Edmiston announces €1bn in sales this year, up 22%news Rob Hodgetts 17 Sep 24 0Superyacht brokerage Edmiston has announced more than €1bn in sales this year ahead of the Monaco Yacht Show. The sales figure, which gives an average… Read more
Cannes: Insights from the casting couch and market moodopinion Rob Hodgetts 16 Sep 24 0Doing his best to look calm, he shuttled up and down the stairs between the two clients. It was a popular boat and the show… Read more
Azimut|Benetti backlog rises to €2.6bnnews Rob Hodgetts 13 Sep 24 0Avigliana-based luxury yachts developer Azimut|Benetti Group announced its financial results for the financial year 2023-2024 reporting revenues of €1.3bn, a 55% increase over the past… Read more
The Cannes Complex: Easy as A, B, Copinion Rob Hodgetts 9 Sep 24 0Noted wit Groucho Marx once said he doesn’t want to belong to any club that would have him as a member. The same logic pervades… Read more
‘Inwardly bullish’: Jaffa on reinvention & the American dreamopinion Rob Hodgetts 2 Sep 24 0You might imagine yacht and jet lawyers to be pedants in power dress or air-conditioned attack dogs. But spend any time talking to James Jaffa… Read more
Hard to build, easy to break?opinion Rob Hodgetts 23 Aug 24 0What is very hard to build and very easy to break? It is a good riddle and you can probably think of umpteen scenarios that fit… Read more
Bayesian: ‘One minute the vessel was there, the next it was gone’news Mike Stones 20 Aug 24 0The search for survivors is continuing after the luxury yacht Bayesian, capsized in a storm off Sicily on Monday. Matthew Schanck, chairperson, Maritime Search and… Read more
CEO chat: Fraser’s Kurten on impact, goals & leadershipopinion Rob Hodgetts 2 Aug 24 0Anders Kurten describes himself as a “pathological optimist” whose role is to “nurture and protect the trust” of his people and clients. He became CEO, Fraser Yachts in… Read more
Coote to help MarineMax superyacht brands flourishnews Rob Hodgetts 29 Jul 24 0Like a gardener encouraging different flowers to bloom at their best, Patrick Coote will look to nurture the various superyacht brands of MarineMax after leaving… Read more
MarineMax beats revenue estimates in 3Qnews Rob Hodgetts 26 Jul 24 0MarineMax, the world’s largest recreational boat, yacht and superyacht services company, reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter of 2024, posting revenue of $757.7m,… Read more
Antigua happy to remove ‘major liability’ with sale of Alfa Neronews Rob Hodgetts 26 Jul 24 0Antigua officials insist they took the “best price they could” to remove a “major liability” with the $40m sale of abandoned superyacht Alfa Nero. The… Read more
Alfa Nero: ‘Not everyone can land a blue whale deal’opinion Rob Hodgetts 25 Jul 24 0She's a celebrity with a notorious backstory but one buyer was willing to take the risk. Read more
The ‘$1bn marina’ hoping to address an ‘acute crisis’opinion Rob Hodgetts 19 Jul 24 0He describes it as a “billion-dollar plus” project but Ra’anan Ben-Zur insists the “overwhelming” demand for his planned Habacoa superyacht marina in the Bahamas will answer an “acute crisis”.… Read more
‘I wasn’t a great yacht broker’ – Bob Denisonopinion Rob Hodgetts 15 Jul 24 0He was a reluctant yacht broker, but his father insisted. He quickly realised he wasn’t much good at it either, despite an illustrious yachting name.… Read more
Island Capital bids on MarineMax yachting, marina businessnews Fayaz Hussain 10 Jul 24 0Private equity firm Island Capital Group (ICG) has offered to acquire the MarineMax yachting and marine business for $480m. “We propose acquiring the YMRS assets… Read more
‘The word yacht management is completely misunderstood’opinion Rob Hodgetts 8 Jul 24 0The world of yacht management needs an overhaul to better educate owners and ensure the experience matches their dreams, according to a panel of industry… Read more
Goldsworthy: ‘I thought I’d been absolutely brilliant’opinion Rob Hodgetts 5 Jul 24 0He thought yacht broking was an “absolute doddle”. It had to be. Four months in the game and he had already landed his first sale,… Read more
Lurssen fire update: Shipyard blaze put out in Germanynews Rob Hodgetts 2 Jul 24 0Firefighters have put out the major fire which broke out on Tuesday at a Lürssen shipyard in Rendsburg, Germany. The blaze engulfed a hall containing… Read more
Monaco added to anti-money laundering ‘grey list’news Rob Hodgetts 28 Jun 24 0Monaco has been added to the anti-money laundering “grey list” of countries subject to increased monitoring. The principality is deemed to have “strategic deficiencies” in… Read more
Feeling the fear, doing it anyway – Ikonic risesopinion Rob Hodgetts 21 Jun 24 0Clambering over the guard rail of the Perrine bridge 500ft above the Snake River, every nerve ending screamed at him not to do it. This… Read more
