Crewed Yacht Ownership in a Nutshell Our experienced yacht buyer brokerage team assists and guides future yacht owners on how to operate a catamaran as a high-end charter vessel. We show you how to maximize charter income while offsetting the cost of yacht ownership. Whether you want to own and operate your own crewed yacht […]
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Question from a Catamaran Guru Subscriber: I was wondering if you have ever written an article about in-boom and in-mast furling for catamarans? Any experience with those systems? What are your opinions about it? If a boat did not come with such a system, can you retrofit it even though the boat was not designed
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The editor of Cruising World Magazine, Mark Pilsbury, set us a challenge with a recent [June 2014] post of a list of the “The 40 Best Catamarans and Trimarans. Ever.” We went through the list and while we agree that each of the multihulls has a place on the list, we have a few of
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Debuted September 2014 at Cannes Boat Show Leveraging its legendary technology and know-how developed over many years through its prestigious brand name, Catana is now focusing on cruising catamarans. The new Bali 4.5 will be built in the same tradition of Catana with the most advanced technology, lightweight and fast but with: Increased living space
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News Update 06/20/14: Section 179 In Limbo For Now The White House threatened vetoes of both bills stating that the administration supports extension of the expensing provision with revenue offsets. The law stands as it was for 2013 for now. We are waiting for an update, however it is business as usual for us on
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A Heavenly Indulgence Taste of Heaven, the local bakery in Bimini, Bahamas, across from the Bimini Big Game Club, has the best Bimini bread according to the locals I met during my quest for this slightly sweet, buttery white bread. They start the baking process at 4 am and by 8 am, when they open
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You have done some chartering on sailing boats and love it! Owning a sailing boat in some exotic location has been a dream of yours for years but you just don’t know where to start and who to ask. What is involved in placing a sailing catamaran into a charter fleet? Confused by all the chatter
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Compare Yacht Charter Management Programs Through our partnership with Dream Yacht Sales and other yacht management companies, we offer versatile options to own a luxury yacht operating in one of many exotic locales. Our programs offer options that help you enjoy your yacht more by avoiding most of, or part of, the operational responsibilities and
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I usually cook this dish from memory with a little bit of this and little bit of that adding “whatever” until it tastes good. So feel free to add your own flair to this dish. It also tastes so much better a day or so later when all the flavors have had time to meld.
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Stephen and I have made numerous ocean passages, some lasting only a few days and others several weeks at a time. The longest passage that we sailed was from Cape Town, South Africa via St. Helena Island to Fortaleza, Brazil in South America, and then Miami. It was a total of 42 days at sea.
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Aboard Catamaran Zuri -by Our Very Able Crew, The Rainfords The Rainfords bought a catamaran, Persistence (sister ship to Zuri), from us in 2010. We have remained good friends ever since. They have always wanted to take an offshore trip with us to further hone their sailing skills. This offshore passage from Florida to the
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Owning and sailing a catamaran, or any boat for that matter, is a glorious adventure. Paying for maintenance, insurance, dockage, new “must-have” equipment, and other bills is an inglorious adventure as you watch the sum add up monthly. But, there are ways to reduce the overall cost of owning a yacht so you can get
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Hobie Alter, Creater of Hobie Cat, Dies at 80 Hobart Alter, sailing and surfing icon, died this weekend and left a legacy that brought thousands to watersports and sailing. This innovator and surfer had his start carving wooden surfboards in California in the 1950’s. He later created surfboards out of polyurethane, an invention that revolutionized
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Catamaran Debut at the International Multihull Boat Show The new Nautitech 40 Open catamaran will be presented in World Première at the International Multihull Boat Show – Salon International du Multicoque at La Grande Motte from 23rd to 27th April 2014. She reflects the lines of her big sister, the flagship 542, also designed by Marc
We are getting ready to do a passage up North. Zuri laid up for 9 months last summer in Florida and we have not sailed much since, so we knew that we would have to check the fuel in the tanks for contamination. Because we had a million things to take care of before we
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Can I, Should I? Our yacht owners’ kids are featured in the May issue of All At Sea Magazine. Danny and Jensen enjoy sailing aboard their Fountaine Pajot Salina 48, St Vivien, chartered in the Bahamas, while Max enjoys the ride with his family. The new owners of a Jeanneau 379, Big Sky, chartered in
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Textilene Fabric Care & Maintenance I had to clean my Textilene sunshades on our catamaran this weekend. The was black in places from months sitting in the dirty boat yard. I did not look forward to the job because I knew that it would take a lot of elbow grease. I did some research and
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We have been travelling a lot more abroad of late on business and it forced me to brush up on my “overseas banking savvy”. When we first started cruising in the early nineties, we went to our local bank in South Africa, requested 10,000 Rand (about $4,200 at R2.35 to the dollar) in US dollar
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