About Us..........

Captain Michael O’Connor, CPYB

Mike's love affair with boating began as a young boy in 1964 when he sailed dinghies and small keelboats in the waters off Cape Cod and the surrounding islands. Since those days he has logged over 80,000 nautical miles from the Philippines to Nova Scotia.

As a Certified Professional Yacht Broker, Mike sold over 100 yachts just in the 3 year period 2005 - 2008. Having helped so many gain yacht ownership, Mike realized the market needed a new dynamic, a new way to gain yacht ownership.

Every time he sailed out of Dana Point Harbor, he saw people along the shore railings, looking longingly at the yachts sailing out to sea, wishing they could have their own adventures, too. YachtsToShare is his answer to that community, that ocean of would-be yacht owners separated only by the fear of risk, lack of cash, or inexperience that co-ownership overcomes.

Peter Shikli

The geek behind the operation, Peter started as a UCLA engineer with an MBA, and then gained over 25 years in software development, high-tech business development, and project management. He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer, a Registered Professional Engineer, accredited college instructor, guest lecturer, and has published over 40 articles & books.

Peter's experience includes VP of R&D, CIO for an electronic component exchange, various high-tech positions with Garrett Aerospace and Ampex, and Program Manager for SAIC, the world's largest international think tank. Having founded Bizware Online Applications, Peter chaired various internet consortiums such as the Orange County Chapter of the Southern California ColdFusion Users Group, the Orange County PHP Developers Group, Director of the WebTeam Coalition, and the Internet Consortium of the Orange County Business Council.

FAQs

Is this some kind of time-share?

Not at all, and here is how we're different. A time-share resort sells shares to the resort, much like selling stock in a corporation, but with the added benefit of being able to use a room in the resort within restricted times, like once a year.

With a time-share as with a corporation, you don't care who the other shareholders are. The maid cleans up after the previous resort guest and after your stay. With co-ownership, as with YachtsToShare, knowing the other co-owners is the key to success. The way the other co-owner leaves the yacht for you and the way you leave it for them is the basis of co-ownership.

That is why the tools provided by YachtsToShare are so important to find the right co-owner. Co-ownership is more like a marriage than a time-share, and YachtsToShare is your dating service.