How fluent are you in family office?opinion Rob Hodgetts 27 Apr 26 0She describes a yacht as often 1% of a family’s assets but 90% of its enjoyment. For a family office, this throws up a unique… Read more
MarineMax posts $527m revenue as new boat sales tumblenews Rob Hodgetts 24 Apr 26 0Recreational yacht and boar retailer MarineMax posted a 16% year-over-year decline in revenue owing to high base effect from last year’s second quarter sales which… Read more
Palm Beach and the ‘rocket’ heading for yachtingopinion Rob Hodgetts 20 Apr 26 0It began when the client got in touch from his ski chalet during one Christmas holiday. While the family were out skiing, he asked broker… Read more
The train was on fire. It sparked her careeropinion Rob Hodgetts 13 Apr 26 0An electrical fire on a Monaco-bound train was the catalyst for her big break in yachting. Sakeena Hazuri Mathis, a broker with Yacht Habit, was… Read more
Surveying the State of Yachtingopinion Rob Hodgetts 7 Apr 26 0If the job of dishwasher in a restaurant could be dressed up as “ceramic technician” so the role of yacht broker could be known as “confidence deliverer”.… Read more
Dubai will ‘lick wounds and bounce back’opinion Rob Hodgetts 25 Mar 26 0He describes the missile interceptions as like “very, very loud thunder”. Menelaus Kouzoupis, partner at Stephenson Harwood in Dubai says life under the ever-present threat… Read more
Sanlorenzo posts €960.4m revenue in 2025; turns around Nautor Swannews Fayaz Hussain 18 Mar 26 0Italian luxury yacht builder Sanlorenzo said revenues are unlikely to be affected by the war in the Middle East as the company posted 3.2% year-over-year… Read more
Globalism, conflict and superyachtingopinion Rob Hodgetts 6 Mar 26 0Caveats were as common as business cards as speakers at Superyacht Investor London this week tried to sum up the state of the industry against… Read more
Ferretti ‘overperforms’ in 2025 as revenues hit €1.2bnnews Fayaz Hussain 5 Mar 26 0Italian yacht-market Ferretti Group outperformed the market in 2025, leading the composite and made-to-measure market and registering a 5% year-over-year growth in revenue to €1.2bn… Read more
MarineMax announces $100m stock repurchase plannews Fayaz Hussain 5 Mar 26 0Florida-based recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax announced a stock repurchase plan to mitigate the dilutive effect of restricted stock. The company said that, as… Read more
‘Like a sofa-based bobsleigh run’ – SYI London is backopinion Rob Hodgetts 2 Mar 26 0Elbows ready, race faces on, energy and clarity coursing through the system. The start gate is primed. It’s the Winter Olympics and the ski cross… Read more
MarineMax bid a ‘viable path forward’news Rob Hodgetts 23 Feb 26 0MarineMax should engage with Donerail’s recent acquisition bid as well as running “strategic alternatives” to maximise shareholder value, according to top-10 shareholder Levin Capital. Activist… Read more
Armada Club: Inside the idle asset revolutionopinion Rob Hodgetts 16 Feb 26 0Peering across the marina you might not see it at first. But hidden among the tonnage of superyachts lies a rich resource. It has remained… Read more
Billionaires, bunfights and broken heartsopinion Rob Hodgetts 11 Feb 26 0He was sipping rosé on the pontoon at the end of a long, hot day at the Cannes Yachting Festival when a young deckhand approached… Read more
MarineMax receives unsolicited interest from Donerailnews Rob Hodgetts 3 Feb 26 0MarineMax says it has received an unsolicited, non-binding indication of interest from The Donerail Group to acquire all of the company’s outstanding common shares for… Read more
‘Do you even want the yacht?’ – broker-turned-owner Pitasso on her epiphanyopinion Rob Hodgetts 2 Feb 26 0She stood by as the client’s representative fired a volley of technical questions on a tour of the new build, but eventually she had to… Read more
Skeletons in the hull: Pendennis’ Ross on rebuilding classicsopinion Rob Hodgetts 26 Jan 26 0She is a classic motor yacht from 1931 but Marala’s storied history hid some dark secrets. The Camper & Nicholson-built vessel was converted for naval… Read more
TISG sues widow of Bayesian owner Lynchnews Rob Hodgetts 22 Jan 26 0Bayesian builder The Italian Sea Group has reportedly filed a €456m lawsuit against the widow of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch who died along with… Read more
Inside the Feadship sales psycheopinion Rob Hodgetts 12 Jan 26 0The client was poised over the contract, ready to sign, when his wife piped up: “Is this the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought for… Read more
