FAQ Category Delivery Clients

Everything that delivery clients could possibly want to know about yacht deliveries.

Do you depart during heavy weather?

As a blanket rule; no. A general rule for maintaining insurance coverage is that the vessel should not depart port when a gale warning has been issued, or is in force. Rules aside, good seamanship prevails. If departing means that…

I want to depart ASAP. Can this work?

Maybe. It depends on documentation, the vessel’s readiness, the weather window and our availability (read the above point). If we can assist, we will. We once took a call from a Jeanneau 44 owner who needed his yacht delivered ASAP…

Why does Salty delivery yachts?

Salty Yachts Australia exists to provide the yacht delivery market with absolute professionalism, in an industry that is often plagued with substandard operators. Salty is here to evolve the yachting industry.

What qualifications do the Salty crew hold?

Our crew hold various commercial and recreational Certificates of Competencies (CoC’s), licenses and qualifications for deck and engineering duties and safety, medical and security training. Commercial deck qualifications include Coxswain NC, Master<24m NC, Master<35m NC, Master<80m NC, Master<200gt, Master<500gt, Master<3000gt…