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Owning a yacht in a Yacht Ownership Program can provide you a window of opportunity. For past Sunsail owner and current Moorings owner, Paul Harris, and like many other Moorings owners, more time on the water at more destinations is essential to getting the most out of a Yacht Ownership Program. Continue reading to get some great advice from an owner who knows a thing or two about owning a yacht through an ownership program.

Where to start?

Whether you raced Lasers as a child or the first yacht you sailed was a 47ft monohull after your retirement, everyone’s love for sailing has to start somewhere.  For owner Paul Harris, he has always enjoyed dinghy sailing, but getting into the cruising culture was something that he discovered on Anegada, BVI in 2010. As he explains, “We were chatting with a group of 15 or 20 people and we had discovered that four or five of them were Sunsail owners. They explained a little about the program and when we arrived home we looked into it, and within a few months we were Sunsail owners. We were Sunsail owners until 2015 when we traded our Sunsail 36i in for a Moorings 42.3.” 

Moorings 42.3  -- Papa Bear

There is no party like a Moorings Owner’s party, and, true to form, this standard was upheld at the Moorings Owner’s Flotilla that took place last month out of the Moorings Base in Road Town, Tortola. The event was one for the books, and we will reminisce the occasion for years to come. It was a week filled to the brim with sailing, making new friendships and enjoying good times.  

Welcome to our newest owners from Germany. Pictured here with sales agent Jennifer and his wife Gerti and Son Kevin, Helmut is the new owner of a Moorings 4400 catamaran in Agana, Croatia. Helmut and his family will enjoy the charter vacations throughout the program, but first they're doing some training on their new boat. Once complete, they'll receive their RYA day skipper certifications. Many of our owners use their owner points, particularly at the beginning of the program, to train with the RYA or US Sailing. Joining the program is a wonderful way to commit yourself to advancing your sailing skills.

We wish the best to Helmut and family, and thank him for this kind letter:

"Dear Jennifer,

We are extremely pleased with your commitment. Oh, extremely pleased is not the right word, more like: 'we are in the highest degree and most satisfied with your engagement!' Just great and my compliments to you how you look after us and advise us...We look forward to our future time in the new TUI Marine family.

Best wishes, Helmut and crew"