Sydney Harbour

Sydney's charter fleet does not have a single base. Boats leave from Darling Harbour, from Middle Harbour, from the eastern suburbs bays and from Manly, and the pick-up wharf is negotiated as often as it is published.

That flexibility is the harbour's real advantage: a charter can collect a group from a wharf near their office and put them back on a different one. It also means the wharf you are given is worth confirming in writing, because "Sydney Harbour" on a booking form covers about fifteen kilometres of shoreline.

Almost everything here is day work — skippered day sails, corporate charters, race-day charters and event boats. For anything overnight, look north to Pittwater.