Category: Yacht delivery

A Delivery Captain is not judged on how well they can sail. They are judged on how well they deliver. It is taken as a given that they know how to sail and so don’t expect praise for it. Their knowledge and experience of seamanship, pilotage, navigation, meteorology etc. is not questioned. They can sail half way round the world and endure all kinds of technical and weather challenges but it is how the yacht is presented at the end is what the client sees. If they bought a brand new yacht, then that is what they want to see. They will not want to see the stove top stained or scratched, or the autopilot burnt out from being used continuously.

Reliance Yacht Management is the largest and busiest yacht delivery company because our Captains demand high standards from themselves. We understand what our clients require and we deliver a service that exceeds their expectations.

The picture shows the protection used on a catamaran prior to departure. After 4000 miles the woodwork looked immaculate.

A big thanks to captain Nick for completing his latest delivery of a Lagoon 440 Catamaran “Sweet Chill” from Ft Lauderdale to Road Town, British Virgin Islands. Nick is one of our busiest captains who has completed deliveries for Reliance in Australia, Europe and the USA.

Tortola is a popular destination for our clients, many of whom have commercial charter fleets operating in the area. Recent deliveries to Tortola over the last few months have been from France, Mediterranean, Annapolis and Florida.

The route from Ft Lauderdale is just over 1000 miles but is rare that any delivery is able to take a direct course. The prevailing headwinds force our captains to take long tacks out to the east or motor when the wind is down.

“Sweet Chill” will be the latest proud addition to the BVI Yacht Charters and is already attracting bookings.

This summer the Lagoon Dealer in Japan posted this video on YouTube.

Taken on a delivery of L52 catamaran from Hong Kong to Okinawa.

The 870 mile trip took 4 days and 3 hours with a maximum speed of 22 kts!!

The video has no words or fancy music to set the mood – just pure sailing. Enjoy

Here is a great video that is worth revisiting.

Made and edited by Reliance Crewmember Rob Thompson, it shows the experience and work ethic on board a transatlantic delivery.

Clients comments are essential to our business. It is our reward for a job well done. It drives us forward to keep our standards high.

We just delivered a a Lagoon catamaran from France to Ft Lauderdale to a very discerning corporate client who demands a high level of customer service. When their leading broker says,
” boat looked great and owner seemed very happy when he viewed it yesterday with wife and business partners.
Good Job.” this shows we are getting things right. Our Captains are the best and the management support is spot on.

This testimonial and others can be seen at http://www.relianceyachtmanagement.com/category/testimonials