Trident Maritime Services and Chartering Today
The article from Yachting goes on to describe the yacht chartering industry today. It is no longer likely that you will find young , adventurous, single men as captains and owners. Today the business is more likely run by a married couple who has “chucked life in the states, sold everything and is trying to make a go of it in the islands.” Or, you might find a boat that is owned by someone who sends it down to the islands with a skipper to make some money to offset the cost of maintaining it. This practice ensures that the...
read moreTrident Maritime Services and the Recession
In today’s New York Times there is a Soapbox on how the recession has affected the yachting industry. Apparently many of ”the rich – and formerly rich – sold many of their boats, creating a glut on the market.” Supporting and maintaining a luxury yacht requires a lot of money and time which many of use never had and now even those who once had, no longer do. Chartering seems to me to be the obvious answer. Instead of putting all that time and money into supporting a yacht that we get to use for such...
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