Past Customer Testimonials
Ahoy Steve and Heather
Well, we certainly made the right choice in chartering one of your vessels... 4.5 star accommodation on water.
Our week sailing the Sandy Straits on "Morpheus" was without a doubt, one of the most relaxing and enjoyable holidays yet. With four adults on board, Morpheus proved to be comfortable, clean, easy to handle and with ample “mod cons” to keep everyone happy.
And The Great Sandy Straits has so much to offer... clear and clean to view the abundant wildlife of the water, crabbing for our lunch, fishing for our dinner, beautiful white beaches of Fraser Island just a quick trip in the tender across for a picnic, walk on the beach and chance to explore. And the most breathtaking sunsets to be enjoyed over drinks on the deck each night....just about perfect.
A big thank you Steve and Heather for your friendly personalised service and assistance (once you told us why the bilge pump alarm was going off, Trish could sleep easy), nothing was too much trouble for you and we actually looked forward to texting in each evening with our location.
Congratulations to both of you, (and Mitch of course who was sweet enough to tender us girls across to the boat when the fella’s decided they couldn’t wait to get on to the water) for the condition and presentation of Morpheus and the service you provided from our initial enquiry right through to the end of our holiday.
Forget camping and caravanning, you can do it all on the water. We will definitely be recommending Fraser Island Escape Bareboat Charters to our many family and friends.
Craig, Sandy, Paul and Trish
Hi Steve, Heather and Nicky
As a sailing destination Fraser Island and the Sandy Straits offer a cruising ground that is unspoilt, uncrowded, interesting and very accessible. We have just booked our family holiday again for the second year running with “Fraser Escape” for many good reasons. Having cruised the world for many years with my Meagan, we enjoy dealing with down to earth, like minded and professional operators such as Steve, Nicky and Heather. I can recommend them very highly indeed.
Lance
Had the time of our lives on our trip on Hervey Bay. We had so much fun we are coming back in 2008. Steve and Nicky made everything easy for our cruise. We saw lots of wildlife and beautiful scenery, the weather was perfect. See you all next year!
Debbie and Joe - Hollister California
After hiring boats up and down the Queensland coast for years. We decided to book with Fraser Island Escape. It was so nice to sail on such a clean and well maintained boat, (Velella). We had a fabulous 5 days, the scenery is magnificent and the weather perfect. Thanks for everything, Steve & Heather. See you next year!
Brad & Jen, Peter & Sue
What a great trip! Being a novice and having never handled a boat before, we felt totally relaxed about it after finishing our briefing with Steve. Everything was so easy and it made for such a relaxing and fun holiday. The kids were never out of the dinghy and we were never off the top deck. Intrepid has so much room and is so comfortable just perfect for a family. Thanks for everything guys. We will definitely be back.
Steve, Karen & Kids
My name is Robin and my trusty partner is Shelley. In March 2007 we decided on a sailing holiday. After much research I chose Fraser Escape as our bare boat charter company. I am pleased to report this decision proved to be a winner. We settled on "Velella" The 40 ft Seawind 1200 catamaran. This boat is simply awesome.
Steve introduced us to" Velella" and briefed use through detailed yet simple instructions of the "need to know" of the vessel. I found Velella extremely easy to sail. At times single handed even, as Shell was very occupied at some serious relaxing. The boat was set up with automatic pilot, and most of the controls were able to be operated from the cockpit, even raising and lowering the anchor. She almost sailed herself.
Steve made our holiday a most memorable and hassle free experience. The service offered was personal and very professionally run. An example of the superb service was when the water pump decided to stop doing its thing. Of course the boat was fitted with all safety alarms to let me know what was happening. I contacted Steve and in a few moments and by my description he was able to accurately diagnose the problem. We were a long way from Hervey Bay but sure enough first thing in the morning Steve arrived with the replacement part. In only a short time it was all fixed and we were on our way again. At no stage were we stuck.
I loved the freedom of being able to decide where to go for the day and When we could go. We would settle into a sheltered cove about 3.30 to 4.00, have a fish or crack open a very cold tinny. Yep, it does not get any better.
Steve, we wish to thank you and the friendly staff of Fraser Island Escape Bare boat Charter for making our holiday so hassle free and sooooo much fun. To be sure to be sure I will come back and do it all again.
Regards
Robin and Shelley