More than just two good days...
- Return on your investment
- Always ready to go
- Professionally maintained
- Boat run regularly
- Options to sail other boats free
Own a yacht or you are considering buying one ...
Yacht owners have to decide where to keep the yacht, who is going to look after her, how she will be maintained just when you will get to sail her yourself together which how much it is all going to cost. May owners decide that a good way to minimize their cost of ownership and to ensure that their boat is properly maintained is to place her in a professional charter fleet.
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Minimize your costs...
Yacht owners well the cost of marina fees, insurance premiums and the cost in time and money of keeping her in sailing condition. By placing her in charter you will get benefit from the fleet discounts negotiated by the charter operator, save much of your own time and always have the yacht ready to go and will receive a sizable chunk of the charter revenue.
Return in your investment...
For a brand new ideally equipped charter boats acquired through the Gulf Charters brokerage and placed in the Gulf Charter’s fleet for a minimum of three years then Gulf charters will guarantee that not only will your boat cost you nothing but also you will receive a return of 6-8% of the boat cost per year.
How much will she be chartered...
If your boat is suitable for charter and is available to be chartered 90% of the time then she will probably be out on charter 100-140 days or 15 -20 weeks per year. Calculating the income is easy – just look on the GCT price list, calculate that most of the income will be in the higher rate season, deduct about 10% for agent fees and about half of the rest will belong to you.
How much can I sail her...
If she is not already booked you can walk onto her and sail her any time you like. For 4 weeks per year outside the peak season you can book her for a sure fire holiday with the family or for your friends. For these excursions your total extra costs will be the fuel burned, cost of any crew you wish to hire and a 1000 baht preparation fee to put the boat back into charter condition and wash the laundry.
What if she is not available...
Owners with Gulf Charters agree that when their own boat is not available for a day sail then they are free to go sailing on another owner’s boat which does happen to be available along the time share philosophy and because they get a benefit from broadening their experience of other yachts.
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Insurance...
Owners are required to insure their boats for bareboat charter and Gulf Charters Thailand currently maintains a fleet policy with QBE Insurance for its existing fleet. Owners joining this policy gain the advantage of fleet discount and the excellent claim record of the past years. In addition claims are handled by experienced Gulf charters staff. The policy covers all claims over the excess limit of 50,000 baht and since all bareboat charters require a minimum security deposit it means that most claims will be paid by the insurer less 10,000 baht.
Routine maintenance...
Gulf Charters staff are on board your boat almost every day of the year and will simply carry out any small maintenance task that they see needs to be done. Regular cleaning, oil changes, cabin cleaning, laundry changing etc is all carried out free of charge as part of the charter service. When you come on board the tanks will be filled, bathroom clean, gas in the bottle and clean sheets on the bed.
Non-routine maintenance...
Should the boat require further maintenance then Gulf Charters staff will carry it out at the owners expense on items that cost less than 10,000 baht without prior reference to the owner. For items in excess of that amount the owner will be consulted and approval sought prior to the maintenance. Should the owner not be contactable and charter revenue threatened then Gulf Charters will carry out the maintenance irrespective of approval
Accounting...
Gulf charters pays all the boat bills on the owners behalf. Every month it produces a statement of the income and expense for the month and the balance due to and from the Owner. The owner is required to keep a positive balance of 50,000 baht in this account. Many owners leave their positive balance earned in high season on the account to avoid having to find cash to maintain this balance in the low season.
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Bargin weeks
Jan-06 Week 3
31ft cat only US$1200/w
Feb-06 week 2
35ft Beneteau, US$950/w
Sent by Stephan Stall's wife, just out the gate and feeling like a Captain again.
Sent to us by Jason, taken off Ko Mak during 2006 flotilla. "It makes those G&T's taste so much better".
Big sky, from our base at Ko Chang, taken by Royal Siam View Photographer.
Ko Mak Resort Bungalow, sometimes its nice to stay ashore, sent by "French John".
Ko Mak Resort Restaurant, excellent fresh seafood, sent by "French John".
Ko Kham Resort, "I just did not want leave", said Dave Fosset, UK.
