Experience Requirements - Whitsundays
What Experience Do I Need?
3 easy questions to answer:
- Do you have experience navigating?
- Do you have experience anchoring in tidal zones?
- Do you have experience with sail handling?
The Long Version:
The Whitsundays are an ideal cruising zone for the less experienced with vast anchorages and protected boating grounds. Experience requirements are more relaxed than many Bareboating destinations around the world, but still require general boating knowledge. You will be given a comprehensive briefing and have the opportunity to take a sailguide for the first half day or more if you need to refresh your skills or get your confidence up. Experience with sails is required to charter a sail boat. Operators have varying levels of experience requirements and we can recommend the right one for you or a sailing school nearby!
Great ways of demonstrating your experience is if you:
- Are or have been a boat owner
- Previous charterer in the Whitsundays or elsewhere
- Experience with sails on smaller vessels
- Qualified – motorboat licence or sailing qualification
- Experience as skipper as opposed to crew is also important, and some competent crew is also important!
Your experience will be verified during sailtest/boat handling test, where the briefing skipper has s duty of care to be satisfied that it is safe to allow the charterer to take charge of the vessel. If your skills a little rusty, a sailguide might be required to get you back to speed! or usk us to refer you to a sailing school that does 'Bareboat Familiarisation' courses.
Don’t forget that even if you have boating experience, we can arrange a fully private crewed charter to take away the stress – you can take control if you like, and hand over when it is time to relax! We have solutions to everyone’s needs!
Tip:
- Your Vessel will be taxied in and out of all marinas to ensure the safety of you and your guests. Saves the stress of handelling the vessels in and out of marina berths! Even a with a visit to Hamilton Island Marina - you'll be greeted by a harbour pilot to do the work!