We have no berth in Puerto Banús: we sail from Puerto Marina, Benalmádena, 40 minutes away on the AP-7.
See our boats at Puerto Marina40 min
by car from Marbella
10
guests on the catamaran
330€
catamaran, 2 hours
22
miles to Puerto Banús
Solboat has no berths in Marbella or Puerto Banús. Hen parties booked by groups staying in Marbella sail from Puerto Marina in Benalmádena, around 40 minutes away on the AP-7, with the catamaran Tyrion as the group boat: up to 10 guests, professional skipper and fuel included from 330€ for 2 hours.
We would rather open with that than sell you a departure from a marina we are not in. Our fleet is our own and it is moored where we have bases: Puerto Marina, Puerto de la Duquesa and Estepona marina. Marbella sits right in the middle, with no berth of ours in it.
If what you want is an afternoon afloat with the whole group at prices that are not set by a luxury marina, the 40 minutes usually pay for themselves: you will not find ten seats and a skipper for 330€ for two hours in Banús. If what you specifically want is to see the Golden Mile from the water, that is a different question and we answer it honestly further down.
The catamaran price includes the professional skipper, the fuel, the insurance, the safety equipment and a bluetooth sound system. We do not do catering, an open bar, a DJ or a photographer: if you have seen packages like that advertised, they were not ours. Drinks, food and decorations are down to you. The only things banned on board are confetti and glitter, which always end up in the sea.
The six boats moored at Puerto Marina: the skippered catamaran Tyrion and five smaller boats for smaller groups.
The real fleet limit is 10 seats. If you have read somewhere that we run hen parties for twelve, it was not us: that boat does not exist here.
Always sails with a professional skipper and with fuel included: 330€ for 2 hours, 440€ for 3 and 550€ for 4. It is the celebration boat, but its cruising speed keeps it in the bay of Benalmádena. It is not the one that takes you to Banús.
Five and a half metres, no licence of any kind required, from 100€ an hour or 170€ for 2 hours. Insurance and safety equipment included, fuel separate. You drive, after a run-through of the controls at the berth.
115 hp and 7 seats from 120€ an hour. It needs a PER licence or equivalent because of the engine, not the hull length, and it is the only boat in the fleet that makes a run towards Marbella realistic. 300€ deposit and fuel separate.
Real distances from Puerto Marina, so the hen party gets planned with numbers instead of wishful thinking.
Ten seats, a professional skipper and a bluetooth sound system. You leave the berth with your playlist on and the skipper handles everything else, including finding the right anchorage for how the sea is behaving that day.
West of the marina, between Torremuelle, Carvajal and the Mijas stretch, there are small coves you can only reach from the water. It is what we recommend for a two or three hour booking: real swimming time instead of spending the afternoon under way.
It is 19 nautical miles to Marbella harbour and 22 to Puerto Banús. In the Rocinante that is roughly 45 to 55 minutes each way, so realistically you need half a day once you count the return. The catamaran and the licence-free boats will not do it, and it is better to know that before booking.
Late in the day the sun sits straight ahead and, when the air is clear, the outline of La Concha and Sierra Blanca stands out to the west. Late slots are the ones hen parties ask for most, and you do not have to leave the bay to see it.
Set departures with fixed timings, a skipper on board and one price per group, so the only thing left to organise is what time you turn up.
We are not based in Marbella port: these trips sail from Puerto Marina (Benalmádena), around 40 minutes away on the AP-7.
Forty minutes on the AP-7 in exchange for this. And if it does not add up for you, we will say so too.
The catamaran Tyrion sails with a professional skipper and fuel included from 330€ for 2 hours. Compare that with an equivalent trip out of Puerto Banús and you will see why so many Marbella groups make the drive.
Puerto Marina is our big base: the catamaran, four licence-free boats and the Rocinante. In high season that means more dates and more time slots available than at a small marina.
If you want to board ten minutes from your door, or to see the Golden Mile from the water without giving up half a day, the honest answer is to look in Banús. We would rather say that than have you arrive at the berth expecting something we cannot deliver.
You board at berths 685, 686 and 687 in Puerto Marina, Benalmádena. Here is the exact location and the phone number for the base.
Solboat Alquiler de barcos Benalmádena
Calle la Fragata, Amarre 685, 686 y 687
29630 Benalmádena, Málaga
On the AP-7 toll road it is about 40 minutes from central Marbella and around 35 from Puerto Banús. On the free A-7, busier in summer, allow 50 to 60. Exit at Benalmádena Costa and follow the signs for Puerto Marina.
Puerto Marina has parking next to the berths and there are metered spaces along the seafront. In July and August allow extra time: the marina is also a restaurant district and it fills up.
What groups coming over from Marbella ask us.
Pick a boat and a date and we will be waiting at berths 685, 686 and 687, 40 minutes from Marbella on the AP-7.
See our boats at Puerto Marina
