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08/06/2026

The superyacht industry has always known how to protect what it can see. Paintwork, teak decks, designer furniture, owner’s privacy and enormous resources are directed at preserving the visible quality of an asset worth tens or hundreds of millions. But as vessels become increasingly sophisticated, a quieter, more consequential form of value is being overlooked.

Technical knowledge. Not manuals. Not a folder of shipyard drawings. But a living, vessel-specific body of verified operational understanding, the kind that tells a chief engineer not just what a system does, but how it was installed on this yacht, how it interacts with adjacent systems, and what has changed since delivery.

When that knowledge exists in structured, accessible form, it underpins everything: smoother sailing, safer operation, faster fault resolution, cleaner refits, stronger resale confidence. When it doesn’t, the cost is measured in time, in avoidable damage, and in risk that never fully announces itself until something goes wrong.

This article first appeared in The Superyacht Report: Captains Focus.

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05/06/2026

“Turn the VHF radio on in the bridge and the crew mess on VHF channel 13, please. And turn the volume up high in case the port calls you. All right, thanks, buddy. Ciao.”

As Captain Guy Booth puts down his phone to resume our video call, the pleasantries we had exchanged but minutes earlier subtly fade. He apologises, explaining there had been a shorepower issue, but the subtext weighs heavily as I ask him how he has been. It has been almost a year since we last spoke, following the Supreme Court ruling against Phi’s appeal.

“Me, personally? Yeah, mate, a bit s**t, really,” he says. “I'll let you edit that.” (I don’t.)

What he describes is a tedious, Groundhog-Day delirium that has constricted his existence for the past four years – a monotonous struggle he has endured and one that’s taken its toll. But as he sits in his home office on the English south coast, Booth still cuts the figure of “a lifer” through and through. A seasoned mariner, over three decades in yachting, a wall of awards and the unmistakable bearing of a man who has spent more of his life on water than off it. Except he isn’t at sea and hasn’t been for some time.

This article first appeared in The Superyacht Report: Captains Focus.

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05/06/2026

Turn the VHF radio on in the bridge and the crew mess on VHF channel 13, please. And turn the volume up high in case the port calls you. All right, thanks, buddy. Ciao.” As Captain Guy Booth puts down his phone to resume our video call, the pleasantries we had exchanged but minutes earlier subtly fade. He apologises, explaining there had been a shorepower issue, but the subtext weighs heavily as I ask him how he has been. It has been almost a year since we last spoke, following the Supreme Court ruling against Phi’s appeal.

“Me, personally? Yeah, mate, a bit s**t, really,” he says. “I'll let you edit that.” (I don’t.) What he describes is a tedious, Groundhog-Day delirium that has constricted his existence for the past four years – a monotonous struggle he has endured and one that’s taken its toll. But as he sits in his home office on the English south coast, Booth still cuts the figure of “a lifer” through and through. A seasoned mariner, over three decades in yachting, a wall of awards and the unmistakable bearing of a man who has spent more of his life on water than off it. Except he isn’t at sea and hasn’t been for some time.

This article first appeared in The Superyacht Report: Captains Focus.
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02/06/2026

The Superyacht Report: Captains Focus is live and ready to read!

In this edition of The Superyacht Report: Captains Focus we wanted to do something different and really hand over to the people who run the fleet and know it best. What surfaces across this issue is a life on board as it is actually lived, whether that is in the ice off Greenland and the uncharted anchorages of Papua New Guinea or in the four-year limbo of a detained flagship. These are all tales of high-intensity situations overcome through human endeavour and perseverance.

It is a truly stacked and insightful issue that also asks the hard questions of who gets to work in yachting and who is kept safe once they do. There is reporting here on crew welfare and the law, sharp arguments on leadership and training, a look at the technology reshaping the market and the real sense of wonder where science and exploration meet and a single charter can rewrite the record books.

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27/04/2026

Have your say on superyacht OpEx and economic impact

Every port that welcomes a superyacht benefits, but by how much and in what ways? From berthing fees to provisioning runs, from crew nights out to charter guest shopping trips, the economic ripple of a superyacht visit extends far beyond the marina. Despite this, that contribution remains unquantified and therefore undervalued.

We are inviting captains, first officers, crew, charter managers and yacht agents to contribute their knowledge and experience on operational expenditure, crew and guest spending, and what destinations could do better to capture the value superyachts bring.

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21/04/2026

At this time of year, the annual migration to various shows across the Med takes place. The MYBA Charter Show in San Remo and the Mediterranean Yacht Show in Nafplion both focus on the charter market, with excellent fleets of yachts on display. There are other shows taking place in Turkey too, but our focus is on Mallorca.

From Tuesday next week, a whole calendar of events takes place in the Western Med’s popular superyacht hub of Palma de Mallorca: meetings, social events, golf tournaments, cycling, more social events, a super relaxed boat show and of course the Mediterranean Superyacht Forum (MSF), hosted by the Balearic Marine Cluster (BMC).

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23/02/2026

Apart from one special guest session, which will be announced next week, all of the sessions for Make Your Mark ’26 are now complete and we are excited to release the names of the final leaders who will drive the conversation and inspire some interesting workshops and interactions.

Peter Economides – Strategy Consultant – Felix BNI , already known to some of the market but mainly focused on the luxury and big brand world, will take to the main stage with a dynamic session that will focus on It’s all about Human Connection! from a branding perspective, followed by a deeper dive workshop on BRAND – Let’s make it more Human?

Thomas Wieringa – Executive Director – Black Flower Agency, again with some experience in the yachting arena primarily in the ultra-luxury space, will challenge everyone to think about the following question as part of his disruptive keynote – What if Boat Shows Didn’t Exist? again with a subsequent interactive workshop – How to Deliver an Experiential Ecosystem that will Inspire and Engage the Client.

Finally, Dilan Sarac – Executive Director – Superyacht Life Foundation and Leah Werner – Executive Director – Water Revolution Foundation will work with Martin Redmayne, Chairman of The Superyacht Agency, to put everyone to the test with a series of interactive and dynamic team-building exercises to challenge everyone to think differently and apply what they have learned over the two days and create a series of campaigns and strategies to engage with 6 key future-focused personas.

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20/02/2026

Captains and engineers are some of the most valuable and important people in our industry. They are the ones on board who know what’s going on, they often have the ear and budget of the boss and they typically know what works and what doesn’t. I think this is what makes YARE, the Yachting Aftersales and Refit Experience, such a unique and valuable network.

If I look back over the years and all of the YAREs I’ve attended, the creation of an event dedicated to these key people generates a camaraderie, energy and dynamic that makes captains and engineers keep coming back for more. They are hosted and given wonderful Tuscan hospitality and, just like many VIPs in our industry, driven to shipyards for private tours, taken to wonderful locations for dinner, refuelled with excellent coffee and local wines and essentially allowed to enjoy every aspect of this vibrant Italian superyacht district. When I look at the concept, it’s hard to imagine why a captain or engineer wouldn’t want to attend, so congratulations to Navigo on creating this truly valuable network.

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20/02/2026

If you drew an arc from Gocek in Turkey, passing through Sardinia and then on to Gibraltar you would essentially dissect the Mediterranean and join up all the primary cruising grounds across the 2,000 nautical miles. Every year, thousands of guests, crew and superyachts spend the majority of their year either winter-berthed, cruising, anchored or searching for the right bay to call their own. Over the next ten years, through to 2035, we are forecasting another 3,400-plus superyachts (over 24 metres) scheduled to be delivered, with approximately 65 per cent spending much of their time in the Mediterranean.

From the new-build shipyards’ and supply chain’s perspectives, this looks like good news, but from the ocean, marinas, infrastructure and service and support network’s perspective, this is going to create a huge amount of pressure on the current business model. The team at the Balearic Marine Cluster obviously had this relatively short-term market forecast in front of them when they created the Mediterranean Superyacht Forum, hosted in Palma on 28-29 April 2026, two days before the Palma Boat Show and right at the start of the cruising season.

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12/02/2026

An early preview of just some of the speakers and sessions confirmed for Make Your Mark ’26 – the must-attend marketing event of the year:

Milton Pedraza – Founder and CEO of the Luxury Institute in New York, a razor-sharp mind who has been working with UHNWIs and global luxury brands for several decades, will share his perspectives and intelligence on “What is the real future of Luxury?”

John Brash & Rose Hilhorst – CEO and Director of The Brash Agency in Dubai, London and Monaco, two respected strategic thinkers who challenge everyone to think differently, will run a dynamic Keynote Session entitled “The Superyacht is no longer the Hero” and an interactive Workshop/Focus Group “Creating the most compelling Superyacht Experience”.

Thomas Kolster – CEO of the Goodvertising Agency, is a renowned thought leader and purpose pioneer who will focus on the objectives and value of our unique sector, by motivating the audience with a Keynote session entitled “Win with Value, not Values”. Helping everyone to be better at defining and validating their strategic goals, it will be followed by a Workshop entitled “If You Can’t Make Sustainability Relevant, Don’t Do it”, without trying to greenwash or confuse with weak credentials.

Bert Kok – an experienced AI and Strategy Consultant and Content Strategist in the world of journalism, communications and content, will deliver a powerful keynote and run a private focus group on the world of AI and what the future of content looks like.

Gaston Kaufer Barbe, MBA – CEO of Toucan Insights, is a digital strategy expert who will bring clarity and confidence when it comes to understanding what really works in the digital world. This will comprise an intelligent Digital Strategy Keynote and a deeper dive Workshop.

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