Owner use is shared equally between the owners according to the number of members. Owner access is allocated fairly to ensure that all owners can optimize the use of the yacht and that all the owners get quality time on the yacht to meet their needs or desires. Owner Use Reservations: Owners will reserve time on […]
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The annual operating costs such as insurance, dockage, annual haul out and scheduled maintenance will be offset by income from chartering the yacht. With traditional yacht ownership, the owner spends around 10 percent of the total value of the yacht annually but with our model based on seven years, one can save up to 90
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Join us at Pier 7 Marina located at 48 S River Rd South, Edgewater, MD, just a short drive from the Annapolis Spring Boat Show. The marina will open its doors Friday, April 26 from 12pm to 4pm and Saturday, April 27 from 10am to 4pm inviting you to meet with our brokers from Annapolis
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Join us April 13 – 14 for our open house at our Texas office during the Texas Boat Show. 3rd Annual Free Texas Boat Show is on!Waterford Harbor Marina800 Mariners DriveKemah TX 77565 Our Address:Watergate Marina Center1500 Marina Bay Dr, Suite 142-AClear Lake Shores, TX 77565 meet our team! Mark your calendars and join us for some outdoor fun!
Fully Crewed Luxury Charter Yacht A professional paid crew maintains and runs your catamaran as a small business in the location of your choice. The owner enjoys all the benefits of a crewed yacht while offsetting a significant part of the cost of ownership through charter income. The costs of owning a luxury charter yacht
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Live-Aboard Owner/Operators The idea is that the boat owners live aboard and operate their own catamaran as an independent charter business. We have helped several couples set their catamarans up in a crewed charter business. There are two different ways to do that: The first is being associated with a charter company that has the
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By learning how to start a boat business, you can capitalize on your passion for boating while getting paid to do it. But before you launch a boat charter business, there are a number of things to consider to get it off to a strong start. Create a business plan. Consider weekly charter rates, the number
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VIBE – It’s a Destination Boat Show! Join us May 10 – 12 at the first-annual Virgin Islands Boating Exhibition (VIBE) — the new 2.0 version of a yacht buying show. The show will take place at the Yacht Haven Grande St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands and offers an opportunity to test sail
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CATANA GROUP launches its 14th BALI CATAMARAN model, the BALI 5.8, for the brand’s 10th anniversary! On Bali Catamaran’s 10th anniversary, the factory launched their 14th model, the brand-new flagship, Bali 5.8. This model, designed by the late Olivier Poncin, is the latest sailing catamaran in the very successful Bali range and promises to be
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Because it’s Valentine’s day, we wanted to celebrate all the couples that we helped along to finding their “love boat”. But before we do that, let’s tell you about our founders, Stephen and Estelle who have one such love story that started in 1992 in Cape Town, South Africa. With the same feeling of ‘wanderlust’
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Sailing the Exumas I remember thinking last year when we signed Zuri 3 up for crewed charter service in the Exumas, that it will be tough to give the reigns over to our captain and chef and be guests on our own boat. Well, it turns out that we easily took to being pampered and
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FYI: Stay tuned on Facebook & Instagram for our boat show video series: Learn some tips & tricks of how to navigate boat shows, pros and cons of buying a boat at a boat show, how to get the best deal at a boat show and much more! Join us for the boating event that is as glamorous and
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EVENT POSTPONED Dear fellow sailors & friends, We have for the past five years since 2019 hosted the Catamaran Rendezvous in the Abacos and once, a very low key rendezvous in Key Largo during the height of Covid! Every year 30+ catamarans of every brand, size and age gather together for four days of unadulterated
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This year was our 24th Annapolis Sailboat Show and it was without a doubt our best boat show in many years, not only because we had so many of our owners visit and hang out with us but also because we met so many new buyers ready to “take the plunge”! While we were exhausted
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Meet with our team! Want to learn more about the Bali and Catana Catamaran Brand? We are the right people to talk to! Stephen and Estelle own two Bali models and the NEW Catana OC 50. They know the boats inside out! We will be giving guided Bali Catamaran tours. If you are in the
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Why a Rendezvous for Catamarans? Every year, we host our Annual Rendezvous for two reasons: To to help our newer boat owners gain confidence and learn from the “veterans” through sharing their knowledge and to show them a good time. Invite our industry colleagues like Mazocean and North Sails, amongst others, as well as the
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Have questions about putting a boat into crewed charter? Check out this informal chat with some of our crewed yacht owners, including Greg from Dream Caribbean Blue. Greg, a self managed owner with an employed crew of Belle Vie, a Bali 4.8 Catamaran. This is a fabulous and exclusive creed charter that offers exotic destinations,
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