Generally, our boats are equipped with everything you need except food, drinks and clothes. Here is a general list but please feel free to check with us if there is anything you are not sure of.

• Linen - Sheets, blankets, pillows, pillow cases, towels and tea towels.
• Kitchen Gear - Crockery, cutlery, cooking gear, stove, bbq, matches.
• Cleaning Gear - Sponges, detergent, disinfectant, garbage bags and toilet rolls.
• Shower/Toilet
• AM/FM Radio &/or Cassette &/or CD Player
• Auxiliary Engine
• Wet Weather Jackets
• Bimini/boom tent
• VHF Radio with Seaphone
• Dinghy and 5hp outboard
• Boat hook, fenders, boarding ladder and mooring lines
• Charts, cruising guide and tide tables
• Cockpit light, binoculars and torch
• Safety Gear and First Aid Kit.

What To Bring

All of the favourite 'toys n stuff' you would normally take on holiday to a quality beachside resort. Togs, towels, sunglasses, lots of sunscreen, sand shoes or sandals, beach towel and wide brimmed hat. Cameras, music CD's and those favourite DVD's. It's a good idea to write yourself a check list to make sure all of your favourite stuff is covered.

Security Bond

A security bond of $1000 is to be lodged prior to departure, by way of credit card authority or other pre-arranged means.

• If no damage, loss of equipment or incident is reported to the operator, then the Security bond is released.
• If some damage or loss occurs, the costs for the damage up to the Security Bond is deducted, and the balance refunded or returned.

Travel Insurance

In the unlikely event that you need to cancel your booking, your booking fee is non-refundable. You may also wish to consider holiday or travel insurance.

Fuel Use

The other cost to allow for in charter costs is fuel and gas. Our boats are full of fuel for the engines and the dinghy as well as gas for hot water, stove and BBQ. Use of these 'consumables' are governed by the number of hours that you run the main engines of your boat for.

Upon your return, we check the engine hours used and issue you with an invoice for the fuel used based on engine hours.

As a guide, allow about 2 engine hours per day at a cost of about $25.00 per hour for motor cruisers like Intrepid and Moondancer, and $18.00 per hour on sailing yachts like Morpheus, Jeza-Bell, Velella and Boomerang.

Deposits, Cancellations and Payments

• We require a $500 deposit to confirm your booking. The balance of full charter cost is required 60 days before departure.
• A fee to 20% of the full charter cost is forfeited if a booking is cancelled. We will endeavour to re-book the vessel and, if successful, we will refund your cancellation fee less a $250 outlays fee.
• Payment can be made by Bank Deposit, Cheque, Cash or Visa/Mastercard (2.5% credit card fee applies).

All of our vessels are equipped with Satellite phones or Marine two-way radios for communication to our base. Mobile phone reception is very dependent on where you are in the area. Do not rely on it.

Sailing Experience

You do not require any previous experience or licence to charter one of our cruisers. If you can sail a dinghy or drive a runabout, we will help you through the rest, both before you ship out and during your holiday. We brief you completely before you set out and are on hand to help you with all aspects of skippering during your time with us. Navigation in our area is visual (if you can see it, don't run over it!) Each vessel is fully supplied with area charts and we are on call for 24 hour radio contact with ship-to-shore Marine communication radios.

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