What is the Section 179 Deduction? Most people think the Section 179 deduction is some mysterious or complicated tax code. It really isn’t, as you will see below. Essentially, Section 179 of the IRS tax code allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment purchased or financed during the tax year. That means […]
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Fountaine Pajot Sanya 57 Recently Launched! The stunning Sanya 57 catamaran was launched recently and is drawing the crowds. We reported on this catamaran back in June 2010, and now pictures are finally available. Fountaine Pajot Sanya 57 Full Brochure & Specifications for Sanya 57 This superb catamaran is the
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The year was 1992 and our dream was about to start, or was it? We had just “retired” from very busy careers and lives to go cruising on our monohull. Lying around on a sundeck or beach all day sounded nice enough, but how long can one do that before getting bored with doing nothing
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Q: What advice do you have for people who want to go cruising, but cannot decide when to leave? A: The answer is simple. If I had started my sailing career today being a veteran sailor, I don’t believe I would have left the dock at all, ever! The more I learned about what a boat
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How Safe Are Catamarans For Blue Water Sailing? But What If They Capsize? “I have heard concerning stories about cats flipping in strong winds”. This question comes up more often as more people are sailing and chartering catamarans. People generally love the comfort, space and performance of a catamaran, but are concerned about the safety of a catamaran
I love the ocean and its creatures and I hope that it will be preserved and sustained for many generations to come. I have had the pleasure to live on the ocean for many years and the rhythm of the ever-changing sea has left its delicate, but indelible impression on my life forever. I am
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After much encouragement from friends, clients and colleagues, we took the plunge and created this website. We hope to tell our story as a way to not only entertain, but also to encourage and educate all the sailing dreamers and planners out there. We have owned many yachts (monohulls and catamarans), many in ownership programs,
For more than 30 years, we have been a part of the catamaran community and created Catamaran Guru™ to encourage and educate all the aspiring sailing out there. We understand the dream of traveling the world by catamaran and created a one-stop-shop to make that dream a reality for you.
