Yachting starts with choosing a yacht

The yacht industry and yacht consumption are maturing, and yachts can be purchased from under 34 feet to 150 feet. For people who are new to yachting, it is difficult to understand the difference without some effort. Fortunately, all this can be left to the yacht dealers to solve. But if you can understand what kind of yacht you need, it will be easier for yacht dealers to find the right yacht for you.

Choose the right yacht type

The type of yacht that suits your needs depends on how you plan to use your yacht. There are three main types of yachting activities: leisure, fishing and water sports. For different functional requirements, the applicable yacht is also different.

Cruising boats are designed with business guests in mind. Some are only suitable for daytime play, such as the bowriders; Others offer cabin and overnight functions, such as express cruisers and motoryachts. You have to decide if your boat will be used only during the day or if you need overnight functionality.

In order to have as much deck space as possible for fishing, the cab is open top and designed at the rear of the boat. The result is much less seating space and living quarters than cruising boats. For overnight stays and extended fishing areas, larger fishing boats also offer cabins, as do cruising boats.

The watersports boat is designed for those who like to play with water skis and surfboards. Some water sports boats are very complex and can only be recommended for experienced water sports enthusiasts. As an entry level sportboat, there are generally bowrider, sportboat, jet boat or basic waterski boat.

sizing

Yacht size is a key consideration. The larger the scale, the more facilities, including cabins, kitchens, toilets and so on. And the larger the boat, the more systems to understand and operate, the greater the complexity. As a first time contact with the yacht, the yacht size should not exceed 24 feet, the simpler the better.

Choose a Yacht brand

After recent years of cultivation, Xiamen's relatively mature yacht market has entered no less than 20 yacht brands, including Xiamen's local production of yacht brands, such as: Hansheng, Fei Fei and so on. There are also yacht brands from Italy, Ferretti, Azm and so on. Recently, the British princess also entered the Xiamen market with great fanfare. As a consumer, one thing that must be considered when choosing a yacht brand is the after-sales service of the yacht. Therefore, it is recommended that you choose a local manufacturer, or the national general agent is located in Xiamen yachts. Of course, this is a simple geographical calculation. In fact, the yacht brands stationed in Xiamen will value their after-sales service quality, after all, every brand yacht has its brand value support. In the future, personalized after-sales service will become a trend, when the brand advantage can also be considered from value-added services.

Get a feel for the yacht in action

The appearance and ease of operation of the yacht are easy to focus on, but in addition, there are several things to pay attention to when buying a yacht:

Ideal cruising speed. It matters how far you can travel and how much fuel you use.

The level of noise is related to comfort level, so it is very important. It's not the same with the same engine noise. Noise is caused by many factors, such as vibration, structural thickness, and so on.

Sit in front of the driver's seat and check the amount of leeway and control of the joystick to see if the field of view is open when sitting in the driver's seat and standing in the cab.

Open the cover of the engine compartment, look into the engine compartment, and check the normal parts of the engine, such as the fuel gauge, coolant, etc. See if it's easy to access the parts.

Check the size of your locker, even if you don't have much to store, the bigger the better.