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Patrick Coote, former MD Northrop & Johnson has joined MarineMax's superyacht division.

N&J’s Coote on ‘dream job’, US elections and carrots

Rob Hodgetts

21 Dec 23

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His schoolfriends stuck pictures of Pamela Anderson or Harley-Davidson motorcycles on their bedroom walls, but Patrick Coote only had eyes for superyachts. A trip to…

Burgess’ Craven-Smith on painting, prospecting and the trials of a broker

Rob Hodgetts

14 Dec 23

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His 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…

Lürssen shipyard launches its Project Cosmos in Germany. Photo: Tom van Oosanen

Instability breeds uncertainty for markets

Rob Hodgetts

7 Dec 23

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Financial 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…

How serious is the superyacht industry about sustainability?

How serious is yachting about sustainability?

Rob Hodgetts

30 Nov 23

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Just as turkeys are famously unlikely to vote for Christmas, so the superyacht industry is unlikely to downplay its progress in sustainability. The mood music…

Superyachts in Monaco.

6 brokers on headwinds facing the industry

Rob Hodgetts

22 Nov 23

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The superyacht industry is used to weathering storms and even came out of the pandemic with increased forward momentum. But there are always headwinds on…

Superyacht sales are experiencing a shift in the mid-size market.

Sales market suffers hangover from triple cocktail

Rob Hodgetts

16 Nov 23

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It’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…

Chris Cecil-Wright founded Cecil Wright & Partners, superyacht brokers.

Cecil-Wright on the art of a broker

Rob Hodgetts

9 Nov 23

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Money 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…

Sustainability is one of the key issues facing the superyacht industry.

Bankers help fuel green revolution

Rob Hodgetts

2 Nov 23

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Global warming is a hot topic. And a quick straw poll across superyacht sectors tells you sustainability remains at the forefront of many people’s thinking…

Superyacht Legend is a popular choice for Antarctica charters.

Charter market holds firm as ‘new generation’ seeks fresh horizons

Rob Hodgetts

25 Oct 23

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The superyacht charter market appears to have held firm in the face of strengthening headwinds this year as a “new generation” of clients take the…

Superyacht sales market: The 95m Kismet sold in September with an asking price of €149m euros.

Superyacht sales market: fizz subsides

Rob Hodgetts

11 Oct 23

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If 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…

Alfa Nero: Up Schmidt Creek, found a paddle

Superyacht Investor Contributor

23 Jun 23

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt made the headlines this week with the purchase of the seized superyacht, Alfa Nero for $67.7m after its enforced sale by the…

Italian new build superyacht market in good health

Superyacht Investor Contributor

8 Jun 23

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The new build superyacht market remains healthy – and it shows. Publicly-owned Italian shipyards Ferretti, Sanlorenzo and The Italian Sea Group (TISG) reported an increase…

Bob Denison – a life on the water

Superyacht Investor Contributor

11 May 23

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There is more in common with superyachts and World War Two minesweepers than you might think. One is that they were both built in Fort…

Flagship: Tim Johnson – from colour sergeant to superyacht CEO

Superyacht Investor Contributor

17 Apr 23

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After 14 years in the British Army, running a superyacht charter brokerage might not seem an obvious career choice. But it is one that is…

Judicial auctions in the Caribbean – Alfa Nero

Superyacht Investor Contributor

11 Apr 23

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The case of Alfa Nero has gathered a lot of media attention recently – with more to come. The 270ft (82m) superyacht has been abandoned…

Managing shipyard insolvencies

Superyacht Investor Contributor

30 Mar 23

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Shipyard insolvency is “one of the great catastrophes that might befall your project”. That was the stark warning from Alex Sayegh, legal director, HFW who chaired…

News and views from Superyacht Investor London 2023

Superyacht Investor Contributor

22 Mar 23

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More than 170 delegates gathered at the Royal Garden Hotel last week for our Superyacht Investor London 2023 conference. Panels and presentations covered a broad…

Dude, where’s my $80m superyacht?

Superyacht Investor Contributor

9 Mar 23

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We all forget things from time to time. People forget their keys, others forget to pick up their kids from piano recitals and some forget…

South African seizure

Superyacht Investor Contributor

1 Mar 23

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The arrest of superyacht Blue Shadow in Cape Town last month seemed a simple case of a South African court exercising its judicial powers following a lawsuit.…

The MY Tango inquiry: Lessons to be learnt

Superyacht Investor Contributor

14 Feb 23

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The industry was rocked recently by the news that Richard Masters and Vladislav Osipov were charged with allegedly aiding sanctioned Russian billionaire, Viktor Vekselberg. The…

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