Thanks Jannick. Much appreciated. With regards to chartering Kismet… I don’t know. My math falls apart when the numbers get that high.
Recently, a couple of people have asked about my role in the reviews. Just to clarify, I work as the managing editor. What this means is, editorial falls prey to my pen. Chuck & I physically do the reviews together, i.e. time onboard, walk-thrus, sea trials, taking pics, notes, etc. Chuck covers the nature of the build, materials, theme, the ambiance, etc. I focus more on the technical details, the lead into the story and closing statements. On most reviews, I re-write or add about 20% to Chuck's editorial. Once or twice, I have done a complete re-write. Although Chuck's name is on the story, the writing is often a combination of both of us. I don't care about the credit. Actually, I prefer not to have the liability.
I think most of us know YF’s reviews are a bit bigger than most. I believe the yachts we cover deserve this. A novel could be written on most of these builds… but the time to do this isn’t a luxury we have. Chuck puts about 20 hours into each piece. I have around the same number of hours into a review, but for different reasons. My time is spent choosing, cropping, labeling and uploading images, in the proper sequence. Then, tweaking text and getting it to flow with the images. And finally, there’s some coding to be done.
Some reviews simply fall together. Others are a struggle. It has a lot to do with believing in the build, the cooperation of the builder and the story the boat is telling you. Yes, every boat has a story. Ask any seller AFTER he sells the boat!
