binaryfinary
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Used to go to a little Greek island with family when I was a kid, pretty much every year from 92 to 02. Went again in 09.
We used to hire a little motor boat with an outboard, in early years it was almost a knackered old rowing boat with a tiny 5hp engine, last time theyd evolved to full fibreglass hulled speedboats with a full control console and engines kicking out up to 50hp, a lot for a boat. Cost was less than 100 euros for the full day, early morning until evening, and included fuel.
But I can find nothing like that on Ibiza. We're talking at least 10 times the cost with time restrictions.
Is this simply the Ibiza premium (the Greek island wasn't exactly known for being cheap in its own right) or is there another reason?
I notice most places say "captain included" - do you need to have a licenced captain in Ibiza as opposed to being allowed to pilot the boat yourself? That would explain the price hike, but surely not everyone who has a boat on Ibiza has to hire a captain?
We used to hire a little motor boat with an outboard, in early years it was almost a knackered old rowing boat with a tiny 5hp engine, last time theyd evolved to full fibreglass hulled speedboats with a full control console and engines kicking out up to 50hp, a lot for a boat. Cost was less than 100 euros for the full day, early morning until evening, and included fuel.
But I can find nothing like that on Ibiza. We're talking at least 10 times the cost with time restrictions.
Is this simply the Ibiza premium (the Greek island wasn't exactly known for being cheap in its own right) or is there another reason?
I notice most places say "captain included" - do you need to have a licenced captain in Ibiza as opposed to being allowed to pilot the boat yourself? That would explain the price hike, but surely not everyone who has a boat on Ibiza has to hire a captain?