Hi all,
Im looking again at chartering in the whitsundays... I have googled and
looked around.

My wife and i would like to charter from mid-end of september for about a
week, and idealy what we would really love is a small cat that can be single
handed, something about 26-30 feet would be ideal. Most of the charter
companies seem to have only bigger cats in the 30foot+ range with 6-8
berths. The price for these things starts at about $500/night and goes up,
$3500 for a week plus flights, fuel and provisioning then whatever we spend
at resorts etc could see this week long holiday quite easily costing us
$1000/day.

There are some smaller monos, but again i havent seen anything below 30
feet, and the best price i have come up with is about $300/night. My wife
isnt particularly a sailor, so i think she would have a much better time on
a cat than a mono. plus it would be nice to be able to get close enough to
the islands to walk.

Is this a good time of year to be in the whitsundays? Does anyone have a
lead on small cats in this area? I'd also be keen on hiring something off a
private owner. For the boat only, I was hoping to spend somewhere around
$2500 for the week.

thanks,
Shaun