From info at voile.org Fri Jun 16 14:43:18 2023 From: info at voile.org (Yves Julien) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:43:18 -0400 Subject: [Sailing news] Info letter : June 16th, 2023 Message-ID: <03d401d9a082$6b5474f0$41fd5ed0$@voile.org> Logo Clic here to see the English version online Cliquez ici pour voir la version fran?aise dans le navigateur In this letter 1- Bran new Dufour 37 available for Charter Management in the Grenadines! 2- Sailboat vacation in the Grenadines on beautiful Sun Odyssey 54DS. 3- Insurance coverage available for boat owner in the Caribbean and more 4- Book your charter vacation (Bareboat of crew) anywhere in the world. (1) Dufour 37 available for Charter Management in the Grenadines Affordable Yachting is the exclusive partner of Caraibes Catamarans Grenadines which is the official Dufour Yachts agent in St-Vincent and Grenada . We will be the official representative on site. We can therefore proceed with our first unit, a Dufour 37 , which will be delivered to St-Vincent next December. Watch this video about the D37 , it's a fantastic boat! You may now book your sailing vacation on this boat! >> customer at caraibes-catamarans.com Purchase the D37 in Charter management program You can buy this boat and put it into management with us. It?s an investment that makes sense! The Grenadines are a major destination, in high demand throughout the winter and also the mid & low season. Your boat, based in St-Vincent, will be a few hours away by plane. Once at the base, the Grenadines nearby await you. The best of both worlds. You can invest in this excellent business opportunity. Charter management is the easiest way to acquire a new boat which can be curtail to your needs. We guarantee you a minimum annual net income of 50% of gross sales. With an estimated gross annual income of just over $100,000, this boat will pay for itself in less than seven years. Here is a summary of the purchase and delivery costs: Note 1: Gross income is based on approximately 75% rental availability per year. The net income is the balance after all expenses are paid: management, marina, insurance, maintenance etc. Note 2: The owner can use his sailboat at any time, except of course when it is already booked. He can book his vacation at any time. Obviously if the owner chooses to use his sailboat in high season, the income will not be as high as expected. We suggest using it evenly throughout the year. Note 3: We offer management/rental plans varying from 3 years minimum to 10 years maximum. These three models can also be delivered this fall or early 2024 Base price in USD D430 $ 311 299 Plus options ? Special Discount + Preparation and Delivery D470 $ 379 040 Plus options ? Special Discount + Preparation and Delivery D530 $ 501 384 Plus options ? Special Discount + Preparation and Delivery See all models Dufour?s model: D32 , D41 , D430 , D470 , D530 , D56 and D61 . By ordering in advance you get to choose yourself the options you want. NOTE: The purchase without management/rental is also available for a delivery to the Grenadines; you will have the agent on site at your disposal for the maintenance of your boat! Why invest in a fleet in the Grenadines? The Grenadines are the pearls of the Lesser Antilles with its turquoise waters teeming with marine life. Easily accessible by plane, this popular destination makes boat rental extremely profitable. And following the Covid and Government restrictions, more than 60% of the boats of the neighboring fleets have been sold to ensure the survival of their businesses. Those who survived are currently operating at close to 100% capacity. Even summer & fall have found takers, this was never seen before! This vacuum is not about to be filled. Most boat manufacturers have delivery times varying from 12 to 18 months and even more. It's time to invest! It?s now very easy than ever to get to St-Vincent Air connections: Toronto: two flights per week, London: three flights per week: Miami: seven flights per week (daily flight). Martinique: from December, direct and regular flights. Barbados: Numerous daily flights. Grenada: several flights per week. Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Luxury Homes and Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Lifestyle To reach us, either to buy or to rent: Email customer at caraibes-catamarans.com Phone: +1 (450) 444-6239 Whatsapp: +1 (514) 779-1994 (2) Charter the Grenadines on a Sun Odyssey 54DS Are you looking for a crew charter this winter? We have a beautiful, well maintain Sun Odyssey 54DS available with skipper and optional cook. We offer an easy 7 days itinerary to the island. Watch this great video of the Grenadines. This very comfortable boat is available from Blue Lagoon Marina in St-Vincent. We sail to the Grenadines; the best Caribbean has to offer. The boat can be converted into 3 or cabins. There are 4 private head for each cabin. Enjoy pristine water teeming with marine life. Call or email us for more details Email charter at voile.org Phone: +1 (450) 444-6239 Whatsapp: +1 (514) 779-1994 (3) Get Insurances coverage for your boat anywhere in the world. Getting insurance coverage for the Caribbean is not easy, especially if you want to leave your boat there during hurricane season. I purchased my last boat in 2016. I was insured with the same underwriter of a very large Charter Company. The premium and conditions were great! And then Irma and Maria came alone in 2017 alone and sank several hundred boats. The underwriter pulled out and I lost my coverage I hopped from one underwriter to another. My premium kept getting higher and my restrictions worse. The last one even refused that I stay too long in the French Islands, the safest of all! Where will I get my wine and cheese, I said!?!? Couple years ago I was told about Edward Williams, a Spanish broker who has British underwriter behind. They had great premium and conditions. I checked around and all people who had claims with them were satisfied with their settlement. So I filled up their online form. I got an answer within 24 hr (very effecient). Their premium was nearly $2000 cheaper than my latest and nearly no restriction. I can even keep my boat on my personal mooring in St-Vincent during hurricane season, thus saving thousand $ of storage rentals in Grenada. If you need Caribbean coverage, check it out. Who knows, you might be pleasantly surprised like I was: online form (4) Using a broker to find your best sail vacation makes sense. Here is why: With the Internet it is easy to find a boat. But is it wise to go direct? A beautiful website is not a guarantee of quality... I?m the founder and owner of Affordable Yachting (Voile Abordable). I?m an experience skipper (I?m the owner of the SO 54DS above). I also charter the world for the past 20 years with various companies. I?m most likely the very first Canadian ?charter? broker in history. I speak both English and French which allowed me to developed contact with all charters companies in the world for the past 25 years. Not only can I find you the right boat but I will also provide you with local information about the sea you want to visit. In general I would say that 98% of charter always goes well but sometime they are claims. As a broker, my loyalty goes to the clients and I work to make sure that a client is properly taken care when problems arise. Because of our volume, we have more weight than a client alone. If a broker is not satisfied with the way a claim is handle, it?s not just a client that the company is at risk of losing, but it?s entire business. So just to say, they tend to be very nice to us, thus to you. Use this form to send us a charter request for anywhere in the world. I will do my best to find you the best deal. lgvaan2a Montreal: +1 (450) 444-6239 (all year long) St-Vincent : +1 (784) 534-1974 (winter only) Our group on face book. Although they are French, we will respond to any inquiries in English as well. Affordable Yachting Affordable Energy -- Cet e-mail a ?t? v?rifi? par le logiciel antivirus d'Avast. www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 4150 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 46204 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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