Aphrodite A is a luxury sailing super yacht launched at Vitters Shipyard Bv in the Netherlands and created by André Hoek Design Naval Architects in 1999. She is an Aluminum sloop conceived for world cruising, having an autonomy of 4,500 miles, the equivalent of not visiting a port for three months in a row. She is an expedition yacht able to circumnavigate the globe in complete comfort. Prologue I'm starting to present with this post, some of the most beautiful custom … [Read more...]
Again on Buying
It’ll be funny, I’m sure, because to buy a yacht it’s not a stressing fact, as a lot of the published brokers claim, to sell one is even better. I’ll show all the view points, the boat owner’s, the buyer’s, the broker’s, the builder’s, the surveyor’s eventually. No advice from me, only suggestions some times, just because the instinct of the person you are, will prevail all. Few categories of people will buy or build a yacht. Most of them are sea lovers, others are just investors. Some of them … [Read more...]
Buying a yacht, of course.
What will follow is primarily a bunch of opinions on how to buy yachts or boats from Southern Europe and Turkey, mostly the last location, because they’re closer to their face value than what you may buy in Greece, or Italy. I don’t think I’m going to advertise anyone for the moment, anyone in the boat or yacht selling business. I want to share with the reader of this blog, my experience in the area and what one has to do to be sure that the future deal he is thinking of, is arranged at its … [Read more...]