Monaco: Helicopter views and cutting through smokeopinion Rob Hodgetts 29 Sep 26 0The test pilot rocks the helicopter onto its side and dives steeply, treating his passengers to a face full of Monaco mountainside. Eyes widen and… Read more
Peninsula Yachting acquires IYCnews Rob Hodgetts 21 Sep 26 0Brokerage and management group IYC has received significant investment from Peninsula Yachting, a newly formed investment vehicle from Peninsula Capital. The majority acquisition will… Read more
Poacher to gamekeeper: Cashman on scale vs valueopinion Rob Hodgetts 15 Sep 26 0He’s been a poacher, now he’s set to be a gamekeeper. Or the acquirer becoming the acquired. Chuck Cashman was instrumental in MarineMax’s acquisition of… Read more
OceanWorld Group partners with Denison Yachtingnews Rob Hodgetts 7 Sep 26 0OceanWorld Group and Denison Yachting have formed a “strategic joint venture” to build out their presence in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. The partnership… Read more
Cecil Wright fight puts commission on trialopinion Rob Hodgetts 7 Aug 26 0Making waves this week is the story of brokerage Cecil Wright suing Revolut founder Nik Storonsky for €17.5m in lost commission. It highlights the precarious… Read more
MB92 Barcelona gets €40m funding, 10-year extensionnews Rob Hodgetts 31 Jul 26 0Superyacht refit and repair firm MB92 Barcelona has received a 10-year extension of the existing shipyard concession and an increase in the shipyard area following… Read more
Sunseeker names Millar as new CEOnews Rob Hodgetts 29 Jul 26 0Sunseeker has appointed Scott Millar as its CEO as part of an ownership restructure. Millar takes over from interim boss Steve Timms as Cross Ocean… Read more
‘Full gas’: Inside the rise of Boatsters Blackopinion Rob Hodgetts 20 Jul 26 0At the farewell party in the office in Amsterdam some of the parents urged him to take care of their sons. Nick Gelevert was only… Read more
‘It’s just boats or guitars’: Rock ‘n’ roll lessons for yacht recruitmentopinion Rob Hodgetts 13 Jul 26 0The German police patrol lined up the band’s crew outside the tour bus and began searching with sniffer dogs. Sensing there could be a problem,… Read more
MarineMax refinances $1.49bn in credit facilitiesnews Fayaz Hussain 1 Jul 26 0MarineMax has completed the refinancing of its $1.49bn senior secured credit facilities, cutting borrowing costs and pushing its debt maturity out by five years to… Read more
New brokerage Matterhorn launches summit bidopinion Rob Hodgetts 22 Jun 26 0Staying in the swanky Swiss ski resort of Zermatt but lunching over the hill in Cervinia in Italy gives you the best of both worlds.… Read more
Palma finds groove in search for sailing’s next genopinion Rob Hodgetts 11 May 26 0The bassist’s bushy moustache frames his infectious grin as he whirls and plucks with the groove. The lead guitarist beams at his pal from under… Read more
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
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
WATCH: ‘Thinking outside the box’video Rob Hodgetts 25 Mar 26 0Feadship CMO Farouk Nefzi on why yacht marketing needs reinventing for the future. 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
WATCH: ‘Regulations update’video Rob Hodgetts 17 Mar 26 0Phil Noad, Cayman Islands Shipping Registry provides an update on regulations. 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
