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Yachtmaster offshore and ocean

I read lots of newsletters as I look for what is good and bad to develop yours2share‘s monthly email. In the latest of one of my favourites from Sticky Stapeton, who runs Arrow Yacht Enterprises Sailing School, there was a good opportunity for anyone who wishes to complete their Yachtmaster Ocean practical 600 mile passage [...]

Daily Mail

yours2share had a mention in last Friday’s Daily Mail in a piece about people who spend long periods living at their second homes.  Eleanor Tim’s “second home” is a catamaran that she is renovating, before sailing it down to the Cape Verde Islands, where it will be based.  She’s also looking for someone to share [...]

Boat sharing variations

I’ve just released another great boat share case study about boat sharing which has some interesting differences from the standard “three men buy a boat” together form of boat sharing. In this latest case study:

The owner, who only uses the boat for three weeks a year, has sold a 25% share. This keeps [...]

The car club for boats

Martin Gray of Pure Latitude phoned me yesterday to ask about advertising with yours2share. We’d met some time ago at an exhibition and he receives yours2share’s newsletter.

What I hadn’t realised is that Pure Latitude is rather like a car club or destination club, but for boats. They have a range [...]

Second homes: not always for holidays

Second home are usually synonymous with holiday homes, but people increasingly need residential bases in more than one location for other reasons:

working on contract
working from home but visiting the office for a couple of days a week
visiting children who live with the other parent
and visiting older relatives.

yours2share was created to help private individuals get together [...]

Three Yorkshiremen share a Fairline Targa 40 in Mallorca

There is a great new case study on the website about three Yorkshiremen who met through yours2share and after about five months bought a Fairline Targa 40 together to be moored in Mallorca.

I’d spoken to Tom Harrison on the phone several times before he called me a couple of weeks ago to tell me that [...]

Marketing: it pays to be yourself

I’m going to be slogging away at the One Life Live exhibition from Friday 29th for three days and I’ve nearly completed everything that needs to be done. Every exhibitor is wondering how to maximise their response for the least outlay, but when you have virtually no budget it is even more demanding.

Whilst I [...]