PREPARING YOUR CHARTER

The charter allows to organize the navigation program that desires to us, to choose the boat that better adjusts to our needs at every moment following the crew, programs, dates and duration of the trip. With the charter desentendemos us of the annual maintenance, the cost of the mooring of the primary port, the repairs, the insurance, the taxes, etc.

When we are going to organize the trip, it is important to consider the future crew since the coexistence on board can cause that we remember the trip with nostalgia and a smile, or that we leave “scalded” and we do not repeat the experience. The coexistence will be intense and in a limited space, reason why all must take brings back to consciousness of the important thing that it is to create an pleasant atmosphere where has get ready to help and to fulfill the tasks that correspond to him. He is advisable to distribute these tasks while we are organizing the trip and before weighing anchor, thus we will avoid later rubbing.

It will be necessary to decide if the boat is rented with or without landlord. In this last case it is needed that somebody assumes that responsibility. It must own the nautical degree required so much for the chosen boat, like for the navigation program that we cross. One is not due to forget that the landlord is the authority in the boat, is the leader of the group, the organizer and the one that at moments of crisis and difficulties must make the most suitable decisions.

And now an important point where we go? , many tempting destinies and just a short time to cross them. Del is necessary to consider the time that we arrange and that it distances we can cross. We calculate an average of 25 miles daily, although we can begin with a strong day, 100 miles approach that us our destiny and soon take advantage of the rest the days until the return to cross the zone in depth. Knowing the time del that we arrange, we will decide so much the port of origin that agrees to us more and the route to cross.

Once decided the route it is hour to program the trip. We will compile information of interest of the zone: ports, places of anchorage, climate and meteorological forecast, danger areas, navigation charts….etc. It will be necessary to choose the type of trips that we are going to realize; we will have a basic port and we will leave every morning to near coves, will cross a zone having changed every night of anchorage place, we will make life in the boat or we will lower to have dinner or to eat in earth… To decide on these points is important so that all the crew know clearly the type of trip avoiding later discussions and to have the necessary information at the time of making the purchases and making the suitcase.

It is necessary to make the purchases of the supplying. We will calculate the provisions considering the crew (and the landlord if so) and the days of trip. He is better to take everything what we calculate that we will need. It will give independence us at the time of choosing the shutdowns and in addition we will not know what we are going to find in the ports of our route nor the prices. We can make the calculation with menus per days.

It is not necessary to forget the water, important and necessary point. Not to scrimp, to calculate considering it not only the water to drink, but the necessary one to prepare the meals, of cleaning. An average of 4 liters by person daily can be a good calculation, to which we must add the showers.

It wears comfortable clothes and appropriate for the life within the boat, you do not forget that the space is reduced. It remembers that neither with suitcases nor with shoes one rises a boat. If the trip is in summer, takes cream protective and some cap, is necessary to avoid the insolations. If outside necessary llévate your water clothes. If you are going to make earth life, besides the bathing suit, not you forget to take clothes “civilized”. It anticipates the risk of mareos that can throw to lose the trip.

Once in the boat, it will be done a revision of its general state, equipment, inventory, insisting on its operation, the equipment of security and electronic system. It is important that you know the boat, you do all the questions that you need until you feel safe, once you cast off you will be made person in charge give back the boat in the same state in which it was given to you.

And now, to enjoy your trip, the sea ..... Responsible with the boat that weathervanes and the environment.