Frostbiting ....that does not hurt

Sunday mornings at Rock Hall Yacht Club we toss in the boats and go at it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpbXaQ8HlJ0&list=UUrKk2Z-ygFItEtaCPOG8pBw&index=1&feature=plcp

Just around the corner...

...SPRING!

The holidays are a happy memory, the New Year slid under our feet and we find ourselves marching toward spring! It is that time of the year when we can not keep our thoughts from getting boaty... Time for the mid winter bilge checks, cover adjustment, battery monitoring, parts ordering, boat shopping....and in SYBC case....surveys, seatrials and closings!

Last Monday we splashed this beautiful 1983 Lippincott 36 (a what?) for sea-trial way up north in Riverside NJ. Bright blue skys, temps hovering in the low 20's, ice in the travel-lift slip... a glorious day for a sea-trial! The survey and sea-trial went well and another boat changes hands and lives. A slightly sad seller hands over the key but not the 29 years of good sailing memories (yes the original owner)...A happy buyer who will find his winter severly shortened by pleasent sailing images derailing his trains of thought....

...........I love my job!

Here's some of what we have sold the last couple of months:

SALT YACHT BROKERAGE COMPANY ....simply doing it right!

Boat sales SIMPLY... doing it right (blogging not so much)

It has been over a year since my last blog, forgive me father.
I have been told that social media... twitter, facebook, blogging are necessary to stay relevant in the market place. Yet Salt Yacht Brokerage Company has managed just fine without my witty banter oozing into your spam folder for over a year! I have felt guilty about not parading every new listing or proud new owner out to the awaiting huddled masses by way of "faceblogskypwittring" (new word)... I'm sure its been tough on those I've passed over, but with all this free time from not twittering, blogging, facebooking (much) or skyping (not sure what that is) we have had time to sell lots of boats and actually sail a few!
There is always room for improvement so I will try and keep up with blog blog blog ...but if sales drop off.....

Next Blog.... "Has this boat ever been aground"

Shake up at Salt Yacht Brokerage Co, LLC

News Release 10th of September Two Thousand oh Ten: for immediate release to general public, News Media, all wire services and AP:

Tilley our fourth most productive salesperson has decided to take a leave of absence from Salt Yacht Brokerage Company to return to College in Vermont and assist her master in finishing up her senior year. Although she will surely be missed we are happy to announce that we have found a capable replacement to fill all four of Tilley's shoes....Genny
Genny is a young upstart pup rescued from Dundalk who although appears lethargic and unresponsive we have great hope that she will mature into a fine upstanding office dog that will someday respond to her name and actually stand up.... Stop by and say hi to Genny...

In other news...

We have had a great selling summer. Charlie and Ben have both been active and we have sold through most of our inventory. This summer has seen SYBC continue to grow and our focus on just doing one thing and one thing well is paying off! We just sell used boats. No new boat lines to push, No charter company to manage. SYBC "Simply selling boats!"
If you are thinking of moving up or out of boating give us a call.
We have the focus to make it happen! -
Cheers,
Tom

Salt Yachts Summertime...

Well it's the middle of summer and the living is easy...
Ben has landed a gig Captaining the "Ellsworth"... Echo Hills' Skipjack! To have the chance to skipper an honest to God authentic, real deal survivor of the age of sail is a once in a lifetime opportunity!
Ben gets to take small groups of extremely lucky kids out for a week of "Chesapeake Bay Old School"...a little bit of fishing, crabbing, reading, and self sufficiency never hurt anyone.

Chester River Runoff has released a new CD "Blue Heron Farm"...check it out it's great!
Runoff kicked off the new CD performing a few of their songs at Fountain Park last week and invited Charlotte (our youngest daughter) up on stage to sing along...

2nd annual "Team Salt Yachts Down River Race Campaign"

We left Charlie in charge and the remaining staff Ben, Melinda, Tilley and I did our part to make the winners of the down river race feel better about themselves.
Ben and Shelley sailed the infamous International 14 aptly named "BOTTOM"S UP" to a DNF. They may have finished if it didn't leak so bad and sink.
Sailing Rock Stars Bobby Martin and Chuck Rosica drove in from Riverton and sailed TEAM SALT YACHTS 1968 O'Day Mariner to a just as impressive DNF. RiverJoe made the trip and paddled his SUP "stand up paddleboard" to an early lead until his feet fell asleep.

CRAIG

Greenwood "Cookie" rode crew on the SALT YACHT chase boat and took over for RiverJoe standing tall on the SUP...

It was another great day on the water and as always the after party was superb.

Next year Salt Yacht promises to supply a couple boats that will contend!


Cheers,

blogging again

Seems like forever since I've posted anything, vacations, work, life... seem to be consuming all my "waste time". We have been very busy here at SALT...hard to believe it was a year ago that we took the plunge. We are happy to announce that Charlie Kneller has joind the team. Charlie has been selling boats since Noah started wearing foulies. We are glad to have him helping out.

We are also starting to add video to our listings here is a taste.