1994 Custom Fishing Charter / Passenger Vessel

How would you like a real sea change conducting fishing charters to the magnificent Swain Reefs east of Gladstone in ***. " Eastern Voyager " is an 85' Steel Charter Vessel offering 3 to 14 day charters and beyond to the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea and Shoalwater Bay. Currently operating with AMSA Certifcate of Survey and Certificate of Operation for 1B - 22 passengers or 30 people. She was originally built as a Southern Ocean Trawler and was converted into a very comfortable and safe offshore fishing and diving charter vessel in 2007. This vessel is for sale as a going concern including GBRMPA permit, forward bookings, 5 fishing dories with outboards and all the equipment presently on board to continue working with a new owner. The present skipper and crew are prepared to stay on and keep running the vessel as they have been for the previous 10 years. The current owner is only selling as he intends to retire and move down south to a cooler climate.
This long-range boat charting service has secured $3-4m in forward revenue till 2026. With a premium and well-maintained vessel this business generated EBITDA returns of $700k in FY23 with revenue:of $1.8m
- Well respected and dominant charter service
- Superior capacity vessel manned by a highly-knowledgable and experienced crew
- Strong forward order book till 2026 valued between $3m and $4m
- $170k worth of deposits already received for bookings over next twelve months
- Earnings have significantly increased post-COVID
- Well maintained vessel and equipment worth $3m+
The vessel had a $200k refit earlier this year so doesnt require slipping until 2024.
Just had AMSA 5 year survey and replaced the shaft in 2021.
New genset being fitted in one months time at a cost of $60k


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Contact Nev on *** for more information or to arrange an inspection.

Location: Gladstone - *** ***
BUILDER: K-Ship Constructions 1994 - Conversion done in 2007
LENGTH (M): 25.5
DRAFT: 3.00m
BEAM: 7.13m
CRUISE SPEED: 8.5 kn
DECKS MATERIAL: Steel
ENGINE: Yanmar
HORSE POWER: 327 kw
FUEL TYPE: Diesel
GENSET: New genset being fitted Jan 2023 +
ENGINE HOURS: Unknown
THRUSTERS: Scania diesel running hydraulic bow thruster
ACCOMODATION: 12 Cabins containing 25 berths in singles and 1 double
SHOWER: 6
TOILET: 5
GROUND TACKLE: 2 x 160 kg anchors
2 x 120 m of short link chain
Muir SGC 2 winch
DINGHY: 5 x 4.4 m dinghys - 6 x hand held VHF radios - 5 X Sounders
OUTBOARD: 5 x 30hp Suzuki