The date
A specific day, not a month. Availability, tide window and sunset time all hang off it.

Rates & dates
Enquiry, shortlist, hold, quote, confirm, sail. Six steps, and money only moves at step five.
You see a real vessel, a real date and a firm quote before anything is paid.
What you send
With these the desk can shortlist two or three actual hulls. Without them it can only send a price list.
A specific day, not a month. Availability, tide window and sunset time all hang off it.
Capacity comes off the certificate, and seated dining takes materially fewer than standing.
Sunset block, half day, full day or overnight. It decides the marina and the class before it decides the price.
The sequence
Nothing here is a formality. Each step exists because skipping it produces a problem later.
Date, marina, day shape and party size, on WhatsApp.
The desk confirms the class can lie at your marina and clear the tide window.
The hull and the date are held with the operator while the quote is written.
Block hours, what sits inside them, and what is billed on top.
Terms, guest list against the certificate, menu and any ashore setup fixed in writing.
Clock times reconfirmed against the morning sea state; the captain's stand-down call stands.
Balance is due forty-eight hours before departure. Free reschedule any time up to ninety-six hours out.
Date, marina, day shape and party size. The desk replies with hulls that are free and a quote with the split shown.