Our customers buy boats primarily as private owners but we also place boats into charter programs.

There are a number of advantages to charter ownership, which will be more or less important for different individuals, but broadly these are:

• the boat is kept in a desirable location, particularly for the winter sailing season

• the boat and its systems are regularly and professionally maintained on your behalf

• not only can ownership expenses be defrayed, but real income can be generated

However, at the planning stage of such a venture these remain potential advantages only and there are an equal, if not greater, number of pitfalls.  Which is why we put the following caveat "front and center" as you consider this approach to ownership:

Choice of charter company and style of charter program will significantly affect your satisfaction,

your enjoyment of your boat, returns from chartering and the residual value of the boat.

Based on more than a decade of experience of many charter companies, we have chosen to work with only select charter operations in the Caribbean and New England.

This decision is driven by our desire to work with companies that share our own business philosophy of putting the customer first - unfortunately not something we have always experienced.