The idea has its appeal for many: buying a larger boat through a charter company and then renting it out to customers, but also using it yourself. This saves running costs, sometimes makes an acceptable profit and you don't have to worry about maintenance or winter work. If you are interested in such a model, you will find a huge number of providers with various different options: Limited or unlimited own use, free charter weeks on other yachts and in other areas, fixed or variable returns, five or eight-year terms and so on.
But the market also has its pitfalls: What returns are realistic at all? How do you find a fleet that is well maintained by the operator? What is my boat still worth after a charter? What happens if customers damage the boat badly? Will the tax office accept if I want to claim costs? Important questions about buying a charter.
The German company Nautic Experts is offering two seminars on this topic at boot Düsseldorf and later on further dates in Bonn and on Mallorca for sailors who are concerned with such questions. Rolf Kohlhas, a dealer for various shipyards for decades and former owner of a charter company, as well as a lawyer, a tax consultant and a specialist in yacht financing will prepare seminar participants to make an informed decision. The half-day seminar will take place on the first and second Saturdays of the boot trade fair.
Dates: 19 and 26 January 2019 from 14:00-18:30. Prior registration is required. Info: www.nautic-experts.com. Price per person 390 euros including a 130-page book on the topic.
Andreas Fritsch
Editor Travel
