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Old 04-29-2018, 04:31 PM   #19
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City: Victoria TX
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Originally Posted by rwrose View Post
Thanks for all the input. I am going to put more thought into our itinerary. Right now i have reservations at Bradenton Beach and South Seas. Boca Grande is booked already for the whole week. We will definitely spend some time at Pelican Bay. I'll stay away from Tween Waters with this vessel.

I have a policy through Boat US. I gave them a called about any ideas this 10K deposit and they did not have any. I searched a bit more around the web and found some liability policies for non-owners, but nothing that would insure this this 10K damage deposit. Seems like the big charter companies, like The Moorings, offer a damage waiver policy for a fee which seems like a good idea, since doing 10K of damage to a boat of this size is probably not that big of a stretch.

I gotta say, that $10k deposit would sure make me a cautious (nervous) charterer. I guess that’s why they do it, but I’ve chartered boats in the Bahamas before and the deductible was never that high.

We chartered with Cruise Abaco a couple of years and the deductible was $5000.
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