As Croatia opens it borders, the charter industry is already seeing guest returning. Reliance Yacht Management is helping to meet the demand with new catamarans arriving today in Split and more on the way. Here we can see 3 new catamaran heading down the Portuguese coast this morning bound for the Dalmatian coast. The convoy includes a Lagoon 450, a Lagoon 40 and a Bali 4.3. Our clients will be tracking these boats and taking charter bookings.
We are proud to announce that today we are collecting the beautiful Sunreef 50 Adana from the yard in Gdansk, Poland by one of our specialist catamaran captains, Hanna Golebiewska. This is the latest in several Sunreefs we have been contracted to deliver. Adana will be delivered to Athens where Hanna will brief the charter captain on systems and operations. More details.
We report with great pleasure that we have managed to deliver a new Lagoon 40 for our client to Split. Despite all prohibitions and limitations all over Europe and the Mediterranean, on 22 March 2020 the new catamaran has sailed into the harbour of Split.
Thanks to Captain Lionel Lebrenn for this video taken on his arrival in Greece. Lionel delivered a new Lagoon 42 from France under difficult circumstances. Thanks also the local authorities for granting permission for commercial deliveries to enter Greece. The process was relatively straightforward and clearly contrary to incorrect reports in the press.
The next Lagoon 50 under contract with Reliance Yacht Management was delivered to Athens this week. With little preparation required she will go into charter and start generating an income for her owner ASAP. She was collected from Bordeaux, France where she was launched, commissioned and prepared for delivery. Leading delivery Captain Lionel Lebrenn and the crew departed France on the boat’s maiden voyage. The yacht arrived in immaculate condition.
5 more Lagoon catamarans for the same charter fleet will be delivered by Reliance yacht Management over the next few weeks.
A BIG thanks to Captain Lionel Lebrenn and his crew for another successful delivery. Flo, a Nautitech 46 catamaran was collected from La Rochelle and delivered to her new home in the Grenadines where she will be available for charter. The care taken at every stage meant that Flo arrived in perfect condition and ready to start work.
Thanks also to Gregor at Aeroyachtfor appointing Reliance Yacht Management to complete the delivery.
The Yacht was commissioned in La Rochelle, France and the crew joined soon after. A series of quality control and procedures and boat preparation was completed before they were ready to depart. Weather can offer particular challenges in Biscay in winter and finding the right weather window for departure is essential to make a safe start to the delivery. Searout provide weather routing support for the Atlantic crossing
As a new yacht, the engines are required to have their initial service carried out by an authorised dealer. This was carried out by Yacht Works in Cascais, near Lisbon. The technicians had access to the vessel’s positions reports and ready to start as soon as the boat arrived to minimise delays and costs.
The Client was able to monitor the progress of all their yachts on delivery through their on line Yacht Delivery Management Dashboard. This secure management system gives access to the latest position status, captain reports, photos and videos.
An expanding charter company in the British Virgin Islands uses Reliance Yacht Management for the first time for the delivery of a new Lagoon 450 catamaran from France. The Operations Manager was there to meet them and sent us her comments;
Hi Nick
Just to let you know she is on docks safe and sound and she is beautiful, the crew have delivered her immaculately clean and tidy which is a wonderful thing. Usually they turn up very dirty! So thank you to your team looks like a great delivery thank you.
Special needs and considerations needed for the delivery of a charter catamaran
Reliance Yacht Management has over the years delivered new and brokerage catamarans into nearly all the major charter fleet companies in the Caribbean and Mediterranean plus others worldwide. We have a particularly unique view of what the charter companies are looking for in their delivery service. (more…)
