Yachts Expertise

Yachting Facts

Yachting has been a popular leisure activity in developed economy. North America, Europe and Oceanic regions have been traditionally yachting stronghold.

According to Lucintel research, In 2009, the global pleasure boat market shipment was $18.21 billion. The market is forecast to grow to $ 27.8 billion by 2015, with Asia and Europe being the growth engine.

U.S. maintains a total of 17 million boats and yachts. Close to 1/3 of its population participates various type of sailing related activities.

In China, there are about 2,000 yacht owners and 200 yacht clubs.

Yachts can be categorized as follows:

• Motor yachts
• Sailing yacht

Nautical Lifestyle

Sailing is more than a sport, it’s a lifestyle.

While sailing is a great way to enjoy the outdoors, it also requires you to be an active participant. When you learn how to sail, you’ll not only become intimately familiar with all aspects of your boat, but also know how your boat relates to its environment in terms of everything from the wind to the weather. This is why learning how to sail can be so fulfilling and can foster such a sense of accomplishment.

Sailing brings you back to fundamentals. Spending time on a boat seems to bring out the best in human nature. Working together you talk a lot, laugh a lot, put the world to rights and learn more than you expect.

Sailing also requires a certain appreciation for your surroundings and environment. Sailor can feel as though if he can control the wind, a powerful force of nature, then he may develop a better ability to cope with real life challenges on shore.

Time and time again people have seen the benefits of running away to sea. It’s a brilliant chance to gain a different perspective on your hectic lives ashore. Stepping away from the land is like stepping away from the world you know. See yourself in a new light and expand your horizons, who knows where your inspiration at sea will lead you?

TRUST Experience

At TRUST, we bring your expectation of yachting to a totally new level.

Whether you are an individual interested in yachting activities or a hospitality business owner seeking to enhance your service offering, you can find customized solutions at TRUST yachts with an array of premium products and service.

Our team brings with us over 50 years of expertise in yachting and related hospitality service. We start from the very fundamental for your informed decision to engage in yachting - why you as an individual or a business may do yachting and what end benefits you can reap from it.

Our team takes an consultative approach to understand clients’ needs and match them with unique TRUST offerings - from luxurious sailing tour on European waters, all the way to yacht purchase of premium European brands and launching marina operations and yachting clubs.

With dedicated support from a number of top European shipyards and service providers, TRUST helps you to start a winning sailing journey.

Total Solutions

To our individual clients, TRUST offers service with a consultative approach in the following areas:

Sailing tour in Europe

TRUST arranges potential buyers to visit yacht manufacturers and test sailing in Europe based on clients’ requirements.

Yacht purchase and rental

TRUST handles purchase and rental for Chinese clients’ permanent ownership or temporary usage of their desired yachts.

Yacht maintenance

TRUST facilitates clients’ yacht berthing and daily maintenance by linking yacht owners to the right marina facilities in China or in Europe.

Yachting training

TRUST arranges experienced specialists to deliver personalized training to owners on how to operate a yacht.

To our corporate clients, TRUST offers:

Yacht purchase and leasing service

TRUST analyze and match corporate client needs with the right yacht types, and handles yacht acquisition or leasing on clients’ behalf.

Yacht maintenance service

TRUST provide yacht maintenance service including berthing, crew training, and supply logistics.

Yacht program feasibility and launch

To businesses interested in investing into a for-profit yacht program, TRUST offers feasibility research, marina design and building consulting, yacht club design, management and operations, and facilitation of partnership opportunities with European yachting industry.

Vision

Bring yachting as a healthy lifestyle to Chinese middle and upper class for their enjoyment and well being.

Value

• Premium brands of European yachts with entire range of product choices.
• In-depth knowledge about yachting as how to enjoy it as a lifestyle to the fullest.
• Total solution to individual and corporate clients for yacht ownership and maintenance.
• Complete program to assist businesses to launch yacht program as an unique value add and a new revenue source.

Team

Krijn Van Den Brink

Krijn is a passionate sailor from Holland with nearly 40 years of sailing experience. He started sailing when he was 5 years old with dinghy boats – the optimist and laser. He also sailed with his parents on keel yachts.

At the age of 15, he joined his father and his sailing friends for sailing regattas with keel yachts in Holland. At the age of 18, he used his knowledge gained from racing and designed his first 22 feet racing boat together with the designer from Van De Stadt Design. One year later, he started to build the boat all by himself.

Upon the completion of the boat building, he started with inshore racing for both national and international competition with good result.

Later on, he started offshore racing for international regattas with boats ranging from 34-­‐43 feet. His sailing courses covered the Netherlands, France, England, Ireland, Norway and Belgium etc. In 2014, Krijn sailed in the China Cup held in Shenzhen, China with LingShui Team from YOMOVO Club.

Over the years, Krijn developed himself as an all-­‐round sailor for all the positions of sailing onboard.

His passion for sailing is to get the best out of the boat and the team!

Club Racing : 1989 - 2014

24 hours of Medemblik	best result 1st place
Flevo race	best result 2nd place
Zuider zee week	best result 3rd place
Y toren race
North sea regatta
Haaks wade race
Cam race:	The Netherlands to Norway	best result 2nd place
Sail Race & Rally:	The Netherlands to cork, Ireland	best result 1st place
	The Netherlands to le Crousty, France	best result 1st place
	The Netherlands to Brest, France	best result 1st place

Krijn moved to Shanghai in 2012 due to family reasons. He is currently the Sailing Coach and Consultant for TRUST – Yachts Expertise based in Shanghai.

Carren Shi

Carren is the Chinese market expert with over 16 years of experiences in the luxury sectors. She is the consultant and the ambassador to many multinational corporations, startup enterprise, small to medium companies and local organizations aiming at the Chinese consumers.

Carren’s knowhow, network and resources in China spanning from Luxury Hotels, Luxury Cars, Luxury Fashion & Accessories, Luxury Real Estate to Premium Medical Device and Life Technology. Her brands’ portfolio is inclusive of InterContinental Hotels Group, RCI, Hugo Boss, Alain Mikli, Porsche and DiaSorin etc.

Carren obtained her Master in Business Administration from the University of Salford, United Kingdom of the Great Britain in the year 2000. She is the Managing Partner of TRUST – Yachts Expertise and is currently living in Shanghai.

Contact

Phone：+86 189 3009 4579

Email: info@trustyachts.com