Every purchase is a chain of smaller decisions made before the money moves — who to trust, what you’re actually buying, and whose approval you didn’t know you’d need. This is where they’re studied.
The Committee
V July MMXXVI
Around every serious yacht purchase, a committee quietly assembles — the friend with a boat, the spouse, the money. The buyers who don’t learn to weigh the room end up ruled by the loudest voice, not the right one.
ReadThe Reckoning
V July MMXXVI
The most consequential decision happens before you look at a single hull — a tool or a toy, owner-run or crewed, and what you’ll really do with it. Skip that question and you fall for the look and land the wrong boat.
ReadThe Decision
IV July MMXXVI
The most consequential decision isn’t which boat — it’s whom you trust to guide you to it. And most buyers make that choice earlier, and more by accident, than they realize.
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The Real CostOnce you’ve chosen, the number that actually decides whether the boat works.Or see everything
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