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As summer rolls in to New England, so do multitudes of charter yachts from the Caribbean and the Mediterranean.  At Northrop and Johnson of Massachusetts, we are pleased to offer clients a variety of yachts in Newport available for charters.

M/Y SOVEREIGN is a 120′ Broward tri-deck motor yacht with six sumptuous staterooms and a massive sky lounge. The perfect family getaway and corporate entertaining yacht, SOVEREIGN, will delight you with its new pair of jet skis and water sports equipment.  SOVEREIGN is also for sale and available for viewing all summer in Newport, Rhode Island. She has an exceptionally busy charter year in New England this summer and already has bookings in the Caribbean for the 2008/2009 season.

At Northrop and Johnson, we have yacht brokers who can assist with finding the right charter yacht. For more information please call 978.921.6600 or visit our website at www.njyachting.com.

Yacht Ownership opens a whole new world to the Owner and his family. Here are some tips on making the experience enjoyable from the beginning:

 1. Find a Yacht Broker you are comfortable with. A good Broker listens to you and provides all the necessary  information for you to make an educated and informed decision. Your broker should also have access to every  aspect of the industry from what yachts are available, crew hiring, ship yards, surveyors, customs etc. The  broker should be with you throughout your entire yachting career as an advisor.

 2. Hire a Captain you are comfortable with. The Captain is the manager of your yacht. The captain should be  proficient in budgets, project management, crew management and have the ability to make your experience  completely enjoyable.

 3. Upon closing on your yacht and taking possession we advise not make wholesale changes from day one to the  yachts interior or design. Enjoy the yacht for six months to a year before making major changes. Often it is  the case where a new owner finds that changes are not always necessary as was first envisioned.

 4. Budgets are always necessary. When the yacht goes into the shipyard the appropriate experts should be  consulted to prepare a budget and discuss your expectations with the shipyard prior to any work beginning.

On occasion a Buyer cannot locate the perfect yacht for his tastes or desires. This Owner has the option to build the perfect yacht. Over the years, yacht brokers of Northrop and Johnson, have found that many Owners who choose to build enjoy that process and experience so much that they will take on a second and third project immediately after taking delivery.
 
The joys of yacht ownership are about the experience, the service and the worldwide adventures that come with ownership. Vist www.njyachting.com or call 978.921.6600 for more info on the lifestyle you deserve.

On Father’s Day, June 15th, Northrop and Johnson of the Massachusetts had the privilege of becoming one of the sponsors for the Larz Anderson Auto Museum’s German Car Day. This summer lawn event took place at the museum’s Brookline, Massachusetts location. Our broker, Richard Hamel, organized and manned our booth.

Despite the early rains a great day was had by all. Collectors from all over New England brought autos built by such well known marques as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen.

A few of the highlights included a 1960 Mercedes-Benz SL, valued at more than $500,000 and a classic Porsche Speedster worth more than $250,000. However, the car that attracted the most attention was the brand new Smart Car Pure which is built by Mercedes-Benz.

Many people stopped by the Northrop and Johnson booth to talk about their boats and the yachting lifestyle. I was pleased to find that a lot of car collectors are also yachtsmen.  A
Retired Yacht Captain who is seeking to sell his classic 1977 47’ Concord came by and spun tales of the old days of yachting.

Attendees showed up asking questions about all sorts of boats. Everything from J24 sailboats to 40’ Tiaras and 65’ Sunseekers. Several people expressed interest in chartering yachts in the Caribbean and Mediterranean.

The event was such a success for Northrop and Johnson that we intend to participate in the Tutto Italiana coming up on August 3rd.

When the garage is full of Bentleys and Benzs and the private jet is safely tucked away in the hangar, what’s the next reward? How about a superyacht?

At Northrop and Johnson of Massachusetts, we can assist you in making your dream a reality. We have the experience and resources to find the perfect yacht for you. Whether you decide to buy used or decide to build the perfect yacht, brokers of the Northrop and Johnson office can do all the research for you and help you to make your dreams come true.

There are several places in the world to shop for your yacht. After careful research, our brokers will make several recommendations of which yacht may best suit your needs. After presenting different options you may decide to visit some of the vessels.  From Hong Kong to the Mediterranean to the Caribbean or the U.S. our brokers will be with you every step of the way to find that special yacht.

You may want to consider attending one of the many yacht shows.  Monaco Yacht Show is coming up in September. It is the only international yacht show devoted exclusively to luxury yachts and is the biggest in water megayacht and superyacht show in Europe. Visit www.njyachting.com or call 978.921.6600 and ask for passes to the show. You can also go to www.monacoyachtshow.com for additional information.

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Clients of Steve Doyle, a yacht broker of the Northrop and Johnson Office of Massachusetts, decided to purchase a sailboat in the year 2000 as their new home to take them on an adventure of a lifetime.  In 2001 the client, a family of five, set sail from Miami and ventured east. The children all had tasks to perform. Julia, then age 11, kept the boat neat.  Max, then age seven, bagged the garbage and helped dad chart the course. Stephanie, then age 14, steered the boat each night.

After setting sail along the eastern seaboard of the United States, the family started the cross over the Atlantic Ocean on September 21 from Rhode Island. It took the family a mere 9 days, dodging 3 hurricanes, before reaching the Azores, a group of islands about 800 miles from Europe.

The family stayed in the Azores for three weeks before setting sail again.  Five days later they reached Spain.  The family spent the winter in Spain.  They learn, through home schooling, of the various cultures of the many countries they anticipated to visit in their travels.

Their continued journeys though Europe and Asia lead them to places such as Greece, Italy, through the Black Sea and into Turkey.  With conflicts in the Middle East about to break, the family decided to return to the United States to reconsider their circumnavigations from Miami to go westward bound.

Upon their return home, a refit of their sailboat was completed before their journey west.  Crossing through the Panama Canal, with ventures to Hawaii, The French Polynesian Islands, Fiji, the family went ashore in Australia for the oldest daughter to complete her final year of schooling to graduate and move on to college.

The family is currently somewhere in the Thailand area. What was originally a five year sailing venture is now approaching the eighth year.

The sailboat is an 80’ Shuttlesworth catamaran, sold to the family back in 2000 by Steve Doyle of the Northrop and Johnson Office of Massachusetts.  The vessel, renamed Dulcinea, has tremendous sailing capabilities with exceptional speed.

For more information about this or other sailboats, you may contact Northrop and Johnson Massachusetts office by simply clicking onto info@njyachting.com or call 978.921.6600.

Over the years, yacht brokers of the Northrop and Johnson office of Boston, have travelled and sold yachts to clients worldwide. Yachting is a lifestyle. The asset, a yacht, is a small part of that lifestyle.

Yachting is filled with adventure, relaxation and bonding with family and friends. If you would enjoy scuba diving in Tahiti, surfing in Australia, fishing in Cabo, sightseeing at Glacier National park in Alaska or relaxing on a sandy beach anywhere in the world than you will enjoy yachting. If you enjoy exotic culinary feasts, six star service and total control of your environment than you will enjoy yachting.

Yachting has also been the venue for many successful business relationships and meetings. Our brokers have been a part of organizing business events on yachts that have seen a 15% increase in productivity by a restaurant chain, an increase in business closings of 40% for a service company involved with jets worldwide and the raising of millions of dollars for charity.

Some yacht owners have had bad experiences with yachting, due largely in part, on the relationship with crew.  On occasion the Captain has found it appropriate to treat the yacht as his own and the owner as a guest. Yacht brokers of the Northrop and Johnson office of Massachusetts offer complete yachting concierge service.  We provide complete  information about a yacht or yachts so the client is able to make the best decision possible for their purchase.   We not only assist our clients in locating the perfect yacht to suit their needs, we also assist our clients in finding crew who would be best suitable for the job. We refer the client to legal services, insurance and documentation services available to assure a smooth and efficient transaction. Once our client becomes a yacht owner we continue dialogue with the client and Captain to ensure yacht ownership meets our client’s expectations.
 
Our company has been in business since 1956. Brokers and staff of the Northrop and Johnson Boston office have had experiences worldwide with every aspect of yachting.  This includes working closely with shipyards on a new construction, yacht transport, yacht management, to yacht charters and provisioning.  Our 52 years of knowledge and experience are used to assist our clients in making every aspect of their yachting experience an enjoyable lifestyle.

For more information on purchasing a yacht or yacht concierge service, please contact info@njyachting.com.

In my haste to prepare the sailboat well in advance of the first sailboat race, I allowed the spinnaker halyard (part of sailboat rigging) to run to the top of the mast. I devised a plan to retrieve the halyard, taking advantage of the fact that my boat was fitted with an external main halyard.

Calculating that a large plastic garbage bin full of water would be heavier than me, I quickly gained position of a bin from the club premises and by means of a system of lines secured the bin to the main halyard. By lowering the bin over the side of the boat I filled it with water while I set up a system to secure the tail of the halyard to one of the winches. To be sure that the bin would be heavier than me I added a few builders’ bricks.

I winched the bin to the mast head and tied a loop for my foot at the end of the halyard. I was now all ready to be taken to the top of the mast by the weight of the bin.

When I released the halyard my assent to the top of the mast commenced more quickly than I had anticipated. As I rose I was not able to avoid the ascending bin and received a severe blow to my right shoulder with minor abrasions to my neck and upper arm. The impact of the ascending bin pushed my under the spreaders brusing my left shoulder and the left side of my neck.

When I arrived at the top I could not slow down and my fingers were drawn in the mast head shaves causing multiple contusions and lacerations. At the same time the bin hit the deck with a bang and split open. As the water gushed out I became heavier than the bin and I began to descend with ever increasing speed. As I went past the spreaders I received a glancing blow to my left buttock which threw me into the path of the now ascending bin which bruised my right buttock and took the skin off my right leg.

My decent was hurriedly terminated when I arrived at the boom, but, unfortunately I had one leg on either side of it. The shock caused me to duck forward suddenly, striking my head on the mast which caused me loose my grip in the halyard. Down came the bin which tipped over when it landed on the spreaders, tipping the bricks some of which landed on my head. I must have lost consciousness because my crew found me latter all of heap on the deck inside the garbage bin.

Steve Doyle, yacht broker of Northrop and Johnson Boston office, has sold numerous yachts to a high profile Detroit businessman over the years.

“When I first got into yachting, I thought the yacht was 90 percent the experience and the crew maybe 10 percent.  It was when I purchased my first yacht that I realized the percentages were the other way around.  A boat is a boat; it’s the crew who makes the experience a pleasure”, says the Michigan businessman.  “The yacht is a part of their lives – it’s their home and they treat it with enormous respect and affection.  That feeling transmits itself to us and to our charter guests.”

“Part of the beauty of owning a yacht is that it’s also a learning experience for our children.  My son is mechanically inclined and I wanted to encourage that.  The captain and crew made a commitment at the onset that they would teach him whatever he wanted to know about all aspects of the operation and now my son helps plot charts and has learned what the engine room systems do and how they work.”

“Another reason yacht ownership is such a luxury, it seems to me, is that no five-star hotel or resort is remotely comparable in terms of quality of service and amenities.  You can stay in the best hotel in the world and maybe there’s a concierge 20 floors below you, but on the boat the concierge and his staff are just a few feet away.  Anyone leading a high profile business life will find that when looking for the ideal “escape and relaxation” environment for their families and themselves, nothing comes close to the yachting experience.”

The Detroit businessman currently owns M/Y Sovereign, a six stateroom, 120’ Broward that charters approximately 18 weeks of the year.  For more information on how to charter this yacht or if you are interested in yachts for sale, contact info@njyachting.com or call 978.921.6600.

New yacht construction projects continue worldwide.  Dutch and German yards are at their maximum and have been for several years.  Yards in mainland China are starting to market products equal to and in some cases exceeding that of Dutch builds.

Steve Doyle, yacht broker of Northrop and Johnson Boston office has a sailboat under construction in Vancouver.  The design is based on simplicity and performance.  Steve’s client wants a blue water sailing yacht that is fast and could undergo repair while at sea or anywhere in the world.  With this particular design by marine architect Ivan Erdevicki, repairs are made to be simple.  This 120’ sailing yacht is being constructed in aluminum.

Steve has yet another client who loves the design and is in the process of having the architect provide drawings for a 130’ sailboat which the client wants constructed in composites.  For more information please call 978.921.6600.

Price upon completion is approximately $12 million USD.

Go to http://www.ivanerdevicki.com/ and click on news and press to see his latest sailboat design.

May 22-25 found Steve Doyle, yacht broker of the Boston Northrop and Johnson office, in Monaco with clients for the Monaco Grand Prix. Steve’s description of the patronage was as follows; “The Super Bowl, Kentucky Derby and Nascar combined do not equal the per capita wealth of the patrons attending the Monaco Grand Prix.” Steve’s clients are building twenty marinas in Abu Dhabi, UAE.  In November of 2009 the Aldar owned Race Track marina will host an F-1 grand prix auto race. Steve has secured the charter rights from Aldar to handle the yachts chartered by sponsors, team owners and guests.  For more information to charter a yacht for the Formula One race in Abu Dhabi, please contact steve@njyachting.com.