GENERAL CHARTER CONDITIONS
1. YACHT ACCOMMODATION
The price includes yacht accommodation and its full equipment. Extra options (for example: skipper, outboard engine, safety, extra sails, etc.) can be requested and paid in the base. The price does not include: Harbour dues away from the home port, local taxes or government taxes and the diesel used costs.
2. PAYMENT CONDITIONS
After the client has received the Charter Contract or the Booking Confirmation, the client is expected to proceed on with the payment. The payment is carried out in two instalments:
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The first instalment (50% of the total price) is due within 7 daysafter confirmation of the booking. booking will be confirmed when the first instalment has been paid.
- The second instalment (50% of the total price) is due 30 days before the charter. The Invoice will be issued accordingly, upon request.
3. CONDITIONS OF CANCELLATION
If you have to cancel your booking, this must be requested in writing by the person who the booking has been invoiced to. The effective date will be when the written request has been received at the Mare Charter office. Cancellation fees are expressed as a percentage of the total holiday cost, for the periods before the departure date:
- 30% of the charter price for cancellation up to 2 months before commencement of the charter.
- 50% of the charter price for cancellation up to 1 month before commencement of the charter.
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100% of the charter price for cancellation within the last month before commencement of the charter.
If cancellation is due to objective reasons (death of family member, heavy injury, war or other) the accepted deposit shall not be paid back, but the owner shall give the yacht to the charterer at his disposal for another, if available, free period of time or within another season.
4. TAKEOVER OF YACHT
The charteree will put at charterer’s disposal only completely equipped yachts with full fuel and water tanks and in faultless, good conditions and expects the yachts to be returned in the same condition.
Charters start on Saturday at 17:00 hours and end on Saturday at 09:00 hours (the return to the marina should be around 18:00 on Friday and the charterer is allowed to stay overnight). Upon request, it is possible for the charterer to return to the marna on other days of the week. The berth in marina Kremik is free of charge the whole time.
If the charterer fails to takeover the yacht within this 48 hours, the charteree is authorized to give up the contract.
If the charteree is not in position to place the yacht at the appointed place 24 hours after the end of the term, or provide another, at least identical or better one, the charterer has right to give up the contract and get the charter money reimbursed. The charteree is obligated to reimburse the charterer only for the amount of the charter, any other compensation possibility is excluded.
When taking over the yacht, the charterer is obliged to check and carefully examine the condition of the yacht and equipment according to the inventory list. The possible covered defects on the yacht or its equipment which couldn’t be known to the charteree at the moment of takeover as well as defects which could arise after the takeover, do not give right to the charterer to reduce the charter price.
If the further cruise is for any reason not possible or the overdue of the disembarkation is unavoidable, the base manager must be informed in order to give further instructions. The charterer bears all the charges of the charteree that result from the overdue caused by bad weather. Therefore, the careful planning of a route is recommended. Return in the evenings hours of a day before check out is obliged. Any exception is possible only if previously agreed with charteree. The charteree reserve the right not to hand over the yacht if in the judgment of their representatives the charterer is not competent for any reason to operate the yacht, or to give the instructions the charterer’s expense.
5. CAUTION MONEY
When taking over the yacht, it is a condition that a deposit is lodged according to the valid price list. If the charterer returns the yacht in good condition and in the fixed time, the deposit money will be returned with no deductions. The deposit money is to be deposited also in case when the charterer charters a yachts together with a skipper. In case of personal negligence and/or loss of one or more equipment items, the charterer bears all the costs.
6. INSURANCE
The yacht is insured against the third person damages and fully insured for all the damages resulting from force major up to the registered amount of the value of the yachts for the risks according to the insurance policy. If damage occurs during the cruise and client is not to be charged (due to normal exhaustion or in case of overdraft of the guarantee sum) he must receive permission (instruction) from the charteree or base manager for an adequate repair.
In case of some bigger averages, as well as of those where the other boats are involved, the charterer is obliged to report the case to the authorized harbor-master’s office and record in a protocol (the course of events, estimation of a damage) for an insurance company.
The charterer is also obliged to report the charteree’s office. If the charterer does not fulfill his obligations, he can be in full charged for the costs of damage.
Any damage done to the boat or its equipment will be charged from the security deposit, unless the expenses for the damage exceed the amount of the security deposit. In that case, the damage will be covered by the insurance.
The personal belongings are not covered by the insurance and it is recommended to the charterer to do it himself. The crew is covered by insurance.
7. CHARTERER’S OBLIGATIONS
The charterer is obliged to sail within the Croatian territorial waters. The charterer must ask the charteree a special permission and certificate for leaving Croatian territorial water.
The charterer is not allowed to subcharter the yacht or relet it to the third person, to sail at night by unsafe weather conditions, and must comply with public rules, orders and laws.
Number of people aboard is to correspond to the crew list.
The charterer assumes the responsibility for the consequences of non-observance to his obligations.
The charterer or skipper declares undoubtedly that he possesses all the necessary navigational skills and that he possesses the valid license necessary for the navigation at the open sea and the radio-phony certificate, which have to be presented.
In case of the yacht or its equipment damage, the charterer is obliged to inform the charteree immediately using one of the few telephone numbers written in the document aboard. The charteree is obliged to remove the damage upon notification. If the charteree removes the damage within 24 hours, the client has no right to require any reimbursement.
The telephone numbers which can be used for notifying the charteree are shown in the yacht documents. The client is obliged to notify the authorities and the charteree in case the yacht or equipment is missing, if the further navigation is not possible or in case yachts was dispossessed of, prized or if further navigation was prohibited by state authorities or third parties.
If the client fails to hold on his obligations he is considered fully responsible for all the consequences for the charteree and he guarantees for them.
8. COMPLAINTS
Only written complaints, signed by both parties on the occasion of return of the yacht will be taken into consideration.
9. ARBITRATION
All the possible disagreements or disputes that cannot be settled peacefully will be under the jurisdiction of the charteree’s court in Zadar.