Yachting | Ocean Alexander
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
A couple with decades of cruising in their wake knew the 112 Ocean Alexander was just the yacht for them. By Jeanne Craig
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he attraction was instantaneous. When Pierre and Gigi Titley boarded the Ocean Alexander 112 at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show in the fall of 2018, they knew the trideck yacht was the one for them. The only problem was that the boat had been claimed by someone else. “We went to that show to buy our next boat, yet when we found the perfect one, we learned it had already been sold,” says Pierre. That was a minor obstacle. Pierre, the co-founder and president of the regional real estate franchise RE/MAX Quebec, and Gigi, a veteran real estate attorney, typically know how to get what they want. The couple, who have been
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married for 36 years, asked about the possibility of having another boat just like it built for them. Jeff Oliver, a yacht broker with MarineMax of Pompano Beach, Florida, was working with the couple that day. “I’ve known the Titleys for almost 20 years. Pierre likes to joke around, so I didn’t think he was serious when he suggested we sit down and put a contract together that afternoon,” says Oliver. But serious he was. At the time, the Titleys had just sold an 85-foot Pacific Mariner and were ready to trade in their 68-foot Sea Ray. They wanted to trade up to the 112, which is the entry-level model in Ocean Alexander’s line of superyachts that stretches to 155 feet. She was