Booking & Pricing Family memories are made aboard Solitude

Bookings
We require a 25% deposit to secure your booking. In order for the booking to proceed the total payment will need to be made before the vessel departs the marina.

Payments
We accept Visa & Mastercard credit and debit cards. We charge 2.5% for all credit card transactions.

Direct Deposit
To avoid any surcharge you can pay by direct deposit (preferred), cheque or cash

• Self drive charter vessels are limited to a speed of 10 knots (18.52 km/h), this is the reason no licence is required.
• The charter vessels are not permitted to come alongside any wharf or raft up with any other vessels. Moorings are available thought the waterways and a dinghy is provided free of charge to each vessel during a charter and a motor may be hired at an additional cost.
• All vessels on charter must be anchored 30 minutes before sunset and are not permitted to be driven during the night until 30 minutes after sunrise.
• Charter vessels are not permitted to go out to sea or up to Brisbane Waters and may only cross west head from Pittwater to the Hawkesbury in less than 0.5m swells. The limit of our charter area of operation is a line between Barrenjoey lighthouse and Lion Island/Middle Head. However all our vessels may access Pittwater, The Hawkesbury, Berowra Waters, Smiths Creek and Cowan Creek. 
• *note – Sailing vessels will not fit under the rail bridge at Brooklyn.

Unfortunately sometimes unfavourable weather conditions may prevent a charter from going ahead.

We will discuss this with you closer to the start of your holiday. In the case of a cancelled charter due to bad weather we will either refund your deposit or just simply rebook – your choice

All prices are listed in Australian Dollars ($AUD) and prices are inclusive of GST. Pricing on this website is current and all information on any surcharges, premiums, discounts and seasonal rates are clearly marked.

Charterers who cancel within 30 days of the booking date will forfeit their deposit, if the booking is in December, January or on a public holiday the entire cost will be forfeited.

Cancellations that occur outside of the 30 days will incur an administration fee.

A bond of $2000 in the form of a credit card authorization or direct deposit must be provided before the charter and will be released 7 days after return unless there has been any damage caused to the vessel or its contents.