Solent Rib Charter

Modernising a group
of sites for a marine services provider

High-Performing Website UI / UX Design System
Solent Rib Charter website displayed on mobile and desktop screens, showing the homepage with a group of people in a speedboat and yellow call-to-action buttons.
The Brief

Solent Rib Charter came to Salo with a group of water-based businesses across the UK and Europe, and a set of sub-brand sites that needed a refresh without losing a consistent look and feel.

Each sub-brand had its own requirements, so the real problem was designing page sections versatile enough to adapt to very different content.

A website layout for a Solent-based boat charter company displaying navigation menus, event offerings, news articles, and charter gallery images alongside booking and contact options.
The Approach

Modular components, styled per brand

We broke the key pages into modular components and built a shared design system from them. With each brand’s styling applied, the experience stayed recognisable and consistent across the group.

Throughout, we were careful that the components did not restrict layouts or make the sites feel repetitive, so we designed a range of customisable features to keep each section feeling distinct.

A website homepage for Solent Rib Charter displays a skippered rib boat charter service with photos of passengers enjoying water activities and a call-to-action button to contact experts.
The Outcome

Around 30 sections, five sites, built far faster

The library of around 30 sections let us efficiently create key page templates across five sites. That modular approach carried through to the build, giving the platforms room to scale alongside rapid growth.

Distinct pages now take far less time to deliver, and the sites are more responsive and perform better across devices.

Working with the team at Salo has been a real pleasure. They delivered a visually stunning website design that not only perfectly captured the brief, but also paid careful consideration to user experience and performance. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Salo and look forward to working together on future projects!

Theo Glennie — Solent Rib Charter

Project leads

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