"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:31:00 GMT, "Lee Martin"
wrote:

Even if you could find an owner who would do it, hiring outside the system
is not recommended. It is illegal, the boat would not be in survey and
would
not have insurance. Any charter operator who became aware of the situation
would take it straight to the authorities.

Why would it be illegal, and why could not a private owner have
insurance for chartering? It's fairly common other places.

For a yacht to be put into legal charter in Queensland it requires
appropriate(and current) certificate of survey, appropriate comercial
registration, and appropriate insurances.Much of the charter fleet is made
up of privately owned boats that have met these requirements, and many of
these owners have put their boats under management.

I read the OP as asking if he could get a cheap, under the counter rate,
outside of the legal system.