Charter / commercial yachts

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13 Jan 2015 9:36am
Does anyone know what the requirements are to have a yacht setup to carry passengers on a day sail?

I understand you need an AMSA survey with appropriate gear and a qualified skipper but are there any specific requirements for the yacht design / build etc?


MorningBird
MorningBird
NSW
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NSW, 2711 posts
13 Jan 2015 7:38pm
I looked at this 10 years ago in Sydney. As my yacht wasn't built to survey it would require two 12" dia holes to be drilled in the hull to determine hull structure. I stopped there.
Toph
Toph
WA
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WA, 1890 posts
13 Jan 2015 6:44pm
I think that is true only for fibreglass boats. Wooden and steel/aluminium boats don't require holes (I stopped my inquiries at that point too)..
nswsailor
nswsailor
NSW
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NSW, 1458 posts
13 Jan 2015 10:07pm
Any commercial boat should be built "under" survey.

To get a survey on an existing boat is very very hard.

Depending on where you want to operate and the size of the boat will dictate the operators level of licence.
cisco
cisco
QLD
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QLD, 12365 posts
14 Jan 2015 11:05am
captainsinkers said..
Does anyone know what the requirements are to have a yacht setup to carry passengers on a day sail?



It requires a fat bank account and a strong desire to become stone motherless broke.
Toph
Toph
WA
1890 posts
WA, 1890 posts
14 Jan 2015 9:11pm
cisco said..

captainsinkers said..
Does anyone know what the requirements are to have a yacht setup to carry passengers on a day sail?




It requires a fat bank account and a strong desire to become stone motherless broke.


Yeah I hear this a lot in my industry too. The rub is, is that there are also a lot of people making millions if not hundreds of millions doing it. So someone is doing it right. Just need to find the right market (and maybe enough cash to see it to fruition).

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