The delivery of the tin of varnish I bought from Pirates Cave Chandlery was very poor. I got the product 5 days after. However, the service was good, Jessica managed to get the product delivered t... See more
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Ordered a automatic life jacket on a Friday but understand it wasn't getting dispatched till the Monday then it took 5 days to arrive, which was to late as we were away on holiday on the Friday mornin... See more
I don't give 5 star reviews lightly... in fact I'm a moany hard to please sod who values customer service greatly. I do however give a rather rare 5 stars to these guys because from start to finish t... See more
I have just recently taken up kayaking at the tender age of 68. Knowing little about the subject I looked online to find out where I could purchase a personal floatation device and found this excellen... See more
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Established in 1991, Pirates Cave Chandlery has grown to become one of the largest, well-known and well-stocked Chandlers in the South East of England. Our main shop is based in Rochester, Kent and we're ideally located near the River Medway and River Thames with Chatham Marina, Gillingham Marina and Hoo Marina just a few minutes away. With two floors and over 3,000 square feet of floor space, we stock a wide variety of chandlery products to cater for our customers, whether they be dinghy sailors, yachtsmen, motor boaters, or canoeists, we've got it covered, and all at highly competitive prices. What's more - we're open 7 days a week. Our website has become our 'second shop' and we thrive on being able to serve many more customers, with our chandlery products, wider afield. We even have a dedicated centralised stock warehouse to cater for our online sales. Our Staff (or Crew as we like to call ourselves!) are highly experienced, some having served our customers for over 14 years. We enjoy finding solutions and providing advice to our customers - it's something we pride ourselves on. We have a large supplier base, which enables us to stock and source all the items you would expect to find, whether it be from the smallest individual bolt (in Stainless A4 no less!) to clothing, lifejackets, paint, cookers, rope, dinghies and so much more. Of course, it would be impossible to stock every item for every boat - such as that diaphragm you require for your 10 year old bilge pump - but we will do our utmost to source it and get it for you, and fast. That's why we have thousands of loyal customers - customers who we are always so pleased to see and serve.
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6 Kendon Business Park, Maritime Close, ME2 4JF, Rochester, United Kingdom
- 01634 295233
- customerservices@piratescave.co.uk
- www.piratescave.co.uk
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Service was excellent
Service was excellent, no problems there but I wish the lifejacket had not come mounted on a massive piece of plastic which I now have to dispose of.

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Great service as always
Great service as always. Very helpful team and always do everything they can to help you.
First class experience
Ordered two different thicknesses of ropes and different lengths, was able to choose the lengths I wanted which is one of the main reasons I chose this company over companies offering fixed lengths.
Delivery was instant.
Very, very pleased with products and company.
Exhaust Spares
Good website. Swift despatch. Items arrived safely, well packed.
Very happy with service and will use again.
Thank you.
Chandlers delivered goods within 48…
Chandlers delivered goods within 48 hours they were exactly as described and the lowest price I could find for the product
These guys are great to deal with!
These guys are great to deal with!
Competitive prices from the outset drew me to them, but I needed to query a detail on one item and I needed delivery relatively quickly.
One call and my query was answered, and they then jumped straight on the phone to their supplier to source an out of stock item for me.
Great, informed and personal service - highly recommended.
Great service
Great service, price and delivery, what more is there to say except thank you.
Next day delivery
Ordered a new lifejacket and it arrived the following day! Brilliant service.
Following the purchase of two excellent…quick problem resolution
Following the purchase of two excellent ebikes I subsequently had an issues with the batteries. The response in dealing with the matter by Nathan, the Manager, as well as the manufacturers was exemplary. The problems were rapidly resolved in a most satisfactory manner. I am extremely impressed with the way Pirates Cave operates and cannot rate them too highly. I am a very happy customer! Thanks.
Ordered a Sevylor 12V pump
Ordered a Sevylor 12V pump. This arrived early. I wanted it to pump up my Kampa air awning but knew in advance that the adaptors were not designed for this purpose so i modified the ones supplied and everything worked better than expected.
Very happy with delivery and price from Pirates Cave.
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Good Service
Product arrived promptly and was exactly as described.
Very disappointing service
Very disappointing service, places an online order back in March which was my first dealings with Pirates Cave, after 3 weeks of no order confirmation or any communication I called to chase my order, I'm told they are keeping my order as some of the items are out of stock and they wouldn't have a date to when they might arrive, after being spoken to in a rude manner being told "we are very busy at the moment so can't guarantee all orders will be despatched promptly"! 3 weeks will no communication and not contacting me to ask if I wanted the in stock items to be sent, cancel the whole order or wait for them to be in stock is poor!
Having given them the benefit of the doubt and fact they are struggling to get stock due to Covid I've placed a second order, only two items! Both items were the wrong items!
After a bit of messing around I get one correct item as the second isn't available.
Again over a week later no communication and no refund.
After having to call yet again, the refund was overlooked!
Very poor service, I'm sure going to to pick stuff up is fine but ordering online and having it delivered just isn't worth the time and hassle.

Reply from Pirates Cave Chandlery
Great service as always fast nxt day…
Great service as always fast nxt day delivey.keep up the good work even with the extra on posting my coolent was still £25 cheper.
Product arrived within 24 hours of…
Product arrived within 24 hours of order.
Exceptional service and price
excellent service
Fast delivery and the gloves where a…
Fast delivery and the gloves where a real nice fit
Really well made deck shoes for a…
Really well made deck shoes for a really good price. Well pleased.
From ordering until receiving our goods…
From ordering until receiving our goods everything was excellent. Delivery was quick. Would use them again
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