I have not been very consistent here, my friends, but this all will change in 2014. The policy will change, the terms, everything. You will subscribe to my newsletters, and you will receive them in time. I have been a little bit disappointed that there isn’t a real strong community of yacht owners, yacht brokers and yacht manufacturers on Social Media, and I refer here to my favorite two sites, Twitter and Google Plus. I have again changed the theme, actually I did this with all my blogs, … [Read more...]
The Broker Who Went broke
Looking through some important yachting sites, related to brokerage, brokers, companies and almost everything related to yachts in general, I discovered with great sadness that the company of which co-founder I was, disappeared altogether from the market. It was expected, only I wouldn't ever thought it was going to happen so soon. A few months ago, still, the remaining guys were paying top dollar advertising around, thing I haven't advised at the time I was still in charge. It was hard to … [Read more...]
Back Again (insider tips)
I have to expose now some "secrets" about assessing brokers and boat owners, when approaching them to buy your first boat. Doesn't matter at this stage if you buy a motor boat or a sailing one. Let's presume you don't have the minimum budget for a brand boat, like the samples exposed in my previous posts. They can be "custom" made, definitely no name brands, like the one that I'm going to show you here. This is the boat, as real as it could be. Seeing the name is no help in a better … [Read more...]