Appledore Sails

We had a great time with Niki on the Jez-y-belle. My partner and I were just looking for a relaxing tour of the Estuary and Niki was more than happy to accommodate. She is also incredibly interesting to speak to and knows all there is to know about sailing. We will be back for the full sailing experience next time!
May 17th, 2021

Critical: Communication, Professionalism
Feb 21st, 2021

We had a absolutely amazing time with Niki and her boat the beautiful and sailor friendly Jez-y-belle. We booked a 3hr trip an hour for myself, husband & two boys. We explored the river with the motor for an hour seeing it and learning from a unique perspective, with two hour sail for husband after. Both of our boys have autism & anxiety & we were not sure if we would get them on the boat at all, but Niki was great with them very patient & was led by what they wanted to do. Our eldest son who also has mobility & core strength issues was really happy to sit by Niki & be in charge of the tiller on the way back under her instructions, this was a massive achievement for him. My husband thoroughly enjoyed his sailing time which exceeded his expectations and had a fantastic sail with both Nikki and Jez-y-belle capable and forgiving enough for someone with limited sailing knowledge. Nikis sailing & local knowledge is really helpful. A great experience. Thank you.
Aug 9th, 2022

Take great care before booking this person. Communication is poor, and you may well lose your money. It took us at least four phone conversations to book our trip, and she insisted on full payment up front. On arrival at the jetty she announced that unless we could provide evidence that two of our party of four had taken a rapid antigen test, she would not take them. We had earlier told her that two of us were fully vaccinated, while the other two had one shot but would take the test, she agreed to this. Both were negative. We explained to her that even had we brought the devices with us, it would have meant nothing, as anyone could have taken them. In any event we would have been sitting, comfortably distanced from each other, wearing masks in an open boat on a windy day. Despite this she was extremely brusque and refused to refund our money. She eventually offered to take two of us but by this time we had no desire to spend any time with her. To date she is still refusing to refund our money.
Jul 9th, 2021