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Re: Anyone ever get "assigned" a skipper for charter?
[Re: LocalSailor]
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05/31/2016 06:59 AM
05/31/2016 06:59 AM
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BEERMAN
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We've used a day captain to start a couple of our trips. They'll help familiarize you with the boat, help "relieve" stress handling a new boat at the marina and during the brief 2-3 hour sail if there are any issues/quirks with the boat the captain can help. We used a day captain at TMM aboard Mardi Gras, he left the driving to me and instructed a couple first timers we had on their responsibilities, i.e. raising main, tying/stowing fenders, operating the windlass, hooking etc. We sailed to Peter and set the hook then moved to a ball in Sprat Bay where we dinged the captain in to catch the ferry back to Road Town. Literally All systems checked, no questions. Money well spent for us! You are going to be fine, enjoy the planning! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Anyone ever get "assigned" a skipper for charter?
[Re: Deepcut]
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05/31/2016 09:36 AM
05/31/2016 09:36 AM
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We have sailed a reasonable amount (and been down to bvis at least 6x), and yet we still always ask for a skipper for the first day as we know there is always a ton to learn on any boat. The fact that you are showing a strong respect for the boat, and some humility probably puts you in the top 10% of many bareboat charter groups! the people that would scare me are those that are overly confident. I highly doubt you'll have any issue. Hope you have a great time
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Re: Anyone ever get "assigned" a skipper for charter?
[Re: Dlucerne]
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05/31/2016 12:24 PM
05/31/2016 12:24 PM
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My ASA 103/104 was on a Beneteau 393, My first charter was a 43 Leopard. I had to get a check out captain the first day since my classes were on a mono and charter a cat. It really helped me get comfortable that first day. The biggest benefit is that he worked with each person on our crew on what they'd need to do when tacking, anchoring, picking up a mooring ball, etc. Then, we went out and practiced picking up balls for an hour, sailed over to Cooper, went over charts. He listened to my trip plan, offered a suggestion or two on things to do I hadn't thought of, then we sailed back and dropped him off. It was money well spent. Instead of just checking me out, he was a teacher for all of us. It was great.
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Re: Anyone ever get "assigned" a skipper for charter?
[Re: bonefish]
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06/01/2016 09:46 AM
06/01/2016 09:46 AM
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bonefish said: We had a skipper assigned to us when we chartered a 50 foot Lagoon from TMM at the request of the boat owner.
Nice guy named John. He let me take the boat off the dock and just sat back and watched us operate. We sailed through the cut and over to CGB where we dropped him off.
No cost to us other than cab fare for him to get home. We all enjoyed having him on the boat. Once you leave the BVI and the marketing companies running boat operations that is more common. One common final step in the checkout elsewhere it to take a staff member away from the dock to a channel marker circled on a chart and return the staff member safely to the dock. Then once in Maine we chartered a large complex boat. The keys were under the mat with a note that said "Have A Great Trip" with a Cell Number. Never saw anyone representing the boat on the way out or the way in.
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