Skyelark Charters

Skyelark Charters Skyelark Charters offers adventure sailing and cruising holidays for individuals and small groups ab

Skyelark is a luxury performance cruising yacht available for charter. She is owner-operated by a very experienced professional couple, Dan and Em, who have been offering a whole range of sailing holidays for groups and individuals since 2008. Whether you are looking to cruise the Caribbean, build up your miles with ocean legs or be part of a racing team on board, there is something for everyone.

26/08/2026

Blasting along in the English channel

The Skyelark Summer Cruise. 2 months, 3000 miles UK, Baltic, UKWe often feel like we are going round in circles, whethe...
26/08/2026

The Skyelark Summer Cruise. 2 months, 3000 miles UK, Baltic, UK

We often feel like we are going round in circles, whether its round the Atlantic, or round the world - but this is the first time we have done this loop, round the UK – via the great glen / Caledonian Canal. Some great sailing and some very pleasant stop overs.

Next week - Madeira/ Canaries

12/08/2026

Post Cards from the Baltic

Postcards from the Baltic.Skyelark has spent the last month cruising in the Baltic with a fleet of boats as part of Worl...
12/08/2026

Postcards from the Baltic.

Skyelark has spent the last month cruising in the Baltic with a fleet of boats as part of World Cruising Club’s ARC Baltic. For us it started with a voyage through the Kiel Canal to the rendezvous in Germany. From there we went on a tour of Hanseatic towns dating from the 13th century which were the magnificent trading hubs of the Hanseatic League whose power and wealth created magnificent Gothic creations - soaring spires, fancy guild halls, warehouses and fortress walls. The countries changed but the styles were a constant.

We visited Lubeck, Stralsund, Visby and Tallinn for some tasty feasts and cultural tours. In amongst there were some quiet nature islands. Bornholm in Denmark and a remote Swedish outpost - Gotska Sandon for some hiking, walking trails and lovely sunsets.

Arguably the top attraction and most spectacular for sailing were the Swedish and Finnish Archipelagos. Hundreds of thousands of rocks, skerries and islands all beautiful and pristine. Ashore were small harbours, summer houses and of course saunas galore! Given the season is so short (when winter sets in the sea freezes over), the natives make the absolute most of the summer here and flock out to the islands where little bakeries make the tastiest rye breads and delicious cinnamon and cardamon rolls. On the subject of food , the humble herring has a revered status and is served profusely in every imaginable and delectable manner. Yummy!

We are now in Copenhagen and about to continue northwards to Scotland, entering the Caledonian Canal and cruising the west coast of Scotland on our way back southwards through the Irish sea and back to Plymouth.

From Plymouth it’s time to go in search of trade winds and sunshine, which means heading southwards towards northern Spain, Madeira and to the Canary Islands. A nice mix of blue water sailing and exploring. If you’re interested we have a couple of berths left.

Looking ahead to the Caribbean season there are still some berths left on most of our trips, but things are starting to fill up. We have a Christmas and New Year cruise as well as our usual favourite Grenadines and Leeward Island cruises.

For ocean crossings, we have 2 spaces from a cancellation for the ARC this coming November, and then places on our ARC Europe transatlantic in May 2027.

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15/07/2025

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Skyelark is now relaxing in her summer home in the Canaries and having some R&R after behaving faultlessly on the round the world trip and is being rewarded with a new coat of shiny paint and some other light titivations. Meanwhile the crew are taking some time away from voyaging and we will mostly....

07/06/2025

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