.
Keep in touch!
Randall
Written April 24, 2017
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leteisha2017
Invercargill, New Zealand1 contribution
Jan 2017 • Couples
Thanks Randall, you were a great host and we loved our trip on the yacht!! Would recommend this to all ages!!
Written February 6, 2017
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Dan Phillips
7 contributions
Mar 2023 • Solo
Fantastic time on the water with Randal. He was a very good instructor, friendly and catered to my goals really well. I can't wait to come back for more!
Written March 25, 2023
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Kim P
1 contribution
Dec 2019
A wonderful afternoon on the lake. Randall was great. Really enjoyed talking to him. He was so considerate of all our needs. His boat is beautiful.
Written July 24, 2020
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Carl Meyer
1 contribution
Oct 2019
Great fun. Randall was awesome he let the kids get totally involved and explained everything to us. Not a lot of wind but went ashore at Ruby Island. Great outing.
Written October 27, 2019
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Thanks so much for your review C.
Much appreciated!
Randall
Written October 28, 2019
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sshyu
1 contribution
Sep 2019 • Solo
It was my best day in Wanaka, even I did skydiving and flying a plane as well as dog sledding, but I was literally a genius to come up with this idea to do this course, me and my “pirate crew” Randall had a lot of fun. He actively let me do many important sailing work and answered every question I gave him. He taught me the basics of sailing, both theory and practice stuff, even mentioned the realistic situation such as how to tell the wind in distance or the right way, extremely helpful. Before that I learned sailing from YouTube so I thought I could sail well. But the truth is, even if you can pass the theory test for driving license without even touching a car, it means nothing that you can drive one. Since Randall gave me some remarkable notes which could help me review what I learned from him. He told me what I can do later by myself and how to exercise with a smaller boat. That was a real deal, love Wanaka, love this :) But the best part is, I’m so glad that there was only two of us, I did this course on my own and I felt free to try many things without disturbance and it was awesome !!! So genius of me to did it that way. What a great day, next time I also won’t bring any person with me. Haha, I also tried a few paddle of his lovely dinghy “Snoopy”, that little guy helped us get to land from the sailing boat. Super cool !!! I had no idea how beautiful it was to sail to the big Lake Wanaka and come back with ducks swimming on our way, also some other penguin’s relatives.
Written September 18, 2019
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