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Fraser Island Escape Bareboat Charters
Hervey Bay
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Fraser Island Escape Bareboat Charters offer premier 'Skipper Yourself' catamaran sailing yachts, motor cruisers and power catamarans for boating holidays on the Fraser Coast.
Each vessel in this diverse fleet has been carefully selected and all are proven charter performers rivalling any Whitsunday fleet. Every fleet vessel is the best example of its type and all are fully equipped to ensure your boating holiday is the most memorable experience.
You'll enjoy exploring and experiencing this magnificently diverse water wonderland first hand. From your overnight anchorage in Kauri Creek cruising 'up the straits' you won't believe it is the same waterway. Departing Hervey Bay the choice of heading north to Platypus Bay and Wathumba or south to Kingfisher Bay to dine at the resort or to shelter in Garry's anchorage - let the wind decide!
When the weather is not so good you will always find a secluded anchorage so you can comb your hair in the reflection. Fraser Island Escape Bareboat Charters' service to you is friendly, professional and experienced. They want you to come back and visit them just like many other satisfied customers. The real dilemma is which boat to choose from!
CONTACT DETAILS
Phone:
07 4125 7200
Email: admin@fraserescape.com.au
Web:
www.fraserescape.com.au
RATE INFORMATION
Rate From: $2250.00 Rate To: $7300.00
Rate Basis: Unlimited Kilometre Hire
Please note: These rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum costs for all Services. Please see individual Services for detailed rates.
DEPOTS
Depot:
Tin Can Bay Marina and Holiday Village
Emperor Street
Tin Can Bay
Queensland Australia 4580
Depot:
Great Sandy Straits Marina
Great Sandy Straits Marina
Buccaneer Drive
Hervey Bay
Queensland Australia 4655
FURTHER INFORMATION
Children: Children are welcome but need adult supervision.
Disabled: Wheelchair access is available on some vessels.
Miscellaneous:
Optional departure and drop off ports of Hervey Bay or Tin Can Bay ensures exploring the magnificent World Heritage region and cruising the Great Sandy Strait, Platypus Bay and Hervey Bay on your own luxury charter yacht is now the serious alternate location to the Whitsunday's.
With attention to detail and a meticulous maintenance regime you can be assured of a hassle free voyage on your preferred yacht. With equipment lists boasting Satellite phone, colour GPS chart plotters, auto pilot, auto anchor with chain counter and more, Fraser Island Escape Bareboat Charters are setting the standard in the charter industry.
You do not require any previous experience or licensing to charter one of these cruisers. If you can sail a dinghy or drive a runabout, they will help you through the rest, both before you ship out and during your holiday. They brief you completely before you set out and are on hand to help you with all aspects of skippering during your time with them. Navigation in area is visual (if you can see it, don't run over it!). Each vessel is fully supplied with area charts and the staff are on call for 24 hour radio contact with ship-to-shore Marine communication radios.
Generally, Fraser Island Escape Bareboats Charter boats are equipped with everything you need except food, drinks and clothes. Here is a general list but please feel free to check with the operator 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, barbecue and matches), cleaning gear (sponges, scourer, detergent, disinfectant, garbage bags and toilet rolls), shower/toilet, AM/FM radio and/or cassette and/or compact disc player, auxiliary engine, wet weather jackets, bimini/boom tent, VHF radio with seaphone, dinghy and five horse power 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.
All tariffs listed are based on lodgement of a AUD1,000.00 refundable security deposit. Discounts are available on daily hire if a larger security deposit is provided. For further information please contact the operator. The other cost to allow for in charter costs is fuel and gas. Boats are full of fuel for the engines and the dinghy as well as gas for hot water, stove and barbecue. Use of these 'consumables' are governed by the number of hours that you run the main engines of your boat for.
You are charged an energy bond of AUD500.00. Upon your return, the engine hours used will be checked and this cost deducted before refunding you the balance of your fuel bond. As a guide, allow about two engine hours per day (charged at AUD25.00 per hour for Intrepid and Moondancer and AUD18.00 on Capri Cat).
