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Re: Long term charter
[Re: DaveZ]
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03/12/2018 02:18 PM
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captbob
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bareboat or prefer a captain?
Capt. Bob "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." -- James Michener
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Re: Long term charter
[Re: DaveZ]
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03/12/2018 08:57 PM
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Hi Windward, Thanks for your reply, I should have been more clear in my initial post but I would be looking for a 40+ monohull. Regards, Winter is high season. Not sure you're going to find a charter company to give you a deal for a 4 to 6 week charter when they're all hoping to charter the boat at it's highest rates. So you might really be looking for a boat that is not in a charter fleet. They surely exist but I don't know where to point you. Keep in mind that the number of boats is in pretty short supply right now. That might improve a bit by next winter but it's still going to be a smaller fleet that last year. And likely demand is going to be better than it has been this year. You might find it way easier to charter a month time in the late spring to early summer. I wish you luck!
Life's short - sail more!
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Re: Long term charter
[Re: DaveZ]
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03/12/2018 11:21 PM
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Seabattical recently sold, so I cannot speak for new management, but long term charters is what they are doing. They used to have people out for 3 months. The issue is booking far enough in advance so you can get a big block of time. You basically could sail where ever you wanted, they would sort maintenance if needed, but I assume if you are doing a long term charter you can probably triage some items.
Mike
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Re: Long term charter
[Re: DaveZ]
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03/13/2018 05:51 PM
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Posts: 111 Denver & Breckenridge, CO
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I took my family on an 8 week sailing vacation in May-June 2017 which was reasonably well documented in these forums. So, I know the process well - possibly as well as or better than anyone honestly.
For what its worth, it took me the better part of 6 months of planning to pull the whole thing off, but it was well worth it. (And by planning, I mean near daily effort.) However, part of my complication was that I wanted to travel a fair distance - we ended up visiting 10 countries, 40 islands, and covering 1k miles - beginning/ending in Tortola.
I'm happy to discuss, in person, my process. It was a unique "partnership" direct with the owner of a charter company managed sailboat. That was just before Irma, so we were fortunate and the fleet was much larger, meaning significantly better availability. Frankly, unless you booked well in advance at near full retail rates, I can't see how you could pull it off for a December - March charter. Honestly, just getting any contiguous 6 week period during that season would seem nearly impossible, in my experience. Getting any significant "term discount" would seem extraordinarily challenging, as well. My opportunity worked out well for everyone - me, owner, and charter manager.
I did speak to Ron at Seabbatical but nothing in that fleet was appealing to me even though I liked Ron and the concept of Seabbatical. As information, in my very massive and very wide search for a "mid" term charter company or option, I found nothing other than Seabbatical in the Caribbean. That being said, one idea that was pitched to me was to take 8 weeks on a couple of boats "stitched together" - 2 weeks here, 2 weeks there, etc. That absolutely was a non-starter for me given my logistics and interest, but its worth throwing out to you.
Mike, I didn't know that Seabbatical was sold - if that's the case, I'm not surprised, but I am curious about that.
Kevin
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Re: Long term charter
[Re: BreckSailor]
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03/13/2018 08:23 PM
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Break... You doing Bahamas next? Didn't I see you on Abacos forum?
JPH I spent my money on booze, broads, and boats...the rest I wasted.
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Re: Long term charter
[Re: jphart]
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03/14/2018 12:45 PM
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JP - yes, assume you're referring to me and I did ask some questions on the Abaco forum. We had planned to do a sail charter in Abacos, but elected instead to do a land based vacation for a week, with a 26' center console runabout at the dock - so, a surf & turf!
Honestly, at some level, my 2 month sail trip last year screwed me up a bit in that a weeklong sail charter which really ends up being about 4 - 5 good days with the way the charters work makes that a bit less appealing these days. Truthfully, I need at least 2 weeks for a sail charter - and extended area to really sail...
Regardless, I think sailing Abacos is certainly in my future!
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Re: Long term charter
[Re: DaveZ]
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09/17/2018 08:33 PM
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jphart
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http://www.longtermcharters.com. Seabbatical I recall meeting a family while at Pirates a few years ago, towards the end of their three month adventure. Kids loved it, read books, no videos! Dad said there were boat issues, but nothing they couldn’t handle, older boats for sure.
Last edited by jphart; 09/17/2018 08:36 PM.
JPH I spent my money on booze, broads, and boats...the rest I wasted.
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