Missy Johnston from Northrop and Johnson Yacht Charters ( http://www.njcharters.com ) is attending the 9th annual Charter Yacht Show in Poros. This year the show is bigger and better than ever, which has consistently been the upward trend since the inception of this Greek crewed charter yacht show in 2002 in Poros, Greece, an island in the Saronic Island chain in the Aegean Sea, not far from Athens. This year there are 78 yachts total in the show, with the majority being motor yachts, however there is a nice selection of sailing yachts and several catamarans. 28 of the yachts entered in the show this year are new to the crewed yacht charter market with 8 of those yachts new to the crewed yacht charter market in Greece being just launched in 2010.
The Charter Yacht Show Poros is a crewed charter yacht trade show for the worldwide crewed yacht charter brokerage industry. Those yachts available for crewed charter for this coming summer in the Greek Islands are gathered here in Poros along the city quay during this week for all industry members to inspect the yachts, revisit with crew and meet new crew. This is the opportunity for a worldwide crewed yacht charter broker to gain hands on knowledge about new crewed yachts available for charter, or gain updated information on known yachts through personal inspection and discussion with the Captain, Chefs, all crew, and full inspection of the yacht from sun deck Jacuzzis to sheets and towels in the staterooms and baths.
The Charter Yacht Show Poros 2010 is organized by the Poros Show Organizing Committee, a group of yachting industry professionals that donate their time on a volunteer basis for the countless hours required to organize this crewed charter yacht show for the charter industry. The Organizing Committee is a total of 6 people, 3 of whom are representatives from the Hellenic Yacht Owners Association and 3 are representatives from the Hellenic Yacht Brokers Association, both of which are important yachting industry trade organizations in the yachting industry in Greece.
Missy Johnston says that this show has really grown in size, not just in the number of boats here, but in the overall size of the boats being shown, and she is very pleased with the quality of the yachts and crew that she is seeing that are available for crewed yacht charter through the Greek Islands this coming summer. “Being here is very important in order to know through personal review which yachts to recommend for charter from the yacht to the food and the Captain and crew. I look at all aspects of the crewed yacht package including maintenance, cleanliness, presentation, crew service, and quality of food. All play a part in creating an excellent yacht charter experience, and are very important to consider when recommending a yacht for a charter. How can you know a charter on a particular yacht will be great without personally reviewing the yacht and knowing the crew on the yacht being recommended” says Johnston.
Attending these industry crewed yacht charter shows are an important part of a charter broker’s job to not only make the right crewed yacht charter recommendations, but also to see what might be happening in crewed yacht charter rules and regulations in the charter area. And once again, the Charter Yacht Show in Poros has been very worth attending, with a selection of great crewed charter yachts for this coming summer for charter in the Greek Islands.
