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The Yacht Of Your Dreams - A Fraction
Of The Cost
Based at the finest
metropolitan marinas in Chicago, Manhattan, Stamford,
Boston, Annapolis, Detroit, New Buffalo, Seattle,
Miami, Ft. Myers, and Tampa / St. Pete - with others opening
soon - Members in Pinnacle's shared-yacht program make personal
use of a new, stylish, well-equipped Jeanneau sail or Sea Ray power
yacht across the entire season for an all-inclusive lease fee as low
as $4,650.
Spectacular
Yachts by Jeanneau & Sea Ray
The Pinnacle fleet is comprised of sail and
power yachts ranging in size from 34 to 42 feet. All are new yachts
crafted by Jeanneau and Sea Ray - renowned international yacht builders.
Each yacht is equipped and finished to the highest standards, with
sleek hulls and topsides, richly appointed interiors, and advanced
instrumentation. They are performance-cruising yachts that move smoothly
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The Finest
Metropolitan Marinas Close To Your Home
Pinnacle Members use their personal yacht in
the wonderful waterways near their home, and have access to their
yacht across the entire season. Pinnacle bases are located at the
finest marinas in major metropolitan areas, allowing Members to use
their yacht frequently without traveling great distances to do so.
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Expert
Instruction - Sail & Power
Pinnacle provides instruction for Members new
to yachting, or who wish to further their skills prior to heading-out
on their own. Instruction is conducted on a yacht of the size and
type that the Member will later lease in the Pinnacle fleet. Instruction
focuses on seamanship and navigating the waters near the
Member's home. Members are encouraged to have family and friends attend
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Flexible
Online Scheduling Plus Free Spontaneous Use
Pinnacle's flexible online scheduling system allows Members to design
and manage a schedule that satisfies their specific needs - and guarantees
use of the boat for extended trips and special occasions if desired.
Pinnacle Members
may also use their yacht spontaneously if it is not otherwise scheduled.
If the schedule shows the boat as open, Members simply confirm online
that they are taking the boat and enjoy an extra day on the water
free of charge.
Pinnacle provides
a proprietary web-based scheduling system that allows Members to create
and manage a schedule that satisfies their specific desires. Developed
by Pinnacle, the system is unrivaled in the yachting industry. Without
this technology, it would be impossible to fairly manage the schedule
for shared use of a yacht.
Conventional yacht
scheduling systems allow users to "grab" open time on the
calendar with minimal rules for fairness to others. This means that
unless you are first in line ready to reserve your dates at the moment
they become available online, you will likely miss-out on dates that
are very important to you, and will be forced to take the leftovers.
These systems serve Johnny-on-the-spot very well - and everyone else
very poorly.
Pinnacle's scheduling
system takes into account each Member's desire to use the yacht for
extended periods of cruising, for getaways, and for special occasions
such as anniversaries, birthdays, business entertaining, and city
events. With these preferences as input, an initial schedule is created
that satisfies the unique needs of each Member in a way that is fair
to all. Members then select additional dates as the season progress,
and may trade dates with other members, providing tremendous flexibility.
All this is accomplished by the Member via Pinnacle's wonderfully
easy-to-use web-based system.
Each day of the
season is comprised of two timeslots. Day timeslots run from 9:00
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. the same day. Evening timeslots run from 5:00
p.m. overnight through 9:00 a.m. the following morning. The exact
number of timeslots and breakdown of weekend and weekday timeslots
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Outstanding
Maintenance & Support
Pinnacle meticulously cares for each yacht with
a professional staff that tends to all preventative and emergency
maintenance. Each week during the season, every yacht is cleaned,
inspected and serviced to exacting standards, keeping each yacht in
pristine condition. Critical maintenance items are tended to 24/7.
Pinnacle also enhances each yacht when they are placed new into the
fleet, making them more robust and reliable from the onset.
If a yacht were
to become unavailable because critical maintenance is required, the
Member would receive an alternative timeslot or a pro rata refund.
Pinnacle is pleased to report that over the past three seasons, no
Member has lost time as the result of a yacht being down for maintenance.
Pinnacle Members spend their time cruising yachts - not fixing them.
A+ Rated
Insurance Protection
Each yacht is covered by insurance to its
full value less a deductible of $1,500 to $4,000. $2,000,000 of liability
insurance is also carried by Pinnacle on each yacht. Coverage is provided
by an A+ rated insurance company.
An Exceptional
Value
The typical Pinnacle Member spends about 13-times
less during the first year, and 5-times less during subsequent years,
for comparable use of the same yacht, than if they owned the yacht
themselves. Also, Pinnacle Members make no down payment, have only
a single-season lease rather than a fifteen-year mortgage, and have
no maintenance obligations whatsoever. <
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Pricing
and Availability
Pinnacle offers the opportunity to share
a magnificent private yacht for a simple, all-inclusive, single-season
lease fee. Since our inception in 1998, our yachts have been entirely
sold-out every season. Because of the popularity of the program, it
is best to act well in advance of the season to secure a spot. <
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