How to Become a SailTime Sailboat Owner

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Fractional Sailing is the Affordable Way to Get What You Really Want

Overview of the SailTime Owner program

In this video see an overview of the SailTime owner program and how our members perceive the benefits.

If you're like most sailors, the question you undoubtedly ask is, "how can I responsibly afford my own dream sailboat and use it often enough to justify all the hassle and expense." Finally, SailTime has the practical solution that puts sailboat ownership within your reach.

Our local Base Owners will:

provide assistance with finding the right source for your boat loan.
provide a monthly payment to you that can be applied towards your expenses.
put responsible SailTime Members on her that you'll get to meet. They will be experienced and fully qualified.
insure It is always competent Members who sail your boat. It isn't treated like a charter. Members take pride in ownership as well. In fact, the oldest sailboats that have been in our program for five years still look and sail like new.
pay the slip fees, the maintenance, and insurance on your boat.
detail your sailboat monthly and keep all the systems operating like new. When you step on board, it's ready and waiting to go.
Your marina will be close to home so you can sail on the weekends, during the week, overnight, for the day or just for a few hours, whenever you like.
With an upgrade to SailTime PLUS you have usage rights at other SailTime locations.
No other sail boat ownership plan lets you sail and own your boat like this!

Please contact your local base for more information.

SailTime makes owning a sailboat Easy

SailTime helps you through the process of purchasing and outfitting a brand new sailboat. We work with you in reviewing the specs of your boat amongst the world class outfitting packages that come with every SailTime boat, no detail is overlooked. You then place your new yacht in SailTime'slocal base's professional management program and enjoy worry-free sailing in your local waterways. SailTime's base takes care of insurance, docking, storage, maintenance and operating expenses for up to five years.

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SailTime's local base will place only well trained, responsible sailors to share time on your yacht in our Fractional Sailing program.

In the SailTime program, a well trained SailTime member will be the only one on your yacht, and your yacht's condition will be maintained in tip-top shape due to this reality as well as our first class maintenance programs. Our proprietary tools, like the Ettendant and Scheduler have been developed specifically to provide easy, accountable and equitable sharing for you and the other Members sharing your boat.

With SailTime, ownership of a new sailboat in your local waters is a reality. SailTime's local base will take care of all the monthly expenses including marina fees, insurance, maintenance and service. Additionally, you'll still get to sail or cruise virtually as often as you want, when you want, using the flexibility of our on-line Scheduler.

At the end of the term of the agreement you may decide to keep, sell, or trade-in your yacht for a new one and continue in the program.

SailTime makes owning a sailboat Affordable

Purchasing a boat for use in the SailTime Fractional Sailing Owner program is an intelligent and practical choice for many potential boat owners. There are many advantages to this type of sailboat ownership allowing benefits from both a practical use and an economical standpoint.

Because SailTime's local base takes care of all of the day-to-day operational realities of sailboat ownership you have nothing to worry about except when and whom to take sailing! Once you have made the down payment for the boat you need not worry about much else.

SailTime has established relationships with insurers and lenders that will finance and insure boats placed in service with SailTime locations throughout our entire base network. Working together, we can assist you in establishing a lending program designed to suit your needs.

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SailTime makes owning a sailboat a Smart decision

You will have all the operational issues associated with yacht ownership professionally handled by SailTime's local base:

Our local base provides a monthly payment to you
Your yacht is detailed on a schedule
Our local base takes responsibility for scheduled maintenance and emergency issues
Consumables, fuel, water tanks and pump outs are taken care of on a scheduled basis
Boat inventory items are managed through the use of Ettendant and the base owner
Our local base locates an available slip at a marina with top-level amenities
Our local base provides World class A+ insurance coverage designed specifically for SailTime
Our local base will decommission, store and commission your yacht each season (where applicable)
Our proprietary software handles all aspects of scheduling and maintenance and member management

You enjoy sailing on your NEW, brand new, luxury yacht

SailTime has implemented a complete system that ensures your maximum usage and peace of mind while guaranteeing you a payment.

The SailTime Owner-Member program replaces the "Cost of Ownership" problem with the "Intelligence of Ownership" solution.

The chart below shows how The SailTime Owner-Member program is a financial breeze.

Our SailTime Base Manager will work with you to put your boat into their local Owner-Member Program. Take advantage of our professional management systems and own a luxury new sail boat or power boat without any expenses for up to five years (3 year initial term plus two mutual option periods).

If you're wondering where is the downside, we can't think of any. Imagine sailing on the yacht of your dreams with minimal monthly expenses. SailTime and its local base makes it possible.