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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

1. Buy or rent a berth in Marina Bizerte and your yacht will be conveniently located for delivery anywhere in the Med.
2. Buy or rent a berth in Bizerte for an excellent lifestyle for the crew.
3. Buy or rent a berth in Bizerte to save money.
4. Buy or rent a berth in Bizerte for excellent shipyard facilities.
5. Buy or rent a berth in Bizerte for quality service and amenities.
6. Buy or rent a berth in Bizerte for the beautiful surroundings and friendly people.
7. Enjoy the local cruising in Tunisia.
8. Take advantage of the ease of access.
9. Discover the investment benefits of Tunisia.
10. Bizerte has an interesting history, thanks to its strategic location in the Mediterranean.
11. Contact us to visit Tunisia to see for yourself.
12. We encourage professionals to act as an accredited sales agent with 6% commission.
     

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED:

Where would you like to go cruising?

• St Tropez 399nm (22 hours at 18 knots)
• Porto Cervo 238nm (13 hours at 18 knots)
• Ibiza 408nm (22 hours at 18 knots)
• Capri 282nm (15.5 hours at 18 knots)
• Dubrovnik 674nm (37.5 hours at 18 knots)
• Mykonos 770nm (43 hours at 18 knots)

If you take Antibes as a reference point, here are the distances to other marinas:

• Antibes Bizerte 420nm
• Antibes Malta 610nm
• Antibes Kotor, Montenegro 890nm

LIFESTYLE FOR THE CREW

• Availability of top class accommodation, with sea view or marina view, to rent or buy at roughly 1/5th the price of Antibes (and probably a much better investment).
• Availability of staff to work in the home (cleaning / childcare etc) for roughly EUR 200 per month full time.
• The marina is located in the downtown area of Bizerte, which is one of Tunisia’s largest towns. It is within easy walking distance to shops.
• Availability of quality bars and restaurants, including one of the best fish restaurants in the Mediterranean.
• An old town setting with all the same charm as you find in Antibes.
• The markets offer outstanding fish and fresh-produce at ultra low prices.
• A new-release DVD costs one Euro to buy.
• The Lac de Bizerte is accessible by yacht or tender. It measures about 7.5nm x 6nm and is suitable for all kinds of watersports.
• There is a regular sea breeze for kite surfing or windsurfing.
• There are excellent local beaches and unspoilt coast to explore.
• Taxis are extremely cheap.
• Flights from Tunis can take crew to and from most European cities with inexpensive prices:

SAVE MONEY
Here are the ways a yacht owner can save money:

CASE STUDY ONE :
35m semi displacement yacht.

The owner of a 35m yacht can choose to buy a berth for about EUR 2 million in Antibes.

In five or six years time we can imagine that the value could have dropped considerably as the lease expires in December 2021.

Alternatively he could buy a 35m berth in Bizerte for EUR 380,000.

In five or six years time we can imagine that the value will have gone up, according to the trend seen in other new marinas.

A semi-displacement yacht will normally burn around 350 litres of fuel per hour. If we imagine a normal season cruising the yacht may cruise for an average of four hours per day for ten weeks. 350 litres x 280 hours = 98,000 litres. If the yacht refuelled in Europe this would cost around EUR 117,000. If the yacht refuelled in Tunisia this would cost around EUR 49,000.

In Europe the workers in a shipyard may be paid around EUR 12 per hour, and their employers will have to pay heavy taxes and social charges, so shipyards in France and Italy will normally charge for labour costs at around EUR 50 per hour. In Bizerte a skilled labourer will be paid EUR 2 per hour, and the shipyard may invoice EUR 10 per hour.

The cost of provisions in Tunisia will be at least half of the cost in France or Italy. Tunisia has large French supermarket chains like Carrefour and Geant, so the products that the crew are used to are available.

VAT can also be saved, for yachts that are not commercially registered. The owner can defer VAT over 20 years, and only pay pro-rata for the time the yacht is in European waters. If the yacht cost EUR 10 million, he could avoid paying (for example) 15% European VAT on purchasing the yacht. Instead he would pay 0.75% VAT per year if the yacht was in Europe all the time, but if it was only in Europe for three months per year he would pay 0.1875% per year. This means that owners who don’t really want to charter benefit hugely.

QUALITY SERVICE AND AMENITIES:
The references for the developers are impressive.

One of the key Tunisian developers is responsible for the Residence Hotel in Gammarth, one of the Leading Hotels of the World. The hotel also includes an outstanding spa and golf course. The staff in the hotel are exceptionally well trained to provide service of the highest standard.

The team of developers includes a 25% share belonging to the Belgian company CFE Vinci:

• Revenue: € 1,728 millions
• Operating income: € 112 millions
• Workforce: 5,483 employees
• Projects completed in 2008: 1,343

The construction work is being overseen by a technical team from CFE Vinci, and the apartment building (just over 200 apartments) is being built by CFE Vinci.

The general standard of service and amenities in Tunisia varies enormously. Many people will have experiences with visiting Djerba or Hammamet, and it must be stressed that Marina Bizerte will be nothing like these places.