Advantages Of A Boat Share

There are many advantages to owning your own boat – you can head out any time you like to do a spot of fishing, you can organise a few mates and make it a weekend, you can take the family away for a holiday and you can use it to entertain your corporate clients. If you live in Auckland – the City of Sails, there are also plenty of opportunities where being on the water gets you up close and personal to events, such as the Auckland Anniversary Regatta, the many cruise ships who visit the city, and racing events such as the Volvo Ocean Race.

Whilst there are many advantages to owning your own boat, these are also teamed with some disadvantages, usually associated with the care and maintenance of the vessel to keep it in a sea worthy condition. It’s generally this upkeep and time it takes, as well as the high purchase cost that puts people off purchasing a boat.

This is where a boat share can help resolve all of your problems. A boat share offers you a chance to own part of a boat, enjoy all the benefits of vessel ownership and yet leave all the care and maintenance in someone else’s capable hands.

Luxury craft owners generally spend about 33 days on the water, leaving approximately 11 months where your vessel is not used. Therefore, wouldn’t it be great to effectively only pay for the days you use and a share of the maintenance yet still retain the ability to sell your share at any time?

Some of the key advantages are outlined below:

Walk On – Walk Off

The management company ensure that your vessel is ready and waiting for you on your allocated days. The fuel tanks are filled, the boat will be clean and tidy, and if your trip is overnight fresh linen will be on the beds. You simply bring on board your personal belongings, food and drink, and any other boating equipment you choose. When you return from your trip, you simply take your belongings and leave the cleaning to the management company.

Care & Maintenance

The management company take responsibility for ensuring that your vessel remains in a sea worthy condition at all times. They carry out preventative maintenance as well as attend to wear and tear, and any other maintenance that may be required.

Storage

Getting your craft out of the water, onto the trailer and then storing it either at your home or in a special storage facility, then having to take it back down to the dock the next time you want to go out is also another hassle that is taken away by choosing a shared ownership model.