Yachts Asia

Qualifications: Before taking a bareboat charter you will need to provide a resume of your sailing experience and qualifications. Relevant experience is considered to be more important than paper qualifications so you may be asked to provide a short sailing resume, extract of your log, yacht club reference, or similar documents to verify your sailing competence. Whether it is accepted is dependent on the yacht operator/owner.

Yacht Equipment: A bareboat yacht should be equipped with all you need to sail her safely, including all navigational tools, manuals, relevant charts and pilot books so that apart from personal possessions and provisioning, you will be able to step aboard and leave the dock.

Breakages: The deck gear and rigging on a bareboat charter yacht can have a hard life, so it is possible for something to fail. If it does try to jury-rig it temporarily and immediately inform the yacht operator, or inform the yacht operator as soon as you reasonably can. They will advise you on what to do next.

Inspect the yacht first: Always inspect the yacht thoroughly before you take her out. As with car rentals you will be asked to sign an acceptance form before leaving, therefore it is important to know what you're accepting. What happens after that, apart from normal wear and tear, is your responsibility.

Pre-departure briefing: The yacht operator will give you a briefing before you set sail which should include safety on board, a look at the way the various systems work on the boat and some local knowledge of the proposed cruising area. Then it's down to you.

Fuel and Water: Bareboats are handed over with full tanks of fuel and water.

Provisioning: Pre-arranged food and beverage provisioning can be provided if requested. Please provide your request at least 2 weeks in advance.