I am just back from there Shaun. Its the perfect time of the year. The
water
is great. The Weather is great.
The problem with cats under 30ft is generally space. They tend to get very
small.
I dont know of any cats that are much under 30 ft that are in survey for
charter. Just about every cat up there appears to be a Seawind, Lagoon or
FP.
What may suit your budget would be an RL28 or Mangrove Jack. Both of these
designs are older, but have been in hire fleets over the years. I would
assume there is a couple of them floating around in smaller charter
fleets.
The weather really is great there atm. The breezes have been SE 10-15 on
average and for the ten days on Hammo we only had a few drops of rain on
one
night.
DP
"Shaun Van Poecke" <shaunvanpoecke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> Im looking again at chartering in the whitsundays... I have googled and
> looked around, also tried the company recommended by someone last time i
> asked; tropical holidays, but the email i sent them bouced back.
>
> My wife and i would like to charter from mid-end of september for about
a
> week, and idealy what we would really love is a small cat that can be
> single handed, something about 26-30 feet would be ideal. Most of the
> charter companies seem to have only bigger cats in the 30foot+ range
with
> 6-8 berths. The price for these things starts at about $500/night and
> goes up, $3500 for a week plus flights, fuel and provisioning then
> whatever we spend at resorts etc could see this week long holiday quite
> easily costing us $1000/day.
>
> There are some smaller monos, but again i havent seen anything below 30
> feet, and the best price i have come up with is about $300/night. My
wife
> isnt particularly a sailor, so i think she would have a much better time
> on a cat than a mono. plus it would be nice to be able to get close
> enough to the islands to walk.
>
> Is this a good time of year to be in the whitsundays? Does anyone have
a
> lead on small cats in this area? I'd also be keen on hiring something
off
> a private owner. For the boat only, I was hoping to spend somewhere
> around $2500 for the week.
>
> thanks,
> Shaun
>
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