We humans like to celebrate occasions by decorating vessels and now commonly use strings of lights instead of strings of signal flags. On one July 4th, our crew surprised us…
By Lucy Chabot Reed A yacht is an organic thing. Sure, it’s made of metal and fiberglass, pipes and hoses, but it also has a heart. That heart – the…
There are myriad reasons why owners choose to endure the significant cost of big-boat ownership. Some use their boats as a business tool, many as a way to keep families…
The goal of most of the exhibitors at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is to sell boats. From the anecdotal stories I heard during the show, this year’s was…
As readers may recall, I am a big believer that captains and crew should attend all of the major boat shows. I believe we learn things and meet people we…
By Peter Herm In previous months, I have written about our crew inherited with the current boat in Europe. We got lucky. Over the past 15 months, we have experienced…
As in any business, captains and crew are not in complete control of the outcomes of almost anything they do. They cannot control the weather, mechanical malfunctions, vendors, contractors or…
Just as in all relationships, trust between owners and crew takes time and effort to develop. But once a mutually trusting relationship has been created, its value in boating is…
I met an experienced boat owner at the Palm Beach Show. As boat owners tend to do, we quickly got to the topic of crew. While we agreed on many…
Part of my goal in writing these musings on crew/owner relations is to provide tools to both so they might enhance their mutual relationships and communications. Successful big boating is…