Hi,
I have been investigating possibilities for a week long pelagic in the Otway
Basin and have found a charter more than capable of doing this. They are
very interested and I have suggested around Easter holidays 2006. This is a
good time of year for seabirds and marine mammals in general but more
importantly is also a calm weather period.
The vessel is licensed and comfortably berths 20 people up to 100Nm
offshore, which with crew would mean we could take 12. It would also be
possible to include a pelagic for more people to join on the weekend as the
vessel is licensed to take 40 passengers out to 30Nm offshore. At other
times the crew are content to spend the entire time at sea, which means
seabirds from dawn until dusk almost every day.
At the moment I have made a general enquiry and received an estimated cost.
For now it suffices to say that the cost for a whole week will be less than
$2000.00 per head. I am trying to get the operator to organise this
themselves and to do so, I will need no more than expressions of interest at
this stage. If I get enough interest then I will pass this information on to
the company and see if they can begin to formally organise something.
I am told that spaces would be on a twin share basis, and we would ideally
need two couples as two of the cabins have double beds. The minimum number
to make the trip viable would be 10 persons. The vessel is the SV Pelican, a
62ft catamaran. Have a look at the website www.svpelican.com.au.
Regards,
Simon Mustoe.
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