Owners websites?

[bob26]

I'm thinking about creating a website about refitting my boat and wondered if anyone here has done this or seen any owners websites they admired?

It would be really helpful if you could post a link to any sites devoted to an owners boat or provide any advice on how you went about yours. I'm contemplating using Wordpress.

Sites like this one perhaps:

http://www.yachtorla.com/

 

[mattnj]

wordpress is the way to go, just signup for a free one and off you go:-

https://en.wordpress.com/signup/

 

[machurley22]

Sites like this one perhaps:

http://www.yachtorla.com/

Do you know Lord and Lady MacDonald or did you just like the site - or did you pick it at random.

PS - he's not really a Lord although she is very much a lady of course.

 

[bob26]

Do you know Lord and Lady MacDonald or did you just like the site - or did you pick it at random.

PS - he's not really a Lord although she is very much a lady of course.

No, its just the only yacht owners website I've found to date - hence my request for more examples...please.

 

[V1701]

I've just built one using moonfruit and am very happy with it, it's to sell the boat. Think about your content (text/images, etc.), how you want it to be structured/organised on the site (menus, submenus, navigation). Then pick a free service (there are plenty) and a template that is amenable to your content & structure...

 

[shaunksb]

Me Too!

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Yes I'm in the process of building a site with moonfruit to sell my boat.

http://jeanneau34.moonfruit.com/#

It's easy to use and free and you can add video etc and update it easily.


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[bob26]

I've just built one using moonfruit and am very happy with it, it's to sell the boat. Think about your content (text/images, etc.), how you want it to be structured/organised on the site (menus, submenus, navigation). Then pick a free service (there are plenty) and a template that is amenable to your content & structure...

Thanks for this good advice. It was to help my thinking about content that I am rather keen to see some others to learn from. Any chance of a peek at yours....?

 

[daveyw]

Here's a total build project http://www.thebigsailboatproject.com/sail1fr.htm

 

[Orla]

Do you know Lord and Lady MacDonald or did you just like the site - or did you pick it at random.

PS - he's not really a Lord although she is very much a lady of course.

Who says im not a Lord.....

You are right on one point the Lady is very much a Lady, very lucky Lord....

I looked at quite a few content management sites and decided to try wordpress, probebly does a lot more than I can manage, not to difficult to use....

 

[V1701]

Thanks for this good advice. It was to help my thinking about content that I am rather keen to see some others to learn from. Any chance of a peek at yours....?

Here you go, it's very simple though, no sub menus, just my content and a few external links that open in a new browser window. You can see the difference between this one and the other moonfruit one just using a different template...

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

I wish this was my yacht...

http://www.halcyonyachtcharter.com/

and this site looks good too:

http://www.sumurun.com/

 

[bob26]

Here you go, it's very simple though, no sub menus, just my content and a few external links that open in a new browser window. You can see the difference between this one and the other moonfruit one just using a different template...

Many thanks - the site looks very nice to me. And a great way to sell your boat I would think. How many brokers provide this much information? But so often one drives hundreds of miles to check out a boat for sale on the basis of virtually no detailed information.

 

[mon_ami]

These are American sites, but I really like them. Mostly restoration focused.
http://www.triton381.com/
http://www.wbryant.com/index.htm
http://atomvoyages.com/

And my favourite UK based site:
http://silhouette-misty.blogspot.com/

There's a lot of information towards the beginning of the blog on things he has done to the boat.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Mariposa

I wish this was someone else's boat Mariposa

 

[bob26]

Thanks for the links

Many thanks for all the suggested sites above.

 

[micha571]

I used wordpress, too, this is the site:

http://www.teamswashbuckler.wordpress.com

Sorry about the text being in german. But the boat has sailed in the UK until I bought in 2010 and sailed her over to germany.

Regards,
Michael

 

[Ceirwan]

Americans love their boat restorations.
This is the best I've found, he does it for a living and keeps a daily log of all work done, everything to a very high standard. There are at least 10+ restorations documented:

http://www.northernyacht.com/

 

[mlthomas]

I opted for evolution X5, easy to use and not the most expensive piece of software around. There is an on line tutorial too which gives a good idea about what is involved.

 

[Andy Austin]

I'm thinking about creating a website about refitting my boat and wondered if anyone here has done this or seen any owners websites they admired?

It would be really helpful if you could post a link to any sites devoted to an owners boat or provide any advice on how you went about yours. I'm contemplating using Wordpress.

Sites like this one perhaps:

http://www.yachtorla.com/

I can really recommend Wordpress.

Are you going to put your site's link up here Bob? I'd like to see it when its done.

 

[woodstock]

The new Impala website is www.impala28.co.uk. That was built using wordpress.