Hi, my name is David Coulling, and welcome to this blog which is all about overseas property for boat owners. I love sailing and throughout my life have lived in several places around the world, so hopefully I can speak from personal experience. About 2 years ago I started another site helping boat owners with specialist finance for their boats and yachts using the Italian and French leasing solutions. This has been been very successful, but one of the questions I was often asked was whether I could advise on where new marinas were being built, comments on existing ones, and suggestions for new resorts and marinas which would be great both as a base for the boat, and also to live.
I have finally found the time to start this new blog, which will be updated regularly with new marina developments, international finance issues, some of the legal issues of living overseas ( whether as a second home, or full time ) and mortgage and currency advice. From time to time I will also comment on new boats and related issues, along with the perennial issues we all have of finding a mooring or berth for our boat or yacht.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the site, and that in some small way I can help with suggestions of where to live and sail – I have built up contacts with many developers over the years so hopefully you will find some useful information here. Please keep in touch as I would welcome any comments and suggestions and also personal recommendations – there is nothing like a personal visit to highlight the good, as well as the not so good!!
Please keep in touch via the comments section as I would like to encourage a forum of opinion and comment so that others may benefit from your experiences.
Kind regards
David
Dear Mr. Coulling,
Cogragulations on your attractive and informative blog. It is pleasure to read it.
We have just opened a new floating dock / marina, Port Atami, in Bodrum, Turkey, on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Our website is http://www.portatami.com
info@portatami.com
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Dear David,
I realy love sailing, boats and sea. I was my dream to buy a boat put her in the good marina and sail there with mu friends and guests. Now due to the crisis arrived some problems and I try to find a solution in this not easy times. I’m lookig for professional support and assistance and will be happy if a sailor will help me in my hard times)!
There are some my cases which needed a professional support:
1) My sailing boat.
I have c contract with a Canadian company. Purchase agreement is signed between me like a person and a Canadian company “UPG”. The contract amount is 350 000 euro. I have also an invoices from the shipyard in Civitavecchia where my boat was renovated. The amount of that invoices is around 28 000 euro. I’ve already paid more than 270.000 euro and looking for financing the rest of the contract + shipyard’s invoices for repair and renovation. There are some available ways for me: 1) leasing 2) partner ownership 3) anothers.
SY flights now with a Canadian flag. I’m resident of Italy but I’m Russian. I want a) to avoid a VAT b) to use a boat for pleasure and charter in Italy, Croatia and all other EU. I have also an Italian event’s agency which can be an owner of the yacht if it’ll be necessary.
2) The berth place in Italy. Marina di Imperia (Imperia, Liguria).
There is a luck of a financing for my invest contract due to the crisis. So, I’d like to save my investment. sell my berth place in Marina di Imperia. It’s also possible to find a co-investor and share the ownership and a future profit. The leasing financing for a berth place also available but like the last chance.
There are berth place 16x5m + nautical cave 4×3 m. Total amount is 300.000 euro (VAT excluded). I’ve invested 75.000 euro. I want to refund my investment or to find a co-investor. IMPORTANT – the dead line of my 3d payment in amount of 120.000 euro is 20th of February 2010. The final payments should be done in July 2010. Berth places will be ready by the end of February 2010. http://www.acquamarcia.it/WebSite/projects.aspx?cid=2&lid=2 – this is a link to the official web-site. All documents are ready and clean, I can present them immediately by request.
Please, let me know as soon as possible is there any abilities for you to provide one of your professional services for me.
Awaiting your reply,
Igor Raspopov
My phone nr.: +41.76.781.35.23
January 8th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Hi David
We looking at my options to finance my barge which is half paid for through Barclays Marine.
We owe £49,000 and need a further £15,000 for out f the water survey, valuation, hull repairs and paint work.
The barge was purchased for £110,000 and i can estimate its value on current London mooring at around £180,000 to £200,000.
If there is an option that Marinablu would be interested in this project please call me.
Cheers
Lee
07870239011
January 14th, 2010 at 5:25 pm