GRAND SOLEIL YACHTS
On September 13th 2024, The Boater became the official Hong Kong dealer for Cantiere del Pardo‘s performance sailing brand, Grand Soleil Yachts. Having won the O.R.C. World Championship Series 8 times between 1998 and 2024, Grand Soleil is the most successful shipyard in the Series’ 26-year history. Sailing yachts built to win, and impress. Made in Italy.
SERVICES
After 12 years working with boats in Hong Kong, The Boater has created a network of trusted repairmen and parts suppliers that fit its own simple yet exacting criteria: top gear and good service, at the right price. Mechanical & Electrical, Clean & Wax, GRP and Paint, Diving, Ropes, Antifouling, RIBs and Specialist Sails.
SAILING BOATS
Hong Kong has some of the most exciting and challenging sailing in South-East Asia, with 1 Olympic gold medal, 4 months of winter monsoon, 5 marinas, 5 sailing clubs, 6 annual overseas regattas, 263 islands and 733 km of coast line to show for it.
HOUSEBOATS
Having stayed on boats ever since he landed in Hong Kong in 2013, the Boater soon acquired a taste for life on the water: the sea breeze, the open skies, the daily ritual of the sampans and the blessed peace at the end of a long and busy day in the city.
MOTOR BOATS
Boats for angling and boats for blue-water fishing, boats for water skiing and for wakeboarding, boats for showing off, for having parties, for sailing over to the islands for dinner and for overnighting in Double Haven: Hong Kong is home to all forms and sizes of motor boats and yachts.
MOORINGS
Thanks to our extensive network of local partners and transparent business practises, The Boater has become Hong Kong’s #1 resource for moorings rental and purchase listings.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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It is not that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.
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All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.
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Adventure is a product of incompetence.
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La mer est ton miroir.
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Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
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Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
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