Words are easy.
Sail with us
and mean them.
Europe's first commercial sailing passenger service across the English Channel. A vision, a boat, and a growing community of people who believe that moving differently changes everything.
2026 Partners
The Channel.
Under sail.
Commercially.
SailLink is not a concept or a pilot project. It is a running service. Since 2025, Echoes, our sailing catamaran, has been carrying passengers between Dover Marina and Boulogne-sur-Mer, the first commercial sailing passenger service across the Channel in European maritime history.
Wind-propelled wherever the sea allows. Auxiliary engine when tides or conditions demand it, to keep crossings safe and timings dependable. No car deck. No terminal queue. 12 passengers at a time, loaded bikes welcome, the skipper on deck, the Channel ahead. This is what it looks like when someone decides to stop waiting for the future and build it.
Partnering with SailLink is not a sponsorship transaction. It is a decision to stand alongside something that matters, at the moment it is being built. The companies and individuals who join us now will have been part of this from the beginning.
"Your brand does not need another banner. It needs a story that holds."
Partnering with SailLink places your organisation inside a lived experience, not a communications campaign. The people who sail with us do not forget it. The companies whose names are part of that moment earn something that advertising cannot buy: the memory of being present when it mattered.
Incarnate your values, do not announce them
Every company has a sustainability commitment. Very few can point to something physical and say: we helped build this. SailLink gives you that. A sailing ferry crossing the Channel is not a metaphor. It is an act.
A community, not an audience
SailLink attracts cyclists, adventurers, conscious travellers, people who choose how they move through the world. This is not a mass market. It is a community that notices which brands are genuinely present and which are not.
Your team on the water
A charter crossing for your team is the most direct form of partnership. 12 people, the Channel, 4h30 under sail. They return to the office different. That change, shared across an organisation, is worth more than any workshop. See our team building page.
Be part of a first
The companies that back SailLink now will always have been the founding partners of Europe's first commercial sailing passenger service across the Channel. That sentence does not expire. It grows in meaning over time.
Two countries, one story
SailLink operates in English and French, from Dover and from Boulogne. A partnership here is visible in both markets, to both communities, across both coastlines. The crossing is bilateral by nature.
Digital, physical, on the water
Visibility on the boat, on the hull, on the boom. Presence on the website, in the logbook, in content produced at sea. Partnership with SailLink can be physical, digital, or both. We discuss what works for your brand and build it together.
Find your place
on the water.
Each level is a different form of presence. The higher you go, the more your brand becomes part of the crossing itself. Rates on request, write to us.
Reserved for local providers and aligned organisations. Your brand is positioned as a proud local supporter, visible to every passenger and guest who steps on board.
- Logo placement inside the cockpit
- Visible to all passengers during the crossing
- Standard listing on the SailLink web directory
- Named partner across SailLink communications
Your logo on both sides of the hull. Highly recognisable endorsement on the water, visible in every quayside shot and every photo taken as Echoes enters or leaves port.
- 50 x 50 cm logo on the outside hull, both sides
- All Cockpit Club visibility included
- Visual inclusion on the official SailLink web directory
- Visible in quayside photography and press coverage
Large visual impact. 1 x 1 metre on both sides of the hull. Visible in every full boat shot, every press image, every social post featuring Echoes. Maximum presence on the water.
- 1 x 1 metre logo on outside hull, both sides
- All Hull Challenger visibility included
- Priority visual inclusion on the SailLink web directory
- Teambuilding crossing at preferred rate
- Ideal for CSR visibility and media campaigns
Prime position. Full boom length. The centrepiece of every press and media shot, on the boat and in every image taken of it. The most iconic placement SailLink offers, and only one is available.
- Full boom length, the most visible position on the boat
- All Hull Hero visibility included
- Centrepiece of all press, media and social coverage
- 1 exclusive VIP corporate crossing, up to 12 guests, included
- Priority digital listing and co-branded communications
- Iconic media value across international press and socials
Offer a crossing.
Make it mean something.
Some of the most powerful partnerships are not about brand placement. They are about what your company chooses to give. Fund a crossing for a school, an association, a community group, or a team that would never otherwise set foot on a sailing boat. Your brand is not on the hull. It is in the memory of every person who sails. Write to us and we will work out how to make it happen.
Invest in
the vision.
SailLink is not looking for investors who want a quick return. It is looking for people who understand that the most important things take time, and that being early is not a risk but a privilege.
The vision is clear: a growing network of sailing passenger services connecting European port cities, proving that movement across open water can be made human again. The Channel is the beginning. What comes after is built on the proof that the first route works.
The investors who have already sailed with us understand this differently from those who have not. The boat is the pitch. If you believe in what you experience on the water, we have a conversation worth having.
Start the conversation"We have crossed this Channel dozens of times now. Every crossing is different. The wind shifts, the light changes, the passengers change. What does not change is the feeling on board, the sense that this is how it should have always been done. That conviction is what we are building on. The people who share it are the ones we want beside us."
Andrew Simons · Founder & Skipper, SailLinkThe companies
sailing with us.
Every partner featured here has chosen to stand alongside SailLink in 2026. They are not sponsors in the traditional sense. They are organisations that decided to act on their values, not just write about them. This vitrine grows as the season grows. The earlier you join, the longer your name has been here.
Ifremer comes
aboard Echoes.
A scientific partnership with France's national institute for sea research. The Laboratoire Environnement Ressources in Boulogne-sur-Mer now uses Echoes' crossings to observe the Channel every day.
Read the Ifremer article →This list grows as the season grows. The earlier you join, the longer your name has been here.
Let's talk
on the water.
Every partnership starts with a conversation. Tell us who you are, what you stand for, and what you have in mind. Andrew replies personally. No automated response, no PDF to download. A human reply, within 48 hours.
info@saillink.co.ukWe reply within 48 hours · All partnership levels · UK and France
The best way to understand SailLink is to cross the Channel on it. If you are considering a partnership or investment, we would rather you sailed with us first. Write to us and we will arrange it.