Charter Agreement

[alex_sauvage]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

I suggest that you are trying to do too much and in my experience sight seeing in Athens is not for the faint hearted. Ive always hit pireaus as fast as possible and get out of dodge.

on a 5 day charter pick two of three islands and thats about it. chill out, enjoy the ambiance etc. Rushing about just elevates you blood pressure.


Dave

I guess I did not make myself clear: we are taking 2 weeks charter (Sat night), planning to spend 2-3 days in Athens (leave Athens Tuesday/Wed morning) it should leave us with 10-11 days of sailing. It should be reasonable time to see all the places I have mentioned. But the problems is that "Charter contract will require us to be at the most remote point of our travel by Thursday (1/3 of the charter time).
I am afraid that sightseeing in Athens is not negotiable: if we won't do it I never will be alloyed to travel again by my SO

[goboatingnow]

"Charter contract will require us to be at the most remote point of our travel by Thursday (1/3 of the charter time).

Surely not, dont they mean the next week.

[alex_sauvage]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Surely not, dont they mean the next week.

Well, it says "to reach the port of call farthest away from the point at which the yacht must be returned



to the owner (Turn-Around Point) within the first one third (1/3) of the charter period"

So if charter starts on Sat (or sunday morning) 5th day will be Thursday. Then we got another 8 days to get back to port

At least it is how I see it, unfortunetely

[atoll]

Originally Posted by alex_sauvage

I guess I did not make myself clear: we are taking 2 weeks charter (Sat night), planning to spend 2-3 days in Athens (leave Athens Tuesday/Wed morning) it should leave us with 10-11 days of sailing. It should be reasonable time to see all the places I have mentioned. But the problems is that "Charter contract will require us to be at the most remote point of our travel by Thursday (1/3 of the charter time).
I am afraid that sightseeing in Athens is not negotiable: if we won't do it I never will be alloyed to travel again by my SO

fly into athens early 2-3 days before the charter starts and rent an apartment in town, lots available from euro 80 a night for 7-8 people.
then do your charter

[hellosailor]

"it is a legal document and we can not change it".
I expect that even in Greece, a contract is only a legal document when it is the product of negotiation between parties, and the intent of the law is in fact that it is changed by both as negotiated. What the broker isn't saying, is that they are not a party to the contract, so they do not have the power to change it. However, the other party, the actual charterer, certainly does.
That broker is not doing his work. He's passing on rubber stamps and expecting to get paid for services he's not necessarily rendering. If he had said "We don't ahve the authority to change that, and the charter company chooses not to change that" his answer would have been more honest. If he'd even bothered to call them.

Comes down to "take it or leave it" unless you can find someone to deal with, either directly or another broker.

[goboatingnow]

Well, it says "to reach the port of call farthest away from the point at which the yacht must be returned



to the owner (Turn-Around Point) within the first one third (1/3) of the charter period"

So if charter starts on Sat (or sunday morning) 5th day will be Thursday. Then we got another 8 days to get back to port

At least it is how I see it, unfortunately

its greece, relax, your doing too much thinking , allow enough time to get back thats all, If not ring them from the airport!.

If they give out to you , just say you dont understand English.

Dave

[alex_sauvage]

Originally Posted by atoll

fly into athens early 2-3 days before the charter starts and rent an apartment in town, lots available from euro 80 a night for 7-8 people.
then do your charter

I would do it, but 2 weeks is pretty much all we can do as far as vacation time goes.

[alex_sauvage]

Originally Posted by hellosailor

"it is a legal document and we can not change it".
I expect that even in Greece, a contract is only a legal document when it is the product of negotiation between parties, and the intent of the law is in fact that it is changed by both as negotiated. What the broker isn't saying, is that they are not a party to the contract, so they do not have the power to change it. However, the other party, the actual charterer, certainly does.
That broker is not doing his work. He's passing on rubber stamps and expecting to get paid for services he's not necessarily rendering. If he had said "We don't ahve the authority to change that, and the charter company chooses not to change that" his answer would have been more honest. If he'd even bothered to call them.

Comes down to "take it or leave it" unless you can find someone to deal with, either directly or another broker.

This is a very good point and I will try to insist that broker will talk to charter company in order to sort things out. As others suggested they are some ways to work around it, but I would rather change the clause if possible.

[atoll]

Originally Posted by alex_sauvage

I would do it, but 2 weeks is pretty much all we can do as far as vacation time goes.

pull a sickey,nobody is indispensible lol

[goboatingnow]

affter one week of charter my wife is always keen to do one more week, after two weeks she'd like to stay for a month , after we tried that I had to buy a boat, I mean where does it end...

Ive gone off Greece anyway, gets a bit crowded, I like Turkey I must say.
Dave

[alex_sauvage]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

affter one week of charter my wife is always keen to do one more week, after two weeks she'd like to stay for a month , after we tried that I had to buy a boat, I mean where does it end...

Ive gone off Greece anyway, gets a bit crowded, I like Turkey I must say.
Dave

I really hope it will turn out like that
We shall see!

[NornaBiron]

Originally Posted by alex_sauvage

I was planning to do it closer to the travel time, since I need to do a lot of research in this area. The trip is still 7 months away....
But basically I want to go from Athens down to Saronic islands: Aegina, Poros , Hydra, Spetses...maybe as far as Napflio...nothing really crazy, within easy reach of Athens. So if somebody can mention special places in this area not to be missed I will be grateful.

Two weeks to get to Nafplion and back to Athens is a bit tight. We have been based in the Saronic Gulf for the last two summers and getting from Epidavros to Nafplion takes us a week of doing 30 odd miles every day, not much sight-seeing involved along the way.

I'd suggest you only go as far as Spetses and then head back. There are plenty of lovely stops along the way.

Epidavros, Aegina, Angistri, Poros, Hydra, Dhokos, Ermioni, Spetses are all lovely places to stop with plenty of good tavernas and great anchorages. If you're planning to go to Hydra or Spetses town make sure you arrive early as they get very busy even out of the main season.

If you want to go to Nafplion I'd suggest you go to Epidavros and then get the bus. You can also visit the Epidavros theatre by bus from here.

Only going as far as Spetses will enable you to be much more relaxed about your sailing. September is a great month to be there, the crowds are starting to thin out and the weather is a little cooler, although there may be the occasional storm.

Have a great time, PM me if you want any more info.

[alex_sauvage]

Originally Posted by NornaBiron

Two weeks to get to Nafplion and back to Athens is a bit tight. We have been based in the Saronic Gulf for the last two summers and getting from Epidavros to Nafplion takes us a week of doing 30 odd miles every day, not much sight-seeing involved along the way.

I'd suggest you only go as far as Spetses and then head back. There are plenty of lovely stops along the way.

Epidavros, Aegina, Angistri, Poros, Hydra, Dhokos, Ermioni, Spetses are all lovely places to stop with plenty of good tavernas and great anchorages. If you're planning to go to Hydra or Spetses town make sure you arrive early as they get very busy even out of the main season.

If you want to go to Nafplion I'd suggest you go to Epidavros and then get the bus. You can also visit the Epidavros theatre by bus from here.

Only going as far as Spetses will enable you to be much more relaxed about your sailing. September is a great month to be there, the crowds are starting to thin out and the weather is a little cooler, although there may be the occasional storm.

Have a great time, PM me if you want any more info.

Thank you very much for your advice. I probably overestimated our abilities being unfamiliar with the area. I will PM you for more information, once my planning will get to more advance stages. For now maybe one question: I know that Hydra harbor is very busy, but I heard the is an ancorage in the next bay where you can leave your boat for the day and walk into town. Is it really so?

[NornaBiron]

Originally Posted by alex_sauvage

Thank you very much for your advice. I probably overestimated our abilities being unfamiliar with the area. I will PM you for more information, once my planning will get to more advance stages. For now maybe one question: I know that Hydra harbor is very busy, but I heard the is an ancorage in the next bay where you can leave your boat for the day and walk into town. Is it really so?

There is an anchorage at Mandraki on Hydra, just to the east of the town. It is open to northerlies though so only good on settled days. It's about a mile to walk into the town or there are water-taxis.

[alex_sauvage]

Well, I have searched the Net carefully, and it seems that this clause (Point of return reached in 1/3 of the charter period) is indeed a standard one at least in this area of Greece (Saronic Gulf). Every contract form I was able to find on line from charter companies in that region have this clause.
Just want to let people who are planning to charter boat in Greece know that they have to plan accordingly. Not sure how enforceable this clause is in the best case scenario, but it seems to be tided up with the boat insurance. So if you break that clause and something happens with the boat, the boat insurance is void and everything is on your dime. That can be an expensive proposition