How to Book

Please ‘phone or E-mail to check availability, discuss your needs and confirm the price.
We will hold your place(s) for up to seven days and send you a booking form.
You return the booking form with a deposit to secure the booking.
We will send you a receipt and confirmation of the balance due forty five days before departure. We will also send travel information.
You are welcome to call at any time with any questions, no matter how trivial they may seem to you, and if you need advice about travel.

For holidays or courses aboard other yachts your contract is directly with the owner/skipper of that yacht who may apply different conditions:

Booking and Payment
Your Booking is with New Horizon Sailing, which is a member of the Association of Scottish Yacht Charterers (www.asyc.co.uk) and is bound by the rules and code of conduct of that organisation.

Your payments are deposited into a client account and released on completion of your holiday.

Provisional bookings accepted by telephone or E-mail will be held for seven days. A completed and signed booking form together with a 25% deposit is required to secure a booking. We will send you a receipt showing the balance which is due 45 days before departure. All prices quoted to you include VAT (if applicable).
All prices quoted to you include VAT (if applicable).

Cancellation
If you cancel we will refund all but half of the deposit provided that we are able to re-sell your place(s).
If through unforeseen circumstances we have to cancel your cruise we will offer you an alternative date(s) and if this is not acceptable to you everything already paid will be refunded and we have no further liability.

Insurance
Our insurance does not cover you for accidents or loss or damage to personal effects unless caused by our negligence. You should ensure that you have adequate insurance to cover medical, personal accident, holiday cancellation and loss or damage to personal effects.

Variations
The description of the Yacht and equipment is intended to be accurate but we are not liable for any minor inaccuracies.
The decision of the skipper is final in all matters related to the operation of the yacht and her itinerary and we will not be liable if, for example, it is necessary to delay departure or cruising area for any reason including weather, fitness of the crew, malfunction of the yacht systems etc. The skipper may add a second qualified crew at his discretion.

Fitness
All passengers should be fit enough to participate in operating the yacht. If in doubt please discuss with us before booking.

Children
Guests under eighteen are welcome if they are with an adult. Children under twelve are not accepted except on wholeboat charters.

Dispute
If we are unable to resolve a dispute to your satisfaction, the ASYC will provide an arbitration service whose decision will be binding on both parties. Scottish law applies.