Sunseeker Yacht Club magazine - Sunseeker Yachts Brokerage and Charter - June 2011 issue

Issue 6 June 2011

S u ns e e ke r Yac h t C lub

Yacht Brokerage
Motor Yachts
and Sailboats

Luxury Yachts &
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Marketing Solutions for Yacht brokerage and Yacht charter companies are our
primary focus. We developed over the last 24 months an online platform using
the latest technologies in terms of web design, database architecture, cloud host-
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Furtermore, a very powerful social network integration though APIs allows the
brokerage and charter companies using our yachting solutions to gain maximum
exposure on a worldwide basis with a minimum of efforts on their side.

Then, our montlhy magazines generated through an InDesign CS5 workflow
integration allows to generate on a monthly basis magazines for every sites com-
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The Yachting Network platform coupled to our yachting solutions provide an
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We continuously work on improving our platform to provide advanced features
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Social Media and Yachting 16

Yacht Brokerage 20

Social networks 42

Charter - Luxury Yachts Marketing 44

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example. Furthermore, it allows our clients to reach potential buyers who are not
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clients listings. yachting, clients list their yachts only once
on their websites in our yachting solutions
The architecture of our platform now comes and then syndication takes place. It insures
full circle. We are able to provide to all clients that their domain name and web site is the
using our yachting and real estate solutions place where all listings are managed, indexed
an integrated platform able to deliver online first by search engines and where all inbound
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web services. sites.

Furthemore, our complete integration to Over time, this strategy will bring continuous
over 15 social networks through APIs allows lead generation at a fraction of the cost spent
clients using our solutions to post automati- on multiple third party listing sites where list-
cally listings updates on their social media ings are lost in the crowd.
accounts without extra work.

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Social,
By Olivier Baelde
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developing advanced social marketing features
coupled with yachting and real estate solutions

MEDIA & yachting
Establishing an efficient SOCIAL MEDIA marketing strategy
becomes now a reality for yacht brokerage and yacht charter
companies. When establishing the company marketing strat-
egy, several key indicators must be closely watched. As well,
deciding the direction of the data flow between the company
and third party sites can become costly in terms of advertising
budget without bringing long term traffic.

The most costly decision a mar- their sites in order to be able
keting or sales manager will take to charge yacht brokerage and
when implementing a marketing ing carefully the features pro- yacht charter firms. Thus, they
strategy will be to rely entirely vided, as well as the possibility will most of the time prevent this
on third party websites to ac- to create inbound traffic to the traffic to leave their site unless
quire new contacts and promote company’s website or expand it goes to a paid advertisement.
the yacht listings. This decision the reach to social networks, it The data flow of the listings be-
is mostly taken due to the appar- does not appear anymore as a tween the company’s website
ent easy setup and maintenance cost effective solution in a long and the outside world must be
third party listing sites seem to term strategyh. All third party carefully evaluated. The suc-
provide. However, when analyz- listings sites rely on traffic to cess in establishing a long term

approach is to consider, as the sharing sites. Through APIs, you
central point, the company’s can automate the posting of list-
website. ie the single point of You will have the control over ings information and brochure
entry for all listings should be the data provided to the external to a large array of sites which are
your website. Then, syndication sites. Contacts and leads com- not used by third party listings
to third party listings websites ing to your site once will most websites to avoid loosing traffic.
specializing in the yachting and likely come back to your site on Nowadays, you can maximize
to social network will take place. a regular basis. A powerful out- your exposure on social net-
This data flow will allow you to bound strategy for the listings is works relatively easily by select-
generate inbound traffic back to to target all available social net- ing a yachting solution already
your site and not to other sites. work and document or images integrating the APIs to post au-

went further in the integration
of our yachting solutions with a
tomatically. Furthermore, third large array of APIs. Clients using single third party listings web-
party listings websites will not our yachting solutions have their site where they will dictate their
have any incentives to integrate listings posted automatically marketing strategy to you and
your listings with social net- to Flickr, Picasa, Wordpress, make it very difficult for you to
works or other sites in order to Blogger, Olx, Oddle, Vast, Open- reach potentials clients through
keep the traffic on their site. You marine. Then, PDF brochures all available social medias. In a
must put in place a well tought- generated are posted to Issuu, long term strategy, all inbound
out strategy which will syndi- Scribd, Slideshare, Docstoc ex- traffic must go back to your site.
cate listings to generic listings panding the reach and search This way, if you decide to stop
sites. (Olx, Oddle, Vast...), third engines indexing. And a new listing on a particular third par-
party listings sites specializing in service launched this month is ty listings website, most of the
yachting through the openma- through the magazines listing all traffic will still flow to your site
rine.org initiative for example: It the yachts from our clients and through the other channels. On
allows you to generate a stand- generated in 3 versions: print the other hand, if you stricly list
ard xml feed and post it to sev- on demand version, electronic on third party sites, the day you
eral sites through a subscription. version and ipad version. The stop paying them, you “disap-
Then, post the listings to your fa- goal in creating your marketing pear“ from the internet world...
cebook and twitter account. We strategy is not to get linked to a

SUNSEEKER 31 PORTOFINO, 1988, 35.000 €
Fréjus, PR, France
SUNSEEKER 31 PORTOFINO, 1988, Provence Côte d'Azur France, 35.000 € Bateau en très très bon état, très bien entretenu , idéal pour
day Cruise ou week end en mer!!!! affaire a saisir . - Specs: LOA:9 metres Beam:3 metres - VOLVO 271hp - Other
Web id: 3 - Price: 35.000 € Tax Paid

Nautic Avenue
Cedric DIBIANCA
France (+33) ((0)9) 54 22 80 56
Visit www.sunseeker-yachtclub.com for full details - Web id: 3

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SUNSEEKER 46 Portofino, 2003, £250,000
Poole, DOR, United Kingdom
SUNSEEKER 46 Portofino, 2003, Sweden, £250,000 Sunseeker Portofino 46 (2003 model) with 2 x 480Hp Volvo TAMD 75P. This Portofino
46 delivers a great deal more space than you'd imagine from a motor yacht of her size and class. The deck area is vast, with ample sunbathing
space forward. Inside, she boasts a stylish interior and surprisingly roomy accommodation, with a separate double and twin cabin. The cockpit
area is beamy and spacious with excellent seating, sunbathing, and entertaining facilities such as BBQ, Ice box, and stereo system. In 2008,
the complete hull has been polished, new sea cocks throughout, complete set of new boat covers, newly serviced engines & all electron-
ics overhauled. New shaft and props and hull has had 3 coats of blue gel coat applied. This boat is well priced and open to offers, therefore
early inspection is advised. - Specs: LOA:14 metres Beam:4 metres Draft:1 metres - VOLVO 480hp - Diesel
Web id: 31 - Price: £250,000 Tax Paid

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
.
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SUNSEEKER CAMARGUE 44 , 1998, 154.590 €
Palma de Mallorca, IB, Spain
SUNSEEKER CAMARGUE 44 , 1998, Mallorca, Spain, 154.590 € Sunseeker Camargue 44 (1998 Model) with twin Caterpillar diesel en-
gines. This particular vessel comes equipped with many extras and is ready for immediate viewing. Full service history and cockpit upholstery
upgraded in 2009.Please contact a member of our team at us for further information. - Specs: LOA:46 feet Beam:13 feet Draft:3 feet - CAT-
ERPILLAR - Diesel

Carine Yachts
Geoff Churchill
Spain (+34) (626) 753-711


SUNSEEKER Camargue 46, 1991, 129.950 €
Mallorca, IB, Spain
SUNSEEKER Camargue 46, 1991, Mallorca, Baleares Spain, 129.950 € A really good example of this classic Sunseeker, very well maintained
with the engines rebuilt 2008, new canopies 2008, last serviced and antifouled April 2010, the boat is ready to go, well worth looking at
and sensibly priced. - Specs: LOA:13 metres Beam:4 metres - VOLVO - Diesel
Web id: 1 - Price: 1
9 29.950 € Tax Paid

Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
Spain (+34) (971) 695-441
.

SUNSEEKER Camargue 47, 1997, £169,950
SUNSEEKER Camargue 47, 1997, Dorset United Kingdom, £169,950 Sunseeker Camargue (model 1997) with twin Caterpillar (435Hp each)
engines. This particular model is one of its kind, with a yellow and cream colour scheme throughout, she is the most outstanding example of one
of the most popular models built from 1995 to 1999. Voodoo has had the electronics upgraded and has been regularly used and maintained
this season. With only two owners from new she is in absolute immaculate condition. Tax paid and ready for immediate delivery, please contact
us for more information or to arrange a viewing. - Specs: LOA:47 feet Beam:13 feet Draft:3 feet - CATERPILLAR 435hp - Diesel

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721


SUNSEEKER Hawk 31, 1993, £49,000
Cheltenham, GLOS, United Kingdom
SUNSEEKER Hawk 31, 1993, Scotland, United Kingdom, £49,000 A lovely example of the sought after Hawk 31 sports cruiser with the popu-
lar Blue hull that has been mechanically well maintained and benefits from low engine hours on her Volvo Penta diesels. Just had major work
carried out to bring her up to a very desirable boat. - Specs: LOA:9 metres Beam:2 metres Draft:1 metres - VOLVO 230hp - Diesel

Motor Boat Broker
Brokerage Department
United Kingdom (+44) (1803) 226-153
.

SUNSEEKER Manhattan 56, 2002, £449,000
SUNSEEKER Manhattan 56, 2002, Mallorca, Spain, £449,000 Sunseeker Manhatten 56 (2002) with twin diesel MAN D2848 engines
(800hp).Equipped with a full and comprehensive specification including upgraded Kohler generator and full navigation equipment, she is
a vessel not to be missed. In Fantastic condition and regularly maintained, viewing is highly recommended. Just reduced and available with
mooring in Puerto Portals, Mallorca for a total cost of £850,000 Tax paid, she can be a package ready for immediate use. Please contact a
member of our team at us for further information. - Specs: LOA:17 metres Beam:7 metres Draft:1 metres - MAN 400hp - Diesel

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721


SUNSEEKER Manhattan 64, 2003, 950.000 €
Santa Ponsa Mallorca, PM, Spain
SUNSEEKER Manhattan 64, 2003, Egypt, 950.000 € A truly immaculate example of a Sunseeker 64 flybridge. Still with her first owner and
looked after since new. This vessel has a full Mediterranean specification and is fitted with CAT 1050 hp engines. Her inventory is extensive
and includes Raymarine electronics, repeated at both helm positions, and flat screen TVs in all cabins. This boat has been thoughtfully equipped
and little used. - Specs: LOA:19 metres Beam:5 metres Draft:1 metres - CATERPILLAR 525hp - Diesel
8

Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
Spain (+34) (971) 695-441
.

SUNSEEKER MANHATTAN 64 , 2004, £675,000
SUNSEEKER MANHATTAN 64 , 2004, Antibes, France, £675,000 Sunseeker Manhattan 64 MK2 (2004 Model) with twin caterpillar diesel
engines (800 Hours). This particular vessel is fully mediterranean specified with many additional extras. MCA coded for charter and presented
in excellent condition. This is a 3 ccabin version with the more spacious layout downstairs. A very popular model and viewings are highly rec-
ommended. Please contact any of the team at us for more information or indeed to arrange a viewing. - Specs: LOA:71 feet Beam:17 feet
Draft:4 feet - CATERPILLAR 1000hp - Diesel
Web id: 66 - Price: £675,000 Tax Not Paid

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721


SUNSEEKER Martinique 36, 1992, £54,950
SUNSEEKER Martinique 36, 1992, Spain, £54,950 Sunseeker Martinique 36 (1992) with twin volvo (200HP) turbo diesels engines. Straight
forward maintenance/cheep to run. Outside covers replaced 2008 in matching dark blue. All stainless steel in excellent condition. Cruises all
day at 25 knotts with a top speed of 35 knotts and excellent sea keeping. - Specs: LOA:38 feet Beam:1 feet - VOLVO 200hp - Diesel
1

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
.

SUNSEEKER Monteray 27, 1992, 24.500 €
Mallorca, IB, Spain
SUNSEEKER Monteray 27, 1992, Mallorca, Baleares Spain, 24.500 € VHF, Radio CD, solarium, bath, shower, electrical icebox, 1 cabin. -
Specs: LOA:8 metres Beam:2 metres - VOLVO 144hp - Diesel
1

Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
United Kingdom (+44) (1803) 226-153


SUNSEEKER Mustique 42, 1993, £84,950
SUNSEEKER Mustique 42, 1993, South Coast, United Kingdom, £84,950 This is a unique opportunity to purchase a well looked after classic
Sunseeker Mustique; she has benefited from many extras and upgrades over the years including new 20” flat screen TV, cockpit cushions, teak
as well as the full Mediterranean spec. The current owners have always looked after and maintained her to the highest standard possible. The
owner is keen to sell so reasonable offers will be accepted. - Specs: LOA:12 metres Beam:4 metres - DETROIT 485hp - Diesel

Motor Boat Broker
Nicky Davies
United Kingdom (+44) (1803) 226-153
.

SUNSEEKER Portofino 46, 2004, £259,950
SUNSEEKER Portofino 46, 2004, Barcelona, Spain, £259,950 This blue hulled sports cruiser is a beautiful example of the Sunseeker Portofino.
It has been well maintained and benefits from numerous upgrades. Recently reduced in price she now provides exceptional value for money
and will be sold fully serviced. The boat is furnished in superyacht cherry wood with cream leather and blue carpets. - Specs: LOA:14 metres
Beam:4 metres Draft:1 metres - VOLVO 480hp - Diesel

Motor Boat Broker
United Kingdom (+44) (1803) 226-153


SUNSEEKER Predator 62, 2009, £999,000
SUNSEEKER Predator 62, 2009, Finland, £999,000 An almost brand new Predator 62 that was built in 2008 but only launched in May 2009
and now available for immediate delivery. Finished with the very stylish dark red hull and a complimentary black american walnut interior. -
Specs: LOA:19 metres Beam:5 metres Draft:1 metres - MAN 1 100hp - Diesel
Web id: 7 - Price: £999,000 Tax Not Paid

Motor Boat Broker
United Kingdom (+44) (1803) 226-153
.

SUNSEEKER 1985, 43.900 €
Fréjus, PR, France
SUNSEEKER SUNSEEKER, 1985, Provence Côte d'Azur France, 43.900 € - Specs: LOA:10 metres Beam:2 metres - VOLVO 165hp - Diesel

Nautic Avenue
Cedric DIBIANCA
France (+33) ((0)9) 54 22 80 56


SUNSEEKER 31 OFFSHORE, 1985, 42.000 €
Fréjus, PR, France
SUNSEEKER SUNSEEKER 31 OFFSHORE, 1985, Provence Côte d'Azur France, 42.000 € - Specs: LOA:9 metres Beam:3 metres - VOLVO
165hp - Gas

Nautic Avenue

France (+33) ((0)9) 54 22 80 56
.

SUNSEEKER Superhawk 50, 2002, 245.000 €
SUNSEEKER Superhawk 50, 2002, Italy, 245.000 € Sunseeker Superhawk 50 (2002 Model) with triple Yanmar engines(420Hp each). This
particular vessel is a FRESH WATER BOAT and has plenty of options. The high performance speed/day boat is in fantastic condition, available
now please call us to arrange a viewing. - Specs: LOA:15 metres Beam:3 metres - YANMAR 420hp - Diesel

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721


SUNSEEKER Tomahawk 37 Mk.I, 1989, 50.000 €
SUNSEEKER Tomahawk 37 Mk.I, 1989, Costa del Sol, Spain, 50.000 € Sunseeker Tomahawk 37 MK1 (1989 model) with 2 x 200hp Volvo
KAD 41 DP.An excellent example of this fast exhilarating sports cruiser. She has been maintained to the highest of standards including a recent
interior cabin refit and is now ready for use immediately. Also benefiting from a large cockpit for this size boat she would make the ideal family
cruising boat. - Specs: LOA:37 feet Beam:3 metres Draft:1 metres - VOLVO 200hp - Diesel

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
.

SUNSEEKER Tomahawk 37 MK1, 1989, £35,000
SUNSEEKER Tomahawk 37 MK1, 1989, Wales, United Kingdom, £35,000 Sunseeker Tomahawk 37 MK1 (1989 Model) with twin Volvo
Penta's (200hp each) Ad 41's. Drawn with a modernity of line that belies her age, this Tomahawk looks like the best Sunseekers should look.
Sleek and uncluttered, you can see that she’s designed to go fast. This example is in excellent condition and has recently been re upholstered
and re carpeted. She is tax paid and ready for delivery, for more information or to arrange a viewing please do not hesitate to contact us. -
Specs: LOA:36 feet Beam:10 feet Draft:3 feet - VOLVO 200hp - Diesel
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Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721


SUNSEEKER Yacht 75, 2005, £1,395,000
SUNSEEKER Yacht 75, 2005, Mallorca, Spain, £1,395,000 **JUST REDUCED!** Sunseeker 75 yacht (2005 model) with twin man (1500hp)
diesel engines. A truly unique sunseeker yacht commissioned in august 2005, one owner from new and low engine hours. With a fully compre-
hensive specification and bespoke design having custom features enhancing self contained cruising, this really is a rare opportunity to acquire
a sunseeker yacht that is unquestionably better than new. The vessel is in full commission, lying in palma de mallorca and british registered.
The berth can also be available if required and vat paid may be a benefit. Please enquire for further details on request - Specs: LOA:75 feet
Beam:18 feet Draft:5 feet - MAN 1500hp - Diesel
Web id: 20 - Price: £1,395,000 Tax Paid

Carine Yachts
Andrew Noble
United Kingdom (+44) (01202) 901-721
.

W
hile having a social network pres-
ence through Facebook, Twitter
and other social networks proves
mandatory nowadays, a new concept
tested by our yachting solutions is to
benefit from Facebook groups and so-
cial activity by bringing back “friends
and followers“ to the company’s website in
order to propose targeted services and features pertaining
to your business activity.

On Facebook for example, the new graph API allows to
post update statuses about listings, upload images in al-
bums , post events in calendar.. As well, you can use the
facebook user authentication to login into your site and
read or contribute to your content. The advantage is that
you can at the same time know more about this person
and propose a subscription to your newsletter. When he
By Olivier Baelde - www.latitude26.ch connects to your site with his facebook’s user id , you will
developing advanced social marketing features
in yachting and real estate solutions

BREAKING NEW GROUND WITH

SOCIAL
be able then to send messages di-
rectly through the facebook graph
API. It will allow you to keep this
user informed about your compa-
ny activities automatically through
your website. It provides an extra
level of possibilities since you no
longer need a user to subscribe to
your newsletter. While you man-
age your own facebook groups ,
you can post automatically news
to the groups and invite all new
friends automatically to join the
groups through the APIs.

By carefully planning a number of
facebook groups centered around
your company’s activities (broker-
age, charter), you can dramatically
enhance the daily communication
sent to the facebook groups by
postings automatically random
yacht listings, special offers, price
reductions....

By inviting your “friends and followers” to visit and con-
nect to your site using their facebook user id , you give
them the possibility to share information and recommend
other users to connect with you.

On the new site www.yachting.vg, we are currently ex-
perimenting with several new functionalities of the Graph
API.
Integrating your site more tighly with external social net-
works will allow you to communicate faster new informa-
tion to be given to followers and groups. You will be able to
provide a constant flow of information and news through
automated tasks. When users visit your website, your can
control the information given to them as well as getting
their feedback on specific polls or through a comment
system.

You can inform your groups, friends and followers that
the newsletters generated every month is available on your

INBOUND TRAFFIC

NETWORKS
website.

The important point in this social
network integration with your
website is to keep the channels
open and regularly communicate
to provide new information and
news.

Readers will be more likely to visit
your site on a regular basis if they
get weekly news from your site.
This could be fastidious if you had
to do it manually , but by creating
automated tasks to post automati-
cally on a regular basis for exam-
ple a new yacht listing or price
reduction offer, you keep the flow
going.

Our company Latitude 26 pro-
vides social media marketing con-
sulting and development services.

LUXURY YACHTS
CHARTER
MARKETING

Given the increasing reach of
social networks, it represents an
amazingly large audience for
your website content. Even when
you’re creating content outside of
a social network on your own site,
you should strive to encourage
sharing. Cross-promoting content
and driving traffic from your web-
site to your social networks ac-
counts (and vice versa) is an im-
portant part of a smart inbound
marketing strategy.

However, when marketing luxury
yacht offered for charter, directing
potential clients back to your site As well, your site will provide direct means of
should be preferred. It will give your contacts either through phone numbers or
company the opportunity to pre- an inquiry form.
sent your serivces and yachts in a
more formal setting. The inquiries and contacts information are
the key to increase your customer base. You
need to make sure that you will receive all
inquiries without failure or risk of interception
by a third party company. A well structured
inquiry system will send a notification to the
reservation agents and save all inquiries in
the database or CRM system as a backup.

To increase luxury yachts occupation rate,
a dedicated mini site coupled with an on-
line brochure and linked to social networks
accounts makes wonders in terms of clearly
presenting the yacht features and ameni-
ties. Direct contact and reservation forms
will enable the clients to get in touch with a
dedicated account manager able to pre-
sent and add his personal touch in terms
of services.


Simply placing a luxury yacht in a
central listing system does not offer
the same level of service to the cli-
ent who may get a different reser-
vation agent everytime.

Bringing personal service to clients
will achieve a lot in terms of cus-
tomer retention.

As well, a dedicated site and bro-
chure to market a luxury yacht
will avoid being “lost in the crowd”
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You can manage rates and lo- Building a direct relationship with past clients
cations offered while getting over by offering an online feedback form after the
time a mailing list of clients and charter period will increase the level of un-
interested persons who contacted derstanding and needs requested by your
your company about the yacht. clients.
It will allow you to build marketing
campaigns and send newsletters Furthermore, a dedicated website with a
with added knowledge of your reservation system for a luxury yacht will all-
low you to improve the “differentation factor”.
While most central agency listings will provide
a single page of information about a yacht
with a few pictures, a dedicated site will allow
you to include videos and image galleries of
the yacht. You will be as well able to present
the crew in a more interactive way.

Clients chartering luxury yachts are used to
a high level of personal service and will be
more tempted to go with a more personal
approach and contacts rather than search-
ing through a full list of yachts in order to
compare all features or amenities.


When providing charter market-
ing services for luxury yachts, you
must always take into account the
singular needs of each client and
ultimately assess the level of servic-
es they want to find when select-
ing your company for their yacht
reservation.

Providing a highly responsive and
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