Buying a 2nd hand yacht for charter or taking over an existing lease might be a valuable alternative to buying a brand new yacht with added benefits. 'Fidelio', a Lagoon 450 based in Australia provides some insights... There are plenty of deals by bareboat charter companies enticing you to buy…
Paul Roger has over 9 years of successful dealings with his charter management company, his Lagoon 421 is still in great shape and he made some money. Why it's worth the effort! On my most recent trip to the Whitsundays, I finished next to yet another well maintained Lagoon 421,…
COVID-19 impact on business, the future of the bareboat charter industry and talk about Dream Yacht Charter's 20 years on their Australian base. How to not make a new friend: walk right past him on the dock, introduce him by the wrong name to others and then bag his favourite…
Millions of dollars of boating assets are at risk of being damaged in charter operations globally on a daily basis.Whether the damage is caused by inexperienced clients, adverse weather conditions or lack of preventive maintenance is irrelevant.What matters is that, to a large extent, it is avoidable.A yacht out of…
The time has come for the occasional or maybe even annual bareboat charter in one of the many exotic locations this beautiful world has to offer. You got yourself a couple of families or 10 friends together and booked that awesome >40' catamaran for a week or two. Not a…
I have driven a brand new car, even flown a brand new Airbus 350 after it was delivered to our company in Hong Kong, but nothing prepared me for sailing a brand new Helia 44 Catamaran No creaks, no leaks, everything was tight. The steering was responsive, the sails perfectly…
" Nils, good news: the wait is over and things just got real. Your boat is in the water."That little message, including a photo of the actual hull number #259, certainly got my attention.I was expecting the launch to happen around mid April. However, as getting time off to actually…
Last week the owner of the Helia 44 in charter was sharing some details on how the 2018 charter season was meeting his contractual expectations. An interesting, first impression and review of a positive working relationship between an owner and a charter company. The question was raised what "unexpected, not-so-obvious"…
Chris Carstens, owner of the Helia 44 "Heliades" currently in charter with Dream Yacht Chaters in Grenada, was kind enough to share the following data with all who might be interested: Hi everyone, I know many looking at the BAB (Boat as a Business) questioning the projected charter revenue weeks.…
By Bridge Kellie Gorrow D'Urso When Christian and I met twelve years ago he informed me that if this relationship was to work in the long term I would one day be living on a sailboat. It had been his dream for decades to sail around the world. While the…