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Gold Bars
Chartering Your Boat for Money
By Conrad Brown
GOLD BARS, tells it all. Planning the business, getting started, obtaining a
Coast Guard License, finding the right boat, all the details of the business,
the Nitty-Gritty, it’s all there. There are sections on insurance, safety and
pitfalls to look for and avoid. I’ve included a sample typical charter business
balance sheet so you can plan your business and estimate your income. Then the
voice of experience tells how to deal with Charter Brokers and Yacht Owners. In
short, there is something for everyone who has anything to do with chartering,
cruising, brokering, or just dreaming of it. This book will get you started
right or help you correct your course if things are not working out as they
should.
How many years have you dreamed of being on the water, doing your favorite
things, and having people put money in your hand just for letting them share
your joy? Start now with the right tools to make your dreams a success. Get this
book, get started!
"GOLD BARS is the new bible about this sea-faring business," says noted author
and seaman, Hilary Hemingway author of "Hemingway in Cuba," "Captain Conrad has
distilled a lifetime of working on the water, chartering, sailing, delivering,
making money, and working the sea into a “Model” of how to start and operate a
yacht for profit. GOLD BARS contains everything you need to know to be a
successful Charter Boat Captain."
Captain Conrad earned his Coast Guard 100 ton Masters license in 1979, learning
the business in the Virgin Islands, up and down the east and Florida. His two
sons are also Masters and work as charter captains on private yachts in the
U.S., Caribbean, and Mediterranean, both power and sail. Between them there is
little they have not seen and Captain Conrad tells all in GOLD BARS.
Every year the Coast Guard licenses over 7,000 captains. What do those captains
do now? Are you one of those whose dream of working on the water is - not
working! This book tells how to make that license pay, operating a charter
vessel. Whether you are chartering your own boat, operating a charter boat for
an owner, or working as a paid captain on a private yacht, this book covers your
questions and gives you the real straightforward answers to help make you happy
and your business a success.
- Item# ZZ030X
- 224 pp., softcover, 0-9769903-0-X
- $14.95
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The Last Voyage
The Story of Schooner Third Sea
By Harold Stephens
This book is about a dream, about a
man who wanted to sail the South Seas and Asian waters aboard his own boat, but
with the earnings of a writer, he lacked the finances. Never-the-less, with
little money but a lot of determination, he made that dream come true, through a
rather cunning scheme. You will read about the people, famous and not so famous,
who sailed aboard her, about her adventures and landfalls, about pirates,
renegades and typhoons she encountered. You will read about her tragic loss in a
hurricane that ravaged the Hawaiian Islands. This is more than a yachting tale
about a schooner; it is an inspiration to both young and old who dream about
going to sea aboard a sailing ship. Not since Jack London has there been another
book like it.
- Item# 2139
- 382 pp., softcover, 0-9642521-3-9
- $16.95
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