Four Winds Sailing

Your Golden Bay skipper — hire me, or sail with me

Local waters. Trusted hands. Your boat — or mine.

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Tom Billingham, skipper

Meet the skipper

Tom Billingham

Four Winds Sailing is Tom’s owner-operator skipper service out of Golden Bay. SRL-qualified and RYA Yachtmaster–trained — relief skippering and deliveries for boat owners, plus private charters and intro sails on his yacht. Flexible, personal, no tourist conveyor belt.

  • Skipper Restricted Limits (SRL)Maritime New Zealand
  • RYA YachtmasterRoyal Yachting Association
  • Golden Bay local watersNew Zealand
  • Owner-operatorFour Winds Sailing
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Skipper for hire

You keep the boat. Tom brings the tickets, the miles, and the local knowledge — Golden Bay tides, weather windows, and quiet anchorages.

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Secondary

Private charters on Tom’s yacht

Same skipper, same care — whether he’s on your deck or his. Intimate whole-boat sails across Golden Bay — families welcome, lifejackets on, your pace.

Short bay sail

~2.5 hours

From $420 (mock)

Half-day charter

4 hours

From $650 (mock)

Full-day charter

8 hours

From $980 (mock)

Family in lifejackets looking out from the cockpit toward the Golden Bay coast
Safe, personal sails — spare jackets in the cockpit, coast on the horizon.
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What people say

“Tom put us at ease from the first line ashore. Calm, capable, and clearly loves these waters — we felt in safe hands the whole afternoon.”

— Sample guest (Placeholder until real reviews arrive)

“Exactly what we needed: a local skipper who treated our boat with care and knew where the wind would fill in. We’ll call him again.”

— Sample boat owner (Placeholder until real reviews arrive)

Ready for Golden Bay under sail?

Skipper hire for boat owners, or a private charter on Tom’s yacht.

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