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Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
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03/06/2017 09:27 PM
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If we decide on a boat, the wife takes over, she'll have me asking all kinds of questions. Until then: 2015 Nautitech 40 Open (3 cabin), 2014 Lagoon 400 S2 (4 cabin) or 2010-2012 Footloose 39 (3 cabin). All three with different brokers, not sure of the marinas they charter from. I have concerns in some places, but don't think it's really going to matter, we would be happy with anything! But, if there is/was something about one that you do/did NOT like, I'd love to hear it. All three have AC. Thanks again!!
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
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03/07/2017 10:35 PM
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Thanks Warren, that's where our "gut" was taking us, about to try and wrap this thing up.
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
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03/08/2017 06:10 PM
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Hello! This is the wife of EckyEcky-I'm hijacking his thread. Ready to make a decision. We are a family of four-husband and wife and two college kids. We have narrowed down our search to a Lagoon 39 from Footloose with ac/gen or a Lagoon 400s2 from Owner Time Charters-boat is supposedly at Dream. Both of these make me nervous for different reasons. Age and condition of boat at Footloose vs going through "Owner Time Charters"-Jenny Goya-Has anyone rented through them or know if this is a legit company? Having two kids in college, one who is studying abroad at the moment, makes our budget a little less than we would like. However, if we need to stretch a bit, please weigh in. Obviously, we want to feel secure that we are getting a good boat in good working condition from a reputable and trustworthy company. We've decided that AC is a priority-we live on the gulf coast and 'hot and humid' is our middle name-used to it, but don't want to sleep in it on vacation! We have also looked at a Nautitech Open 40 through LateSail. We don't have to live in the lap of luxury, but want it to be a great family vacation. I'm kind of a stickler for cleanliness...so, any honest opinions or feedback on these two boats and the charter companies would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much, the wife
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
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03/12/2017 11:08 AM
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Thanks Del, needed to hear that. Only question now is Maya Cove, Hodges Creek Marina? Is provisioning a problem out of this area and is there a decent restaurant for that first night? Wife says she read somewhere there is not much there and the dining options are pretty poor. If we forgot some "crucial" items and had to run to the store the morning we left, would this be an issue?
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
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03/17/2017 09:53 PM
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My wife had kind of figured that out, I was just hoping things might have gotten a bit better. After reading some other thread about the place, (along with multiple mentions of the name Bali), I've kind of lost that excited feeling I had a week or so ago. But hey, I'm a regular damn Griswald!! I'll have everybody whistling Zippity Doo Dah out of their...maybe there is a large ball of twine we can get excited about! Don't worry, we'll have the portable speaker ready when the blue tooth on the boat crashes. Adele's Hello will be on the playlist ready to solve any emotional problems that arise...
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
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03/18/2017 08:48 AM
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Manpot said: I'd check out the new Voyage 480..lovely boat..sailed her with Chris and Tracy here.. And again in June <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
[Re: Manpot]
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03/18/2017 12:25 PM
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Manpot said: Yes indeed..so looking forward to it..I was looking at " Endless Summer" at Voyage yesterday..still beautiful and waiting for us to get her flying again.. I'm ready....but a whole lot of people want their taxes done first! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/smashpc.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
[Re: EckyEcky]
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07/25/2018 01:28 AM
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FWIW, I chartered a boat through Jenny Goya a few years ago. It was a Lagoon 520 from DYC, though the company ended up substituting a Saba 50 in its place - which was no fault of Jenny’s. They claimed it was a maintenance issue, but I swear we crossed paths with the boat we were supposed to be on a few days into our charter. It appeared to me that it was doing a captained charter with a large number of guests. I can’t really speculate as to what really happened, but I guess we got a more or less comparable boat to the lagoon. In any case, it was still a successful charter and Jenny was easy to work with. We made the charter payments directly to the owner of the boat, but other than that it went off just like any other charter. I was able to call the charter company after reserving to boat through Jenny, but before sending in the deposit, to confirm it was all legit and the person we were paying was the actual owner of the boat. I would have no problem working with Jenny again - or chartering directly from and owner as long as I am able to do a bit of due diligence to make sure it’s all on the up and up.
Matt
Edit: I don’t know if Jenny was with owner time charters or not when I worked with her so I can’t really comment about that company specifically. We found the boat on sailonline and Jenny was working as representative for the owner.
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Re: Looks like we're going to try this, which boat?
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07/25/2018 09:33 AM
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Amyriff, we did go through Jenny Goya, Ownertimes Charters. Just as Matt said above except we got the boat we chartered. Paid the owner directly. Jenny was a pleasure to deal with, also very helpful with respect to other questions we had. If the situation was right for us, we would use her again. We were close to a deal with her for our trip this past July, but we decided to try a trip out of St Thomas instead. I'm pretty sure everything she books goes out of DYC, Hodges's Creek Marina, Tortola.
Have a great trip! EckyEcky
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