Journal
Notes on buying, sizing and ordering
Written for the questions we are actually asked — what fits, what it costs you to get wrong, and how an order really runs. No specifications we cannot stand behind.
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Ownership · Ventura
Boat Appraisals in Ventura, CA: When You Need One and What It Covers
An appraisal is not a survey, and neither is something a dealer can hand you. The honest version of how boat valuation works around Ventura — and when it is genuinely required.
28 August 2026 · 5 min
- 02
Buying guide · Sea trials
How to Schedule a Yacht Tender Test Drive
A tender reveals itself in the first ten minutes on the water — if you know what to look for. How the appointment works, and what the sea trial is actually for.
28 August 2026 · 4 min
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Dealer guide · Williams
Williams Jet Tenders: What an Authorised Dealer Actually Does
Buying from a dealer is not buying from a listing site with a nicer office. Fitment, build slots, livery, commissioning and the years after the sale are the actual product.
28 August 2026 · 4 min
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Fitment · Sanlorenzo
Sanlorenzo at Ameglia: The Yard on the Magra, and the Tenders That Suit Its Yachts
Ameglia is where Sanlorenzo's composite yachts are built. Understanding the yard explains a good deal about how those yachts carry their tenders.
31 July 2026 · 4 min
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Fitment · Benetti
Benetti Yachts and Their Tenders: Sizing for the Mediterraneo 116 and Oasis Range
Benetti builds at a scale where the tender stops being an accessory and starts being a piece of the yacht's operation. What that changes.
30 July 2026 · 4 min
- 06
Ordering guide
How to Order a Bespoke Yacht Tender
Every decision in a custom tender order, in the sequence a shipyard actually needs them — and the ones that are genuinely irreversible.
27 July 2026 · 5 min
- 07
Buying guide
Luxury Tender Sales: How Buying a Tender Actually Works
A tender is not bought the way a yacht is bought. It is specified against a garage, a davit and a way of using the boat — and the sequence matters.
20 July 2026 · 5 min
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Buying guide · Lake Havasu
Jet Boats for Sale for Lake Havasu: Choosing for the Channel and the Sandbar
Havasu is the most demanding easy water in the Southwest — hot, busy, and full of swimmers. What that means for the boat you buy.
13 July 2026 · 4 min
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Buying guide · Arizona
Yachts for Sale in Arizona: What Actually Fits the Desert Lakes
Arizona searches for yachts far more often than Arizona has anywhere to put one. Here is what the desert lakes will genuinely take, and what buyers usually mean when they type the word.
6 July 2026 · 5 min
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