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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

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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

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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…

MB92’s Ben Mennem – An alternative view

Superyacht Investor Contributor

26 Jan 23

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After a career spanning almost half a century, MB92 La Ciotat’s founder and vice-chairman of MB92 Group Ben Mennem (pictured) has seen it all. From…

From snowboarding to superyachts

Superyacht Investor Contributor

19 Jan 23

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From snowboarding in the Bavarian Alps to running one of the world’s largest superyacht brokerages, Northrop & Johnsons’ president and chief operating officer (COO), Daniel…

Numarine’s Ömer Malaz talks Türkiye

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6 Jan 23

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From working in a cardboard factory to running a superyacht shipyard is not an obvious career path. But Ömer Malaz (pictured above) has now been…

Denison Yachting: Q3 sales drop, but market resilient

Superyacht Investor Contributor

14 Dec 22

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Yacht sales in the third quarter (Q3) of this year have dropped 10% compared with last year, but the industry is still on track for…

Hire-rates of the Caribbean

Superyacht Investor Contributor

8 Dec 22

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This time of year usually marks the beginning of a season of rum, sun and sand for many charter clients looking to hire a superyacht…

Superyacht sales: slashed prices or seasonal adjustment?

Superyacht Investor Contributor

1 Dec 22

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Shoppers were out grabbing a bargain on Black Friday last week, but the superyacht market is also offering discounts of its own. Asking prices for…

Children are the future (of yacht sales and charter)

Superyacht Investor Contributor

23 Nov 22

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Luxury travel is recession proof. That’s the view of Geordie Mackay-Lewis, co-founder of luxury travel company Pelorus – and probably the view of most people…

The Italian job – building in a boom

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18 Nov 22

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“Batti il ferro finché è caldo” is an Italian saying that translates as “strike the iron while it’s hot.” And it’s one that rings true for…

San Lorenzo reports record €1.7bn backlog

Alasdair Whyte

11 Nov 22

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Italian shipyard San Lorenzo has reported a record backlog of €1.7bn ($1.76bn) for the end of its third quarter of 2022. It made a pre-tax…

Yachting through the crypto Winter

Superyacht Investor Contributor

9 Nov 22

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If you don’t own Crypto you may have missed the travails of FTX, a large exchange, which suffered the equivalent of a run on a…

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