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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

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What if...? Energy and efficiency – Part IV

What if... superyachts could be bought back to basics to reduce the levels of complexity?

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Kafka never had a yacht …

Franz Kafka made an unfortunate career choice. Had he discovered superyachting, he might have saved himself considerable invention…

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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…

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Specialty lending: the ballast in uncertain markets

Steven Hawkins, Head of Specialty Lending, J.P. Morgan International Private Bank, on the role financing can play in keeping the industry resilient…

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Cannes 2026: The buyer takes time

Six days at the Cannes Yachting Festival exposed the pressures facing yacht builders and their distribution networks…

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