It was a stunning weekend. The weather held, the flags flew, the boat
brasses sparkled – and around 200 visitors came to Braunston with shared
ownership boating in sharp focus.
Around 15 shares found new owners while the show
was open, but the tally of shares sold as a direct result of the show has risen
as follow-up enquiries came in and is has now reach 25.
That is an amazing result. As most visitors came as
families, it means that around a quarter of them made a decision to join the
shared ownership community on the basis of seeing the boats and getting
information from the management companies at the show.
Shares were on offer at prices ranging from £950 to
£10,950 in boats with launch dates from 1994 to 23rd April 2015 and
lengths from 40ft to 61ft.
All three of the management companies who sponsor
the event – BCBM, Carefree Cruising and Ownashare – reported share sales. The only disappointment was that Ownashare
had been unable to attend because key members of their team had illness
problems. They received lots of good
wishes from visitors, the material they had prepared was available in the
marquee, and they were able to report share sales directly linked to the show.
The show was held at Braunston Marina thanks to the
generosity of owner Tim Coghlan, to whom the sponsors and organisers are most
grateful. In recognition of this, The
Boat Share Show is making a £1,000 donation to Tim's favoured charity, the Friends of Raymond, who also had
stand space in the marquee and brought both the unpowered Raymond and the
towing boat Nutfield to the show.
The next Boat Share Show will be held on 5th
September 2015. The venue – around the northern end of the
four counties ring – has yet to be confirmed.
Full details will be posted here.
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