Owner Vonk’s journey to net his dream yachtopinion Rob Hodgetts 10 May 24 0Erik Vonk puts much of it down to Dutch stubbornness. It helped him drive through his decades-long dream to convert a North Sea fishing trawler… Read more
Pitasso: ‘There’s always a buyer somewhere on the planet’opinion Rob Hodgetts 26 Apr 24 0Ignoring Eleonora Pitasso won’t work. She’s just not the kind of person to take “no” for an answer. “I like to open doors. If I… Read more
Alfa: Why investing in time reaps biggest rewardsopinion Rob Hodgetts 12 Apr 24 0As an investor in time, Anton Foord hopes to reap perpetual rewards. Foord, of Ocean Independence, has recently represented the buyer in the purchase of… Read more
Jim Evans on the good, bad and ugly of yacht brokingopinion Rob Hodgetts 15 Mar 24 0Jim Evans knew the game was up when the captain took him aside. “You’re too clumsy, too rubbish to be a deckhand. You should be… Read more
American ‘pysche’ sparks US sales optimismopinion Rob Hodgetts 29 Feb 24 0Maybe it’s the Taylor Swift factor – most things are these days – but the US superyacht market seems to be heading into 2024 with irresistible… Read more
Alfa sells, with asking price of €67mnews Rob Hodgetts 15 Feb 24 0Award-winning superyacht Alfa has been sold and will be managed and chartered by Ocean Independence. The 70-metre Benetti, built in 2020, was sold by Vassilis… Read more
Relationships, time & playing the long gameopinion Rob Hodgetts 2 Feb 24 0Time in the market, not timing the market is the old investment adage but it could equally apply to building relationships in the superyacht world.… Read more
Sales market predictions for 2024opinion Rob Hodgetts 18 Jan 24 0It’s mid-January and the year is steaming ahead at pace, but the consensus among superyacht brokers is that the sales market will settle back to… Read more
Christie on the art of a deal, slow burns & bear marketsopinion Rob Hodgetts 11 Jan 24 0For a man who hates losing, broker Will Christie is in no rush to sell you a yacht. The Briton has been busy since setting… Read more
Explorer yacht Plan B sells in pre-Christmas dealnews Rob Hodgetts 21 Dec 23 0The 50m (163ft) explorer yacht Plan B has been sold in a pre-Christmas deal, with Will Christie of Christie Yachts representing the seller and Merle… Read more
Burgess’ Craven-Smith on painting, prospecting and the trials of a brokeropinion Rob Hodgetts 14 Dec 23 0His love of procedure made Henry Craven-Smith lay newspaper on the chalet floor before painting. That’s when he saw it. The cryptic advert that changed… Read more
Instability breeds uncertainty for marketsopinion Rob Hodgetts 7 Dec 23 0Financial markets might be looking forward to a Santa rally but global instability continues to cast an air of caution over the superyacht industry. War in… Read more
6 brokers on headwinds facing the industryopinion Rob Hodgetts 22 Nov 23 0The superyacht industry is used to weathering storms and even came out of the pandemic with increased forward momentum. But there are always headwinds on… Read more
Sales market suffers hangover from triple cocktailopinion Rob Hodgetts 16 Nov 23 0It’s a potent cocktail and is making the superyacht sales market a touch dazed and confused. The triple mixture of post-Covid party comedown, inflation and… Read more
Italian Sea Group (TISG) rides wave of yacht demandnews Fayaz Hussain 13 Nov 23 0The Italian Sea Group (TISG), a global leader in the yachting industry, reported a 25% year-on-year (YoY) increase in revenue for the first nine months… Read more
Cecil-Wright on the art of a brokeropinion Rob Hodgetts 9 Nov 23 0Money is a useful by-product of selling a superyacht, but broker Chris Cecil-Wright insists he is driven more by a “psychological” need for acceptance and to make… Read more
Why amped-up asking prices lead to ‘frustration’news Rob Hodgetts 17 Oct 23 0Buyers and sellers have always danced to different tunes but amped-up asking prices are risking stagnation in the superyacht market, according to Will Christie, CEO,… Read more
Superyacht sales market: fizz subsidesopinion Rob Hodgetts 11 Oct 23 0If the superyacht sales market is a bottle of vintage Champagne, then the bubbles are settling after the shake-up of the Covid era and a… Read more
IYC partners with HeliFlite for superyacht transfersnews Mike Stones 12 Jul 23 0Yacht broker, charter and management company IYC is partnering with New Jersey-based helicopter operator HeliFlite to offer clients direct transfer to and from superyachts via… Read more
MarineMax and Fraser Yachts expand to West Palm Beachnews Superyacht Investor Contributor 9 Jun 23 0MarineMax and its superyacht brokerage Fraser Yachts have expanded their South Florida presence with the opening of a new office in West Palm Beach. Fraser… Read more
