Yes, I've been doing it since the mid 1970s when I was a small boy. Not as many yacht hire boatyards as there were. The main ones are:

http://www.huntersyard.co.uk/ (Original 1930s/1940s yachts without motors.)
https://www.eastwood-whelpton.co.uk/ (Some older yachts but mainly newish glass fibre hulls with wooden topsides)
https://www.marthamboats.com/ (Mainly a post-war fleet of older wooden boats with motors, a lot have been recently refurbished as they had let most off them fall into a state of disrepair).

The ES-3 still needs completing and the body needs the final bits of old paint removing so that I can re-spray it again and finally finish it this year!

But I've got two new kits arriving tomorrow: A custom ES-1 that will be finished in an ES330 style with dog-ear P90s and a trapeze tailpiece, and a custom ESB-4 bass kit I'm making for a friend. These will be stained and tru-oiled so that I can work on them inside during the winter. The kits were originally supposed to arrive end of November, but a series of unfortunate events delayed their travel.