Chartering Out Your Boat - resources for cruising sailors

Is This Any Way to Finance a Boat?

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Brief How-To By David Smalley

One couple′s experience buying a (trawler) boat and placing it in charter. Sidebar on tax advantages and liability insurance. 8 pages

[PassageMaker, January 2000]
- Order the PassageMaker back issue

A Captain's Ticket

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Overview By Ev Collier

Getting one license or another is normally a requirement for a charter captain. This article describes the two most common U.S. licenses and their requirements.

[Ocean Navigator, November 2002]
- Online article on the captain's license (fee $5 a
- Order the back issue

Owning a Caribbean Charterboat

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Detailed How-To

Examination of the advantages and disadvantages, financial and other, of owning a boat that is placed in charter. Programs from The Moorings Sunsail, The Catamaran Co., TMM, Island Yachts, Footloose, and Barefoot are examined. 8 pages with features table.

[Practical Sailor, 1 June 2002]
- Preview the Practical Sailor back issue

Buying a sailboat, then chartering it out to pay for

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Personal resource list By Bill Dietrich

Grab bag of tips and commentary on getting charter income from a boat you own. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.

[Bill Dietrich, USA]
- Thoughts on chartering out your boat

Before Buying Your Charter Boat

[Vendor]

Multiple listing service

Detailed, candid, and useful thoughts on pros and cons, research, and choices to consider.

[YachtWorld.com, Seattle, WA, USA]
- Part 1 Advice on buying a charter boat
- Part 2 Advice on contract negotiation

Management or Charter Company

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Boat dealer

A firm offering yacht management plans compares them with the programs offered by the charter companies.

[Bay Yacht Agency, Annapolis, MD, USA]
- The yacht management program

Bulletin Board - Cruising World

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Bulletin Board - <i>Cruising World</i> - add to MyResources

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Extensive list with good search facility. Covers just about any cruising topic. Tree and branch format for threads.

[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
- Search the cruising list
- Laatest Cruising Forum postings

rec.boats.cruising newsgroup

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Usenet newsgroup

Unmoderated forum on sail and power cruising. Lots of good advice and other resources, but you have to do some searching.

[Usenet, USA]
- Rec.boats.cruising forum
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Usenet?

alt.sailing newsgroup

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Usenet newsgroup

Unmoderated forum on various sailing topics. Some useful cruising information here, but you need to dig and you need to be selective..

[Usenet, USA]
- alt.sailing forum
- What is Usenet?

Cruisers Forum

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Non-commercial forum

A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes. Many specialized forums, including engines, multihulls, maintenance, piracy, the galley, insurance, destinations, and many more.

[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
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