| rsquo;ve ever owned your own sailboat, you know | | | | you’re not always guaranteed access to your |
| how convenient it can be to have access to your boat | | | | boat when you want it. On the upside, you will be |
| whenever you want it. There’s a flexibility that | | | | guaranteed to always sail on the same boat. |
| you don’t always have if you’re | | | | On the other hand, a fractional ownership requires |
| chartering or in a sailing club. | | | | practically no maintenance from you. Once |
| On the other hand, you also know that owning your | | | | you’ve bought the boat and registered it with a |
| own boat is a major financial commitment. Some | | | | fractional ownership program, you pay to have other |
| people try to defray the expense by entering into a | | | | people care for your boat. |
| shared ownership. | | | | When you enter a fractional ownership, you are the |
| When you first heard of Fractional Sailing, you probably | | | | primary owner. The other members pay you to use |
| thought it was the same as shared ownership. But the | | | | your boat. But the maintenance is completely covered |
| differences are drastic. | | | | by the company that you register with. |
| Shared ownership requires you to be responsible for | | | | The program you register with will also ensure that |
| maintenance. The cost is divided among multiple | | | | everyone who pays for a membership in your boat is |
| owners, but nobody is paying you to use your boat. It | | | | professionally trained and certified, so you can rest |
| takes the pressure off to be constantly on your boat, | | | | assured that your boat is always in capable hands. |
| but it’s not ideal. | | | | This is in addition to knowing your boat is being taken |
| You have to put the work into keeping your boat | | | | care of. |
| ship-shape in a shared ownership. Even then, | | | | |