Four year charter membership
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Four Year Circumnavigation
Truly a Unique Opportunity
Welcome aboard.... We are glad you are considering joining us over the next four years as we set sail around the world aboard Out-N-Aboat. Out-N-Aboat provides members a unique opportunity to increase their cruising enjoyment while lowering their investment. We are offering hassle free enjoyment onboard our world class luxury catamaran. We take the ownership and management headaches away, no maintenance worries or surprise bills. Membership is a one-time fee and then you simply sit back and plan your dream vacation year after year. Four years sailing around the globe exploring exotic destinations, something people only dream about and only a few actually do. Never during our circumnavigation will you see the same destination twice. As we sail Out-N-Aboat, members simply track our itinerary and choose when and where they want to join the adventure. When you are welcomed aboard Out-N-Aboat you do so knowing the owner operators are like extended family, you are simply returning home to friends who know how to treat you well. This philosophy is supported by our 10 limited and exclusive memberships and not the typical 52 timeshare weeks, which is shared by well over 52 clients.
Membership
Out-N-Aboat first started out as, one families' dream, to sail around the world over several years. We are very fortunate we have a very large family in which to pool resources in order to acquire a Lagoon 440, what 'Cruising World' called "the worlds' best catamaran of 2005". We thought to offer other 'like minded' cruisers and dreamers an opportunity of a life time. Not everyone has the resources nor the time necessary to manage and outfit such a world cruiser. To that end, Out-N-Aboat is offering 10 exclusive memberships over the next 4 years while circumnavigating the globe on our professionally crewed luxury catamaran. Choose from several all-inclusive membership options: Out-N-Aboat Regional Membership represents one week each year for four years at a onetime fee of $25,000, or Out-N-Aboat Global Membership represents two weeks each of four years for a onetime fee of $50,000. These fees represent well over 50% savings from regular charter rates and much more in savings from other timeshare or fractional ownership programs. The membership calculations, based on a per person per night accommodations, is estimated at less than $50 a night as opposed to $350 per person per night when chartering a similar luxury catamaran. Ad to this the bonus charter weeks for members sharing a queen cabin, and the nightly rate is reduced even more. Please refer to "gone out-n-about dutch" for further details on the exceptional benefits of membership.
Your guaranteed weeks include all-inclusive accommodations for members plus 4-6 friends or family sharing 3 queen size cabins with full heads (with showers) and air conditioning. There are special accommodations in the two front bow cabins with a private head for teenagers. You will have complete use of Out-N-Aboat and her professional Captain. Lagoon 440 catamaran comes with 4 queen sized cabins with AC, 5 private bathrooms & showers, and over 1100 sq' of deck space aboard. There are many activities to choose from, extra fees are required for scuba diving, parasailing and special packages like shore excursions. To get a complete picture of Out-N-Aboat, and what she offers, please take a tour of our website here.
This limited number of memberships will ensure maximum use and benefits to our members. With the typical timeshare or fractional ownership your itinerary options are limited merely by the numbers of members participating. With 10 Out-N-Aboat members you are guaranteed your charter weeks plus 66 extra cabin charter weeks to choose when and where members would like to join us. (based on availability), these extra 66 cabin charter weeks is something we like to call 'gone out-n-about dutch'... It is where members and owner operator share all the costs of cruising while onboard. When calculating available cabin weeks, we simply divide 52 calendar weeks minus the maintenance & yard times for a total of approximately 42 available weeks. Ten membership weeks with a maximum two weeks each year equals a total of twenty guaranteed membership charter weeks. 42 minus 20 = 22 available weeks for members to go dutch out-n-about. Multiply these 22 available weeks by the 3 queen cabins and you have potentially 66 available cabin charter weeks. Multiply these 66 cabin weeks each year by four years and WOW... one gets 264 opportunities for members to track Out-n-Aboats cruising itinerary, confirm the availability with Captain Connor and drop what you're doing and come join us... Simply review our Google map sailing itinerary, make suggestions where and what you want to see & do. We will do the rest, and prepare every detail for when you board Out-N-Aboat. Remember, we want to treat this like a small family or community of sailing enthusiasts sharing a four year adventure together.
Members are provided an exclusive website login centre where they can review our itinerary and availability calendar, track our routes and present location, make reservation review itineraries + special events, update news blog. Maybe a member would like to download some pictures + video from their previous trip. Make suggestions and design your next vacation. If you see a destination or culture you want to explore in-depth, let us know and we will plan your itinerary. After all it’s your yacht too...
Fractional/Ownership vs Managed Membership
A case study in value for your cruising dollar
If you could find an opportunity to take the best from your sailing experience and leave the worse in costs to keep her afloat both literally and financially, you would find yourself onboard Out-N-Aboat. Owning a yacht comes with many responsibilities and expenses versus actual time onboard enjoying your cruise. Most owners rarely spend more than a couple of quality weeks aboard their yacht each year after spending thousands in maintenance, insurance, managing cruising permits, moorage, and crews etc.
So what are the other options? If you were to purchase a charter timeshare or fractional ownership program, you would divide your ownership into typically 52 shares & weeks. (Fewer owner/shareholders the more the down payment, so it’s all relative). Other companies offer owners a charter/profit sharing program ‘guaranteed charter income program’ where the owner is given a profit share agreement, usually a 60/40 split. After all the same maintenance and management fees etc., they add marketing and brokerage fees for the charter management, usually running the owner an additional 25%.
Your share of one cruising week would start with a large down payment, monthly management and maintenance and moorage fees, insurance, special provisions for future damages. At the end of your 4-5 yr term the vessel is sold and the proceeds are divided amongst the 52 share holders. If one researches the average depreciation for a charter vessel after 5 yrs of timeshare or fractional use, the vessel depreciation is anywhere from 50-60%. This goes against everything we hear from the industry during their “phase-out program”. If placing a Lagoon 440 luxury catamaran in any of the programs previously mentioned, an owner/investor would soon see the poor investment return versus actual enjoyment aboard a world class cruising yacht. After a few simple calculations it’s not difficult to see the value for quality cruising enjoyment is devalued substantially for many reasons, some outlined above.
The world is your cruising ground
The world is yours to choose from. Choose from a world of exotic destinations, when and where you want to cruise aboard Out and aboat. You are never restricted to local or regional sailing destinations. When you're gone Out-N-Aboat you are guaranteed a new experience and journey every day of your cruising vacation. As your professional and personal owner/operators we guarantee the condition and safety of Out-N-Aboat and make every preparation for your arrival. Whatever special need or wish, we will make it happen. When we welcome you aboard, all you have to do is relax and enjoy knowing we have taken care of everything. You should treat Out-N-Aboat as yours while you are aboard and when you return home, continue to follow Out-N-Aboat’s journey and experiences via our daily website blog updates until your next visit.
Brief Itinerary Overview:
Year 1(2010): The Caribbean, (Atlantic Rally Crossing (ARC), Western Mediterranean and return to the Caribbean on the ARC later that year.
Year 2(2011): Panama Canal & gate to the South Pacific, Galapagos Island, French Polynesian Islands, Tahiti, Fiji,
Year 3(2012): Australia. Great Barrier Reef and South East Asia, Singapore, Thailand, Bora Bora
Year 4(2013): South Africa, Indian Ocean, Suez Canal, Nile, Eastern Mediterranean, ARC to the Caribbean and so ends four years of circumnavigating.
Future: Hoist the sails into the wind and go where she blows....
This four year itinerary is a general route planned with the concept of following the trade winds, weather and known sailing routes. Much of the specific destinations visited along this route are open to the desires and wishes of our membership group. Four years is plenty of time to visit many locations often missed by shorter circumnavigation routes. There will be additional bonus time available for members as described in 'gone out-n-about dutch'. Simply review the availability calendar, confirm all your travel details and hop on a plane and join us. All ARC & other crossings will be open to members to join
Out-N-Aboat: two adults sharing one queen cabin per membership. During these bonus weeks everyone goes 'dutch' with provisions and related costs. Out-N-Aboat is fully insured and Canadian registered. Safety is paramount with a professional Captain (owner operator). We are fluent in seven languages and welcome a real international membership group on Out-N-Aboat. So as we say in English join us as we cruise out and about.
Just a few examples of excursions aboard Out-N-Aboat; just pick your year and adventure or create your own...
SEA ADVENTURES LAND ADVENTURES
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Tahiti, Bora Bora
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Egypt, The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The Great Blue Hole, Belize Barrier Reef
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Italy, The Coliseum in Rome, Leaning Tower of Pisa
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2010 The Americas Cup, Valencia Spain
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2012 London Summer Olympics
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The Maldives and Seychelles
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Italy, Venice
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Galapagos Islands
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African Safari - Victoria Falls, Serengeti Migration, Kilimanjaro
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Panamanian Islands, Islas de las Perlas and San Blas
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Formula 1 Grand Prix - Monaco Marina onboard Out-N-Aboat
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ARC Crossings - Canaries to St.Lucia/Antiqua to Azores
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Egypt, Red Sea Diving and Historic Sites
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Traditional sail down the Nile
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Lankawi, Bali, Indonesia
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Membership Response To-date
We would like to thank you for the overwhelming response to Out-N-Aboat and our search for an exclusive few to share in our four year adventure.
Out-N-Aboat originally started as a dream for our immediate family members, now we are offering to share our sailing dreams and our family membership to you. As we make plans and organize itineraries we hope to finalize the remaining members planning to join us.
Come join our exclusive family of cruisers over the next four years as we set sail around the world aboard Out-N-Aboat...
For more information
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Captain Connor
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