Charter Yacht Ownership: What the Brochures Don't Tell You
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What if your next charter yacht was your own?
You’ve chartered, or you own a boat that sits idle most of the year. Either way you’ve probably wondered whether a yacht in a charter program would make more sense: sail it when you want, let it earn when you don’t, and let someone else handle the maintenance.
Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn’t. The difference is in the details, and most of them never make it into the brochure.
Free webinar: Thursday, December 3rd, 2026 at 7:00pm EST. One hour. No sales pitch.
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Who’s speaking
Jesper Ronngard founded Navigare Yachting and led it for 24 years, building a fleet of 300 charter yachts on three continents before selling the company in 2024.
Phillip Winter is a lifelong sailor who has run yacht dealerships for decades and drove Navigare’s yacht sales success in the US, placing hundreds of catamarans with American owners.
Between them they have seen charter ownership from every side of the table: the base, the dealer and the owner.
What they’ll cover
In one hour they will cover, plainly, the pros and cons of:
- Destinations: Bahamas, BVI, Caribbean, Med, and why the base matters more than the boat
- Tax: when a charter yacht is a business, what first-year depreciation can mean, and where owners get it wrong
- Financing: what lenders will and won’t do for a boat in charter
- Insurance: what a charter policy covers, what it doesn’t, and what the owner carries
- Maintenance and management: who does what, what it costs, and what to put in the contract
- Revenue programs: guaranteed income versus variable share, whether you buy new or place a boat you already own, with real numbers from real seasons
Can’t make it live?
Register anyway, and in the notes on the registration form, let them know you would like the recording. They will send it to you after the webinar.
About the hosts
AbacoSail is the catamaran charter base in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, one hour from Florida.
Inspired Yachting is a dealer for Lagoon, Fountaine Pajot and Island Spirit.