Managing a yacht can easily be a nightmare and as yacht owner you can be lost in: legal aspects, managing crew, complying with all regulations, choosing the best suppliers….
Because our expertise comes from generations of yachting you will not waste your money with us.
As yacht Manager, we are very concerned about your money so we aim at reducing daily and annual costs at their minimum. We will always be careful in working with the most suitable captain, the best suppliers, experts or shipyards at the best value for money.
We offer tailor- made solutions according to your specific needs and we’ll guaranty that you won’t pay crazy invoices.
Our management services include:
- ACCOUNTING
Use of a dedicated bank account, monthly reports and expenditures analysis, annual budget, checking and paying invoices, payment of crew salaries, monthly funds requests, and management of charter’s APA for captain, keeping records of invoices.
- CREW SUPPORT
Selecting and hiring crew, interviewing crews and checking references, certificates, fitness, contracts, payrolls, assistance in crew disputes, arrangement of transportation and repatriation, collecting and dispatching mails, updating of certificates and trainings.
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
coordinating, supervising annual maintenance and refit work, establishment of planned maintenance schedules in conjunction with the captain, assistance to onboard engineering staff with shipyard specifications, obtaining of quotes for spare parts and supplies, negotiating prices, purchase and dispatch, arrangement of bunkering, shipyard visit during dry-dock, appointment of surveyors and technical consultants as necessary, arrangement of bunkering, yacht transportation if required.
Renewal of licences, arrangement of enrolment into the Lloyd Register Ship’s Emergency Response (SERS), liaising with all regulatory bodies, organizing all surveys required, yacht registration, re-flagging, re-registration and name changes, management of insurance cover for the yacht and the crew.
Since 2008, Gaspard Yachts has been granted a Bureau Veritas agreement for the ISM & ISPS Code. We deliver a unique custom service as managers ashore for over 500GRT yachts.
- EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Hotline 7/7 24h/24h - Whatever the emergency is.
- CHARTER MANAGEMENT
Our mission is to manage the fleet of owner’s yachts offered for charter, to maximise the demand for the owner’s yacht all year around. To achieve our mission, we will act as Central Agents, and will use different marketing solutions (using industry data base such as Mybanet, registering with charter directories, advertising in printed brochures, references on our website, and mailing updates to top brokers worldwide), we’ll keep copies of all charter contracts.
We pride ourselves in our swift responses to all enquiries.
OUR KEY STRENGTHS
* OUR LOCATION
Since our office is located in the Old port of Cannes, we will do our best to promote your yachts for corporate events held in Cannes (MIPIM, TAXFREE, FILM FESTIVAL, MIDEM…) all year around.
* OUR KNOW-HOW
Thanks to our experience, we have established long standing relationships with all leading Flag states, classification Societies, maritime consultants, and shipyards, local and international suppliers …
Our know-how will enable you to profit fully your yachts without complicated formalities.
* OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Since Gaspard Yachts has been working in the yachting industry for 2 generations, we can work closely with the captain and engineer keeping in mind owner’s interests.
We will supervise any works or purchase (from the order to the delivery) and propose alternative cost effective solutions.
* OUR INDEPENDANCE
Since we are independent of any shipyard, supplier or contractor, we will negotiate prices ask different quotations and put all of them in competition. Then we will obtain the best value for money.
Owners will beneficiate from our professional discounts we can be granted on works and spares parts.
* OUR FLEXIBILITY
We can fully manage a yacht but are also able to offer different formula « à la carte » for the management.
* OUR PERSONALISED SERVICES
We always keep in mind owner’s interest and are the unique interlocutor with the owner. We are flexible, reactive and versatile and stay tuned into the owner.
We can also provide you additional services such as port bookings, helicopters and jet hire, hotel & leisure reservations, provisioning… to allow the owner or guests more time to relax and enjoy your stay onboard.
