Vantage Yacht Club Commissions Yacht Create for Fractional Ownership System in Chicago
Vantage Yacht Club, the premier fractional club offering shared yacht ownership and creator of the Yacht Card, announced an addition to their fractional fleet these days with the order of a new 2012 Sunseeker Portofino 48 from Excellent Lakes Sunseeker dealer Jefferson Seaside Yacht Revenue.
“We are excited to introduce our members to 1 of the most sought right after yachts in the planet,” said Jason De Palma, President of Vantage Yacht Club, “Vantage has charted a program to deliver the very best-of-the-best and the Portofino 48 is positioned at the pinnacle of its class.”
To be christened “Game Changer,” the Portofino 48 is staying supplied in the Vantage Yacht Shares system and capabilities a rich deep blue hull, fifty-3 feet in all round length, joystick managed Volvo IPS pod drives, retractable carbon fiber hardtop, lifting swim platform, teak cockpit with extended seating configuration, large-gloss cherry wood cabin and a complete-beam owner’s suite with vast windows on both port and starboard sides. Like virtually each accessible factory alternative, her price to construct and transport from the Sunseeker factory in England is almost $ one.4 million.
Sunseeker is acknowledged to hand construct a restricted quantity of yachts each and every year. With only thirty-five Portofino 48 designs scheduled for production in 2012 and a total order book, “Game Changer” will be a rare and distinctive complement to the yachting community in Chicago.
Even though her official launch ceremony will take spot on the Chicago River in May possibly 2012, “Game Changer” will be completed and placed in British waters March 2012. Vantage Yacht Club Members will have the chance to join their group on a journey via London for a tour of the Sunseeker factory in Poole, England. “As the most tenured Sunseeker dealer in the States, I have been to the factory hundreds of times,” said Greg Krueger, President of Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales, “it is really a exceptional experience that Vantage Members will cherish for a lifetime.” Vantage Members who make the voyage will meet naval architects, executives and personally witness how these marvels of style and technologies are dreamed and constructed. In addition, the four Members who secure a Portofino 48 fractional position will have the chance to visually inspect and sea trial their new sport cruiser on the English Channel.
Vantage Yacht Club and the Yacht Shares plan will be showcased at the Progressive Chicago Boat Show at McCormick Spot on January 12 – 16 and at the Progressive Strictly Sail Display at Navy Pier on January 26 – 29. Vantage is raffling complimentary passes to the boat shows to these who “Like” Vantage Yacht Club on Facebook. To enter, visit: http://www.facebook.com/VantageYachtClub, follow their page and participate.
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