Now is the time…
Some exciting news today, presenting my loyal friends, clients and readers with a true value play. The Florida owner of this pristine 2018 Long Island Yachts 25 Runabout… … has just dropped her price by $10,000. With a replacement value of $336,000 (and a projected new build time of eleven months) this [now] $225,000 brokerage […]
Thrills and Chills, Shows and Tells….
Right off, a cheerful welcome to all my long-time friends, fans and clients. But an especially joyous greeting today to all my brand new fans. I am excited and humbled to report that my last blog post, The What and the Why, has been read by an amazing 200,000 people so far. You can re-read […]
The what and the why [Part I]
My Clients I learn from my clients every single day. The range and diversity of their business and yachting experiences; the knowledge and insights they generously share with me – it all contributes greatly towards why I love my job so much. That, and getting to be on the water 200 days a year….. […]
Pay to play?
My two lawyer-children tell me that there is an exception to the hearsay rule of evidence called an “Admission against interest.” If you are saying something that hurts your case, the law assumes you are telling the truth. Makes sense to me. Well, here is my admission against interest: I’m just not that good at […]
Great boat, great price, great timing…
I’m sorry for being out of touch, loyal clients and followers. I’ve been on the run – seven days a week- finding myself now about halfway through for what will be a four-month, flat out sprint ending at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show. I’ve never had a better time, as for the last few weeks […]
Up to the line…
Every once in a great while (and certainly not often enough) I come across a yacht that sails right up to that fine line between new and brokerage yacht condition. Getting there takes a skilled and committed team – a great boat, a great owner, and a great shipyard. But the results make my heart […]
Stairway to Heaven
I. Stairway to Heaven… Last week my regular tennis partner returned one of my better top-spin forehands with an uncharacteristically (for him) short ball. Ah, I thought, time to rush the net! Now, in my mind I ran up on it like a cheetah at full throttle. But a friend (sic) recorded my approach on […]
You snooze, you lose!
I. Sold! I have found that long-time readers of The Fog Warning Blog (since 2009!) fall into one of two camps when they receive one of my “snoozeagrams.“ They are either happily curious or crushingly disappointed. My apologies today to the latter group, because …. You snooze, you Lose! I think it is apparent to […]
Words vs. Videos
I. Big News from France, and your Save the Date! I figure I have about eighteen months before I am dislodged from my throne here as publisher of our industry’s best and most-widely read yachting blog. Now that throne is not as high-and-mighty as you might expect, as there are simply not that many quality […]
“Q” is for Quality!
I. “Q is for quality!” As I mentioned last year (in my most widely read blog post ever, “Really now, what is a dayboat?” ) a cool thing about the European yachting scene is that you’ll find an ancient harbor just about every 20 miles along all coastlines. I’m told this was due to the unstoppable ambitions […]
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