starting a business

haha.. this one is cool..

 

Sri Lanka boat show

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Beside the stupidity of your question you start by breaking the law: the name
Darling yacht already exist.
So, first action, hire an attorney, then go to court to be fine.
Then come back here to have you *** kick for posting stupid question.
Daniel

 

OK guys, enough jabs.

DY: Seriously speaking, it's not possible to start a big luxury yacht company overnight. Every successful company in this class had to build its reputation with smaller and less expensive boats first. Even many of the Chinese yards that have seemingly sprung up out of nowhere in recent years are being run by carefully co-ordinated teams of experienced people: the institutional knowledge has been hand-picked from around the world.

As Richard says, the way to make a small fortune in boatbuilding is to begin with a large fortune. There will be a LOT of overhead in buildings and shop equipment, permits galore, the need to find and pay a qualified design and engineering team, import/export laws to navigate, legal consultation and fifty other major things to deal with. Then, now that you're out a fair chunk of change and have some drawings, you get to hire tradespeople and spend a year or so pouring money into the shop. Don't forget the money you're spending on advertising to drum up potential customers. I say 'potential' because nobody capable of dropping seven figures on a yacht is going to buy sight-unseen from a yard with no reputation. So you're looking at essentially zero revenue until you have one or two boats in the water, and they had better be damned good boats if you're trying to pull buyers from the likes of Sunseeker.

If you start today with five or ten million bucks to toss at this, and decide to go straight into big luxury boats, I'd guess there's a good chance you could file for bankruptcy protection by late 2012.

A far better option, IMHO, would be to start smaller: find a niche for which there is apparent demand, but a gap in existing builders' lines, in a price range where you can afford to have a few unsold boats sitting around for a year or two. Stay small and customer-focused, building just one or two boats at a time. If you're really, really good at this, you *might* start seeing some demand for larger, fancier and more expensive boats. Most importantly, you need to know and understand the business and the market, and unfortunately that's a kind of knowledge that's not easily conveyed in an online forum.

 

there is nothing wrong with having a dream, nothing at all, Marshmatt has given you some good advice
Anything is possible I guess But first you have to learn the trade
i can give you a good example of a multi million aire going into the superyacht Business, , unfortuantely he took, only business acumin into it, they are broke now One Sensation Yachts Auckland
Boatbuilding is a very personal business, different from any other
Personality comes into it, you have to be able to work so closely with the owner
I was working in another superyacht business in Auckland alongside a man who eventually came to run the show, it now has 400 employees and has won superyacht awards in Monaco this man was on the tools like me So it can and does happen
Hang on tight to your dreams, go learn the trade, learn CAD, learn how to do everything the industry demands
It is the complete trade Also remember unless your business is sucessful, you can never sell it, people just start their own as you will do oneday

 

Building a Super Yacht

That is an exclellent Idea to boost the economey by creating Jobs for Americans to build yachts to export to forginers with lots of Money,


May I suggest that you pick a location with high unemployment and a multi talented workforce.

The South Side of Chicargo is being promoted as a area with vast potential.

Thisngs your gonna need.


Lots of Land, Flat Dry Land. Oklahoma comes to mind and 40 aceras and a mule can be bought for a song.

They have Railroads so you may want to build your Yachts Modulaer (Just Like Mobil Homes) so that you can ship them on a train and bolt them together when you get to the water.

Here is a picture of a train delivering a ferry boat





Its just south of the Red River in Texas where tha saying goes
" Please dont call me Darling; Darling"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9coh7mBHwr4&feature=related

 

You should build in Port Darlington, when the lake isn't frozen.

 

Darling Clementine,
it was not necessary and quite stupid.
You start your business with this attitude, you will go belly up in no time. beside being sued for taking the name of course.
Dany

 

majority stake in Sunseeker was just sold at only £25m ( witch made me wonder in % )
http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20100502121222ibinews.html

 

I hear there are suitable boat yards available in Thailand.

 

Those ones famous for their catamaran building, you mean?

 

Great picture, never seen a train pulling a lake before. Where were they heading?

 

Good lord....... but they would be ideally suited wouldnt they?

 

Just perfect candidates.....................

 

Great picture, never seen a train pulling a lake before. Where were they heading?

Great picture, never seen a train pulling a lake before. Where were they heading?

Yes, Yes, I can see how at first one may percieve that this Loco-Motive is indeed pulling a Lake and how it would be Logical to assume that.

However; If you Look Closer you will note thet the engine is Old 97 and as the story goes they were overdue for the incoming tide and ran right up the Marine Railways while docking a delivery of a Conasota Skooners, they diod not know that a Swabby had slicked up the rails using that New Brazzilion Bikini Wax and the rest is history.