FAQ's

LUXURY CREWED YACHT CHARTER FAQS

1.Why crewed charter?
Chartering a vessel with the crew offers you ultimate in comfort, privacy, and flexibility. Boat and crew are dedicated only to you and your group. Especially motor yachts that are combination of style and luxury, gives you opportunity to research our beautiful cost in the most atractive parts in relaxed atmosphere.

2. What is minimum length of charter and how are the rates calculated?
Charter rates are quoted per week for the hire of the yacht.Seven days is generally the minimum charter period accepted by yacht, but depend of availability  we are flexible for any duration less them  seven days. So for this kind of requets contact our yacht booking  department.
Charter over 7 days are calculated pro-rata against the weekly rate divided by seven and multiplied by the number of charter days.

3.What is included in price?
Price includes accommodation on the yacht, crew service, using of tender and other sportwater equipment, bedlinen, towels, Croatian VAT.

4. What price excludes?
Price excludes costs for fuel, mooring and marina fees, provisioning

5. What do I need to to to secure my chosen yacht?
All charters are subject to a fully executed contract, so once the availability for chosen yacht has been verified, you will receive a Charter Agreement for signature. If your chosen cruising itinerary necessitates embarking or disembarking from a point other than the yacht's home port, positioning charges (delivery/redelivery fees) may be required. These charges, if applicable, will be confiremd in advance and affirmed in the Charter Agreement, together with any taxes that may apply.

6. What are the payment terms for a charter?
A deposit of 50% of the total charter fee is payable by bank treansfer on signature of the Charter Agreement . This confirms your booking. The remaining 50%, plus an Advance Provisioning Allowance,together with any taxes, delivery/redelivery fees and any additionaly agreed charges is payable by bank transfer one month before the charter commences.

7. What is APA ( Advance Provisioning Allowance )?
These extra expenses are the provisioning for guests, the fuel cost, land arrangements etc. Normally it is about  25% of the contract value and all items are specified in an Addendum attached to the charter contracts providing breakdown analysis of the costs. Final accounts will be produced by the Captain at the end of the charter on presence of the Broker and any unused funds will be refunded in full to the Charterer directly. If the funds are not sufficient, the Captain will advise you accordingly and bills will be settled upon disembarkation.

8. Planing the menus?
Bomi Ship's booking office  will sending you a food preference list  before commencement of charter. With filled list we/crews will be familiar with your favorite foods and beverages. Chefs will do their outmost to satisfy your requirements.

9.What if we need special menu/food?
We will appreciate if you worn us about some special food requirements, possible allergies or serious aversions. Please specify in preference list.

10. Planing  Itinerary?
If you have some special desires, places you want to see,or already plained route, please share with us your requests. Our crew will assist you in the best way to make your selection real. Of course if you have no idea, they will be happy to suggest you the nicest spots. Please note that determinate route can be changed because of weather conditions.

11.Our privacy?
Crews are experienced and carefully seleceted with entertaining the celebrities and prominent statesmen. All of them are professionals and discreet in any way, you can be sure that your privacy is guaranteed

12.Tip for the crew?
If you want to reward the crew for quality of their service, it is matter of your personal discretion, but usually it is amount up to 10% of charter fee which is recommended to handed to the captain to share it to all crew members. Or you can give to every crew member by yourself upon their efforts.

BARE BOAT YACHT CHARTER  FAQS

1.What does the charter fee cover ?
Accommodation on the yacht, full boat using upon Bomi Ship inventory list, tender, Croatian VAT 10%

2.What are the additional costs to the charter fee ?
Mooring and marina fees, fuel cost, end charter cleaning, optional equipment, provisioning, security deposit

3.What about security deposit ?
Before taking over the vessel the client shall be liable to deposit a certain amount in the national currency (HRK) in cash or as credit card deposit (Visa, Master,Diners). After the completion of yacht charter the whole deposit shall be repaid to the client, unless some damages or loss of equipment are noticed. Otherwise the stated deposit shall be kept in the amount needed for the repair or for purchase of damaged or lost equipment. Paying deposit is obligatory in cases when a skipper by the company Bomi Ship d.o.o. is hired. In such a case the said deposit cannot be used for covering the costs emerged due to skipper's negligence, bad operation of the vessel or its equipment.

4.Do I need a skipper's licence to charter a bareboat sailing or motor yacht ?
Skipper must possess valid licence for size and tonnage of the boat ( Boat leaders licence of competency and radio-telephone licence of competency ) which have to be presented to the office of Bomi Ship.
Bomi Ship reserve the right not to hand over the yacht if the charterer is not competent for any reason to operate the yacht, and will require you to hire a professional skipper.

5.Do I need to hire a professional skipper ?
If your knowledge of sailing is not adequate for the boat you want to hire, and you don't have valid skipper licence, Bomi Ship will provide you with friendly, professional English spoken skipper. The charterer is responsible for covering the contributions for the skipper's food, whether you dining out or on board.
The benefits of having the skipper on board is that he can be your guide to the best places to visit, he can be your professional sailing instructor,and your holiday can be more relaxing.

6. What are the specific days of the week for charter start/end ?
We are chartering our yachts from Saturday to Saturday, for one week, or more weeks.
But flexibility exist, and we can organize shorter charter as well.

7. Check in / out time ?
Charter normally starts from 18:00 h, and end at 09:00 h. But if the boat will be ready, cleaned and technically prepared earlier we will be happy to embark you sooner than 18:00 h. However, we cannot guarantee this. Also, we suggest to return the boat in the base on the last evening of the charter.

8. Pets on board ?
Bringing of pets is not allowed; there is a potential of allergens from animals...
Active sailing during the charter can be uncomfortable for the pets, easy they can be disoriented or lethargic.

9.What about provisioning ?
You can order according the Bomi Ship provisioning list which need to be send to us minimum 4 weeks before the charter starts. Clients are paying the store bill ( prices are equal), and 50 Euro for our service fee.


GENERAL FAQS

1.Do you arrange transfers?
Yes, we arrange transfers for our guests. Please send us information in advance: for how many persons, flight details, and we will arrange car to pick you and your group up.


3.Parking place in marina?
In our base ACI marina Split there is guarded parking place, upon a price of cca 10 Euro / day.

4.What type of luggage should I take?
A soft bags are recommended, because of storage the things on the yacht. It would be much easier than with hard cases, especially if it will bigger group of people.