Robert Chatmas

Here's a novel approach to the concept of yacht ownership, based on a model of fractional ownership methods currently applied to luxury resort homes and private jets. Robert Chatmas is a real estate developer of high-end resort properties in the Aspen, Colorado area, as well as a licensed pilot and a U.S. Coast Guard 100-ton captain. He feels the time is right to apply the fractional ownership principles that have been sucessfully employed with resort properties and jets, to luxury yachts. His passion for boating led him to found YachtWise, a yacht management company located in South Florida with offices in Colorado. Fractional ownership means that a buyer pays a percentage of the price of the property as well as a percentage of an annual management and maintenance fee; ... (more)