Opinion
The owner asked a simple question and seven reports arrived
An impressive collection of specialists is assembled around the owner. What happens when the question that matters most falls between their responsibilities?
Opinion
The yacht is now part of the owner’s online reputation
Tony McChrystal works with owners, family offices and senior executives on their online reputation and privacy. This is his take on reputation management…
Opinion
What if...? Energy and efficiency – Part IV
What if... superyachts could be bought back to basics to reduce the levels of complexity?
Opinion
Why crews still build their own spreadsheets
Looking at the spreadsheets crews keep alongside their software has taught me a fair amount about what yacht software gets wrong…
Opinion
What happens on board after the guests go to bed?
A perspective from the crew side of the superyacht industry on professionalism, silence, welfare and the culture created on board…
Opinion
Monaco 2026 and the business of confidence
A delivery date in 2032, revised asking prices and an owner reshaping a shipyard group reveal the commitments behind this year’s show…
Opinion
Why the best LED refits are the ones you never notice
An insider’s view of the considerations to be made when undertaking a refit that involves the lighting…
Opinion
What I’m looking forward to at the Monaco Yacht Show ...
… a packed schedule with a glass or two of rosé, a tour of several 100-metre-plus projects and mixing with the good and great at the Mecca of supe…
Opinion
Kafka never had a yacht …
Franz Kafka made an unfortunate career choice. Had he discovered superyachting, he might have saved himself considerable invention…
Opinion
A yacht is not a painted object
Why the industry’s language around surface protection is too narrow and why substrate-first thinking should become part of modern refit strategy…
Opinion
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