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RICHARDSONS YACHT SERVICES
This last year has been particularly difficult for many people with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Whether you have been directly or indirectly effected it has made a huge impact. The pandemic has thrown many great challenges at us as a business, for both our staff and customers. Due to social distancing, we have been operating with only 1 staff member in the chandlery during the week and a ‘1 in, 1 out’ system. A big thank you to all our customers who have been extremely understanding. We have been following all the government guidance since late March and will continue to do so to keep us all safe. Our Winter Package deal was oversubscribed again this year, with a waiting list of nearly 20 boats. We are already taking bookings for winter 2021/22. Book early to avoid disappointment. The Discounted Week Ashore continues to be popular, in fact we already have a few weeks which are fully booked! The week ashore enables the busy ‘D.I.Y.’ yachtsman to come ashore for up to 1 week and carry out all general maintenance, inc antifouling and polishing, along with our well stocked chandlery all your needs are onsite. If you do not fancy tackling the jobs yourself, we have a team of highly skilled craftsmen who can carry out the work for you. Our well stocked chandlery is open 7 days a week and carries a wide variety of materials for all your boating needs from cleaning products and fastenings to plumbing and paints and charts and electrical to engine spares and flares. If we don’t have what you need don’t hesitate to contact our chandlery manager Nick; we’ll do everything we can to get it for you! We even have a small grocery section. Our services include slipping, repairs, refits, painting, electrical, installations and engineering. No job is too big or too small! We are dealers for Beta Marine, Mermaid Marine and Tohatsu Outboards, along with the new Epropulsion electric outboards and we carry a large range of spares. Along with many other engine parts. As longstanding contractors to the R.N.L.I. we continue to carry out annual refits to their fleet of seven hovercraft, which can often be heard ‘flying’ outside our sheds!
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