Isikhathi esihle kakhulu sokuqasha i-yacht ukuze ubaleke ehlobo e-Mediterranean. Izimpahla eziningi zokuthutha ngomkhumbi kanye nezikebhe zezimoto ziyatholakala, ukushintshaniswa kwemali kuhamba phambili eminyakeni edlule, futhi kunendawo yokuguquguquka emananini, into ebingacatshangwa ngaphambi kwenhlekelele yezimali ka-2008-2009.
Uma uyidlala kahle, ungase ukwazi ukuthola usuku olwengeziwe lwamahhala oluthathelwe ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa. Lokho kusho ukonga okungu-13%, okungeyona imali encane uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi isonto olwandle olwandle lwase-Azure, yithi, iSicily neziqhingi zase-Aeolian zingahamba kalula ngasenyakatho ku-$100,000.
Nakuba abanikazi bezikebhe ngokuvamile bengafuni ukwehlisa amanani entengo yezitikha, abanye manje banweba amanani abo ezinyanga “zesizini ephansi” - uMeyi noSepthemba - okungenani ngesizini ethile ephezulu. Futhi abaningi abazange banyuse amanani abo iminyaka emibili enhle.
Hhayi ukuthi noma yikuphi kwalokhu kushibhile. Lindela i-yacht ehamba ngomkhumbi enabasebenzi kanye nama-staterooms amathathu ukuze isebenze noma yikuphi ukusuka ngentengo eyisisekelo engu-$22,000 ukuya ku-$122,000 ngeviki. Izikebhe zezimoto ngokuvamile ziyala okwengeziwe. Intengo eningi incike kusayizi nekhwalithi yeyacht, kanye nenani labasebenzi. Kodwa zonke izintengo zisizwa amandla edola uma liqhathaniswa ne-euro ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye ezedlule.
"Kunezivumelwano eziningi ezinhle laphaya, ikakhulukazi uma ukhokha ngamadola aseMelika," kusho uBarbara Dawson, umthengisi we-Camper & Nicholsons wasePalm Beach, Fla., kanye nelungu lebhodi le-Mediterranean Yacht Brokers Association, i-elite. iqembu lezohwebo elakhiwe ukuze kuthuthukiswe amazinga aphezulu kanye nokuziphatha embonini yamazwe ngamazwe ye-yachting. "Abanikazi bezikebhe bavuleleke kakhulu ekushayeleni amasondo nokusebenzelana, futhi abantu abaningi benza amadili ngomzuzu wokugcina."
Abekho ngokuphawulekayo, uma kuqhathaniswa neminyaka yamuva: abantu baseRussia abacebile, ababeshayela imakethe yezikebhe ezintsha nezikhudlwana. Noma kunjalo, ungalindeli ukuthengiswa komlilo. "Esinye sezaphulelo ezilula usuku olwengeziwe," kusho u-Missy Johnston, umnikazi we-Northrop & Johnson Worldwide Yacht Charters yaseNewport, RI.
Amanye ama-yacht afunwa kakhulu kangangokuthi ukwehliswa akuyona inketho. Cabanga ngesimangaliso esidume kakhulu sobuchwepheshe okuyi-Maltese Falcon engamamitha angu-289, isikebhe esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ekuqaleni yakhelwe u-Tom Perkins oyi-venture-capital titan, ihlanganisa injabulo yesikebhe sikaseyili nokunethezeka kweyacht enenjini, futhi ibiza inani eliyisisekelo lokushaja lama-euro angama-378,000 ngeviki (cishe u-$515,000) ngesizini ephezulu kanye nama-€350,000 (cishe. $480,000) ngeviki ngaphansi. Njengokwejwayelekile, izinkokhiso zokulethwa, ukudla, isiphuzo, idokodo kanye nezibonelelo zingeziwe.
U-Dawson no-Johnston bayawazi amaqhinga ahlukene okuxoxisana ngoba ngumthengisi othengiselana egameni leklayenti. Ngempela, ngosizo lomthengisi osebenza ne-ejenti yomnikazi kuphela lapho ungathola khona ukufinyelela kuma-yacht amaningi, atholakala kusevisi yohlu oluningi efana nohlobo olusetshenziswa embonini yezindawo ezithengiswayo.
Ukuphatha uhambo lwalesi sikali nezindleko kudinga ubuchwepheshe bomthengisi ojwayelene nezikebhe futhi owakhe ubudlelwano nokaputeni nabasebenzi abangcono kakhulu. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, ukusebenza ngomthengisi - ikakhulukazi oyilungu le-Mediterranean Yacht Brokers Association noma i-American Yacht Charter Association - kukunikeza ukuvikelwa okuthile kwezezimali ngendlela yezinkontileka eziqashelwa futhi ezamukelwa emhlabeni wonke. Amalungu e-MYBA kanye ne-AYCA nawo azi kahle izidingo zamalayisense ezisebenzi namazinga okuphepha.
Ngaphambi kohambo lwakho lomkhumbi, zilungiselele ukwenza idiphozithi engu-20% ukuya ku-25% yezindleko zokushaja zesikebhe sikaseyili kanye no-30% kuya ku-35% wesikebhe esinemoto - ukukhokhela izinto ezidingekayo kanye nophethiloli kanye nezindleko zedokodo. futhi, kwezinye izimo, intela ye-value-added, kuye ngezinkundla zokuhamba. Thatha omunye u-5% kuya ku-15% wentengo yesisekelo sokushaja ukuze uthole iziklomelo zikakapteni nabasebenzi.
Uma ubukhazikhazi kanye ne-glitz kuyilokho okufunayo - futhi umgomo uwukudokha eduze kwe-French noma i-Italian Riviera - zilungiselele ukukhokha kakhulu. Izikebhe zizidlula kude iziliphu zezikebhe e-Western Med, futhi izimali zokumisa idokodo zingangeza kakhulu ezindlekweni. Cabanga ukuthi iPortofino yase-Italy, idolobha elisogwini lolwandle elichaza i-la dolce vita, inamaslip ayisishiyagalombili kuya kwayi-10 kuphela atholakalayo. I-anchoring, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ihlala imahhala.
Ama-brokers aphinde abe nesandla ekuhleleni ama-excursions asuselwa kumhlaba amakhasimende. “E-Med kuningi okumelwe kwenziwe emhlabeni,” kusho uDawson, ephawula ohlwini oluhlanganisa ukuvakashela izivini, izindawo zomlando, uhambo lwamabhayisikili, ngisho nokuvakasha kwangasese kweVatican. Ufuna amaloli agcwele amanzi e-Evian spring alethwe esikebheni ukuze ugeze? Uma kukhulunywa ngokutotoswa kwamaklayenti, cishe noma yini ingenzeka.
Ezinqumweni ozodinga ukuzenza, iqembu elifanele yilo elibaluleke kakhulu.
“Anginandaba ukuthi unasiphi isikebhe, u-95% wokuhamba ngomkhumbi ngabasebenzi,” kusho uDawson, weCamper & Nicholsons. “Uma umthengisi ekutshela ukuthi abasebenzi [besikebhe] bangcono kakhulu, kodwa awukuthandi ingaphakathi lesikebhe, vumelana futhi uyofuna abasebenzi.”
U-Virginia Bush, ongumeluleki wezemfundo kanye netilosi lempilo yonke elisuka e-Old Saybrook, e-Conn., uhamba ngomkhumbi kabili ngonyaka nomzala wakhe wesibili, isisebenzi sezenhlalakahle sasePalm Beach, uLucille “Lulu” Parsons Balcom, oneminyaka engu-97 ubudala. Enye yezintandokazi zabo i-Cinderella IV, isikebhe esisebenza kahle esingamafidi angu-128, abasiqashile muva nje ngo-Okthoba, ngomkhumbi i-Corsica.
“Kungukaputeni kakhulu kunesikebhe,” kusho uBush, ecula izindumiso zikaKaputeni u-Andy Wilson nomkakhe, uLinda, asebesebenze noCinderella iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule. ULinda, umhlengikazi obhalisiwe, waba usizo olukhulu lapho uLulu edinga usizo lwezokwelapha phakathi nohambo lwakamuva.
Amatilosi nama-adventurers, uBush no-Balcom bakhethe i-Corsica ukuze bathole umoya omuhle kanye nokuthakazelisa kwenkathi ephakathi yase-Bastia, nezakhiwo zayo ezihehayo, ubuciko bezenkolo nomlando ocebile. Njengoba kwakunompheki osezingeni eliphezulu, babehlale bedla esikebheni.
Amanye amanani e-yacht ahamba phambili aseMpumalanga yeMedithera, ngamashadi asuka emachwebeni asoGwini lwe-Turquoise lwaseTurkey naseCroatia. Phakathi kwezinto ezidonswayo: izimali ezingaboshelwe ku-euro, ama-marina omphakathi anezimali ezishibhile zokumisa kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto ezikhangayo zamasiko.
"Ngineminye imibuzo nge-Eastern Mediterranean," kusho uMaggie Vale, umthengisi we-charter e-Fort Lauderdale, e-Fla.-based Rikki Davis Yachts eChurchill Yacht Partners.
Ukuvuselelwa kwentshisekelo kuma-Gulets aseTurkey, imikhumbi kaseyili eyenziwe ngokhuni ebanzi kakhulu enendawo eningi yedekhi, kuholele ekwandeni kwenani elitholakalayo. "Zivulekile, zinezinsiza eziningi, futhi zinengqondo kakhulu - ngo-€40,000 kuya ku-€60,000 [cishe u-$55,000 kuya ku-$80,000]," kusho uDawson weCamper & Nicholsons. “Ukweba lokho.” Ama-yachts ahamba ngomkhumbi ahlalisa abantu abayisishiyagalombili kuya kwabayishumi futhi adinga iqembu elikhulu ngokuvamile liyala u-$10 kuya ku-$120,000 (€160,000 kuya ku-€90,000) ngeviki.
Abantu abaningi bakhetha ukushaja izikebhe zezimoto ngenxa nje yokuthi abakaze bahambe ngomkhumbi futhi bathanda ukuhlala nokunethezeka. Futhi, izikebhe zezikebhe zithwala amathoyizi amaningi amanzi, njengama-jet ski, ama-donut antanta, nezikebhe zokuhlola ugu. Nokho, ngokwandayo, izikebhe ezinkulu zikaseyili zinezinsiza ezifanayo nezezikebhe ezinenjini futhi, kusho uDawson, “uma usolwandle olungamamitha ayisithupha, uzozizwa kangcono uma usesikebheni esinenjini.”
Abagibeli abaningi bemikhumbi balinda kuze kube umzuzu wokugcina ngaphambi kokuthatha uhambo, futhi kwezinye izimo lokho kungase kuholele ekuthengiseni. Kodwa, njengomthetho, lapho usheshe ukubhuka, iba ngcono i-yacht.
Ngakho shayela umthengisi. Yenza uhlelo. Bese wehlela olwandle ukuze uthole i-bon voyage yangempela.