Cumberland charter Yachts

Review - Whitsundays bareboating, Cumberland Charter Yachts

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Our house of five (kids elderly 8, 6 and 4) have only came back from a 7 evenings bareboat charter inside Whitsundays with Cumberland Charter Yachts (CCY). Exactly what an excellent vacation and then we had been therefore pleased about the solution given by CCY, we cannot talk highly an adequate amount of all of them. From our preliminary scheduling through toward summary of your vacation we were held current and communicated with via our own personal ‘Charter Centre’ on CCY’s site. Here all information for our upcoming getaway was detailed, explained and updated – from a rundown on our spending plan and outstanding costs, to items for consideration (like provisioning, extra equipment for hire), details of our boat and cruising within the Whitsundays, our schedule, climate etc. Any additional concerns I'd had been rapidly answered via either mail or phonecall. Our experience of the CCY staff when at Airlie seashore, and for the charter, was equally expert and timely. Our 3-4 hour briefing was patient and thorough (especially with 3 excited children about), and our interaction because of the staff whenever we experienced a problem with your winch and a blocked head was equally expert and prompt. I would recommend CCY.

We have actually NSW boating permits and obtain a 17 foot bowrider, nonetheless we've never already been on available liquid before or driven a boat for this size, while having never utilised an anchor winch.

We charted CCY’s ‘Charisma’ 38 base Powercat, and had been offered an additional evening at Able aim Marina ahead of the charter for a little fee which we accepted. Boarding the catamaran at 3.30pm a single day prior to provided united states the opportunity to familiarise ourselves utilizing the ship, load our baggage, do our shopping at Coles (‘Click and Collect’) and store the foodstuff onboard (especially with all the advantageous asset of utilising marina power to have the fridge and freezer extra cool).

These time, after our briefing, we obtained our stinger matches, snorkel equipment, fishing gear, coral watching boards (didn’t make use of them), and kayak (invaluable!) and headed out of the marina for a practical anchor rehearse with CCY. From there we had been on our way! Our schedule was below:

Night 1: Nara Inlet (anchor)

It could be some daunting making use of the anchor winch the very first time, but we discovered Nara Inlet to-be an excellent quiet area to have our confidence.

Day 2 / evening 2: Langford Island / Stonehaven (mooring)

Great snorkelling. At Stonehaven we experienced bullets of wind which were a novelty!

Time 3 / evening 3: Butterfly Bay (mooring)

Great snorkelling.

Day 4 / Night 4: Manta Ray Bay / Luncheon Bay (mooring)

Great snorkelling and a terrific beach.

Day 5 / Night 5: Cateran Bay / Tongue Bay (anchor)

Great snorkelling and a terrific coastline at Cateran. Tongue Bay had been stunning and in addition provides the Hill Inlet boardwalk overlooking Whitehaven.