Weber Yacht Solutions

From the owner's side of the table.

We represent owners buying, refitting and running yachts, and we support the Captains who run them. We are paid by the owner and by nobody else. One career still at sea, one ashore.

Owner's Representation · Refit & Project Management · Captain Support

Arabian Gulf · Approaches to Dubai

Depths in metres
Datum WGS84

25°05′N · 55°08′E · Dubai

The solutions we offer are derived from our own experiences with owners.

Our income comes from one source which is what ensures completely unbiased opinions and recommendations.

Being located in the UAE allows us to have direct access to the world's largest yachting markets. We can efficiently split our time between Asia, Europe, the Americas and the southern hemisphere. We are rarely more than a flight away from an owner or vessel.

01Brief · survey · negotiation · closing

Represent

Experience-led questions have to be asked: private / charter, cruising areas, complete budgeting overview, both operational and overall. This remains our brief through search, survey, negotiation and closing.

Our network of experts from all onboard departments provides the owner with unfiltered reporting.

Our fees, agreed in advance, will never rise with any change of purchase price and remain the same whether we advise you to buy or to walk away.

02Refit · yard periods · new build

Oversee

Our refit specifications are derived from working alongside the owner as well as the entire crew, all of whom have specific requirements. Our professional working relationships with many of the leading shipyards allow us to prepare tenders and advise the owner accordingly, with our top three recommendations. From the day the works begin we are in the yard on the owner's behalf, checking progress and cost against the contract, through to the list of outstanding items at the end.

Our fees are fixed in advance from the scope and duration the tender sets, against the work and never against the yard's price. No surprises.

03Second opinion · practical help · ashore

Captain Support

We do not take the keys. The Captain keeps command, and we are the support ashore when it is required. We are a second and unbiased opinion, having stood the same watch. We provide practical assistance with the requirements of the yacht.

As much or as little as the Captain calls for, and never between the Captain and the owner. A twenty-four hour contact, for all parties.

Disciplines

One principal service. Four that support it.

Principal service

Owner's Representation

Acquisition and sale, from the first brief to the first season in commission, including the contract on a new vessel.

Purchase · New build · Sale

Refit & Project Management

Specification, tender and yard selection, supervision through the works, cost control against the contract, and the list of outstanding items at the end.

Refit · Yard periods · New build

Captain Support

Shoreside support at whatever level is required: a second opinion, help with a certificate or a yard period, or the whole framework of maintenance, budget, compliance and accounts, all in tandem with the Captain.

Second opinion · Shoreside · Full framework

Sourcing & Logistics

A part needed before the guests arrive, a supplier we have used before, or freight and customs when something has to reach the vessel wherever she is. We source and ship worldwide, with provisioning and clearance handled across the Emirates and the wider Gulf.

Worldwide · Last minute · Freight

Tenders & Small Craft

Small craft rarely carry permanent crew, so there is nobody aboard looking after her. We inspect weekly, report monthly on condition, and keep registration, licensing and safety equipment under review, so she is compliant and ready the moment the owner wants her.

Up to 25 m · Care and compliance · Always ready

We are not charter brokers or sale brokers, and we seek neither business. If we are involved in either, it is to assist and to give an unbiased opinion.

Our terms

How we are paid.

Our judgement is not for sale.

Four terms sit behind every engagement, so an owner knows how our fee is set, and what sits outside it, before any of it begins.

One client

Every fee is agreed in advance and set against the work, whether that is a fixed fee for a search or a monthly rate while a refit runs. All of it is paid by the owner, so there is never a second interest to weigh.

No commission

We take no commission or rebate from any shipyard, brokerage or supplier. Any discount we negotiate belongs to the owner. Where we purchase on an owner's behalf, the supplier invoices the owner directly wherever that is possible. Where it is not, we pay and recharge the supplier's invoice exactly, with a copy of it, and add nothing. Our service fee is always shown separately.

III

Figures as received

Quotations and estimates reach the owner exactly as they reached us, with our reading of them set out separately, so the figures and the opinion never arrive merged.

A small book

A limited number of vessels by design, so the person who advises you is the person who answers the telephone.

Owner & Captain

We do not take the keys.

The owner sets the intention and the Captain runs the vessel. We work alongside each of them. Select a point of view.

Counsel on a vessel, a yard quotation or a budget from people who have been there.
What a vessel will cost to own as well as to buy, including the surveys and yard periods the early years bring.
All information broken down and explained with no bias. So the decision is yours.
A straight answer whenever you ask for one, including the one you would rather not hear.

A second opinion when it is wanted, and no interference when it is not.
Practical help with a certificate, a yard period, or a part that has to arrive before the guests do.
The line to the owner stays direct. We do not carry messages between you.
Budgets, accounts and compliance paperwork handled ashore when you want them off your desk.

The owner and the Captain, direct. We hold the two lines below.

The Captain keeps command. We work either side of it, and never between.

Who we are

More than thirty years at sea, between us.

Between us the work has run across the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the Bahamas, the United States and the Indian Ocean, in roughly equal measure, so the understanding is a general one rather than regional.

Ross WeberFounder

At sea since 2006 and full time since 2011, in command of motor yachts under both private and commercial registration, and before that serving as Chief Officer and Relief Captain. He has carried vessels through multiple refits, an extension and a new build, and is aboard today as owner's representative and project manager, so the experience behind the company is current and still being added to.

Steven WeberFounder

More than ten years at sea as Chief Officer and Relief Captain, responsible for operations and logistics aboard large private vessels, with refits and yard periods among the projects he has run. He is now ashore full time and carries the daily work of the company.

Testimonials

In their own words.

We highly recommend Weber Yacht Solutions for their service, reliable partner network, and strong attention to detail. They have been a great support to us.

Romain B · Yacht broker

I cannot say enough about the outstanding service I received from your company. Their team went above and beyond to meet our needs and exceeded our expectations.

Emma T · PA to owner

I could not be more satisfied with the service received. The team's dedication, attention to detail, and commitment went far beyond what we expected.

Oliver H · Superyacht Captain

Enquiries

info@weberyachtsolutions.com

A first conversation about buying, a second view on a yard estimate, or a scope you would like priced. Captains are as welcome to write as owners are.

Telephone

+971 (0)50 577 8288
+971 (0)50 572 1521

Office

Meydan Grandstand, 6th Floor,
Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Reach

Based in Dubai
Working worldwide

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