Booking Moorings in Advance

I am in the early stages of developing a fractional yacht program. I am proposing to sell 1/6th shares in a 40m motor yacht. The members of the syndicate will all have sole use of the ship for 6 weeks a year in 2 week slots.

For this to work I intend to have a fixed cruise schedule which will be determined 1-2 years in advance.

1. Would the yachts need a home moorings or could we just pre book moorings to a fixed itinerary….how does this work, does a Captain take care of Scheduling Moorings a ports of Call.
2. Are Captains normally appointed directly or through agents. Salaried or Contract? What about the rest of the crew. My vision is for each yacht to have a dedicated crew handpicked for levels of service etc.
3. For a 40m Yacht how many crew would be normal on a luxury vessel?

Thanks in advance

Jon
Vacationboat

Thanks for your replies

You guessed I am not at all experienced in nautical matters. I am actualy an architect and project manager.

At this stage I am just exploring the concept of fractional yacht programmes as a viable business model.

Alot of people have extremely strong views about the concept of fractional yachting however I am determined to get to the bottom of this. It makes so much sense to share such a large asset as a yacht.

Of the few fractional programes that exist I am most interested in that offered by yachtplus.com however I think that there is probably a market for a custom yacht/cat in the 25m range that would be affordable to a much larger number of people.

Once I have designed a plan that could work I intend to appoint a designer and captain to assist me in developing a viable product.

So excuse the basic nature of my questions, maybee someone could recommend me a book on basic nautical yachting matters!

Thanks
Jon
Vacationboat

Type of Yacht

Custom Cutting Edge Design, And I am looking for an excellent designer. Many of the yachts I have seen have pretty dated looking interiors I am looking for something much more modern. Externaly I would like to push the boundaries and create a real icon.

My current thinking is 3 models 25, 35 and 45m The smallest possibly a cat.

Vacationboat

Wally

I love it but expect many would not. looks a bit like a warship vey much a macho toy thing! Like the Idea of several decks and lots of space over and above speed.

Jon