Bareboat charter regulation in Greece requires two sailing licenses/certificates or at least one sailing license/certificate and also crew be required to fill-in an official declaration that are competent to undertake responsibility of the yacht as a skipper and co-skipper. Demonstration of competence in off -shore sailing must be of course proved to our base manager.
In case handling of the yacht is obviously not very easy for you, we reserve the right to charge you and provide a local skipper.Bareboat charter contracts begin at 17:00 h. Most times delivery of the yacht takes place around 14:00 h, unless we need to take care of damages to the yacht caused during the previous charter or delivery delay. Bareboat charter contracts terminate at 09:00 h. We strongly recommend that the charters are reaching the port the afternoon right before disembarkation date.
Onboard you will find complete galley equipment (gas burner stove, cooking utensils, cutlery, etc), but no provisions at all. Yacht charter fee includes all linen (towels, sheets, pillows, pillows cases, blankets), yacht insurance (charter is liable up to security deposit), cooking gas, small outboard engine for the rubber dinghy and GPS, autopilot.Damage responsibility/ Insurance/ Security deposit? All yachts are fully insured as professional charter yachts and the security deposit is to cover the boat's insurance deductible. It is an amount of money (depending on the type of yacht) that every charter must impose to the base manager in case damages or loss to the yacht or her equipment are made during charter time.
During embarkation and disembarkation time our staff will check the yacht and every single item with the same list. An additional technical briefing will be at your disposal right after you take-over the yacht. The deposit is refunded in full from our base manager upon the safe redelivery of the yacht and her equipment.No charges are hidden. Charter price does not include fuel or water consumption, transfer from the airport to the base or vice versa, VAT, port fees, or provisioning.
In case you hire a skipper, you still have the obligation of the Security deposit. Skipper's food should be covered every day but it is not necessary you all eat together or cover other personal expenses he makes. Skipper is never a cook or Stuart/hostess at the same time. Deckhand/ hostess are available at extra cost.The security deposit can be paid by credit card. We accept only VISA and MASTER credit cards.24-Hours mobile telephone numbers are given to all our clients prior to embarkation. Technical assistance is available in all major islands or ports of the mainland.
It is important we have your exact location and an informative describe of the problem offer a GUARANTEE of refunding the lost charter time in the unfortunate case of a failure (normal wear tear, sudden breakdowns, insufficient maintenance, etc.).You can take care of your initial provisions.
Provisioning is extensively available on most islands at smaller grocery stores close to mooring places.GSM network system operates in Greece. Note there are certain small areas in the open sea where you have no cellular coverage. American mobile phones are of no use in the Greek seas.All traditional bare boaters prefer checking-in & checking-out on Saturdays, but we can guarantee equal high standard service any day of the week according to yacht planning availability.Storage space onboard is limited, and hard suitcases often cause damages to the yacht's interior woods, so pack your clothes into soft bags.