Yachting Like It Is

This is another week when I have been in touch with several yachties regarding issues with their employers.  My suggestions are becoming more routine and while I am not in any way qualified to offer legal advice, it seems to me one question to assist people in coming to terms with, is, when to involve [...]

One of the great advantages we modern yachties have over our predecessors is the technological improvements that the silicone chip and the nerds and geeks of the world have afforded us.  Of course in most cases the advancements in navigation and technology come as a spin off from governments investing in targetting missiles and blowing [...]

One of the things that the yachting industry has always taught us is that the normal rules of economies of scale do not apply.  There are simply not enough yachts being built to make them significantly less expensive.  Sure, experience from one build is often carried over to the next yacht and of course there [...]

There can be no question that as an industry we are entering uncharted waters.  Despite recalling recessions of the past, no-one seems to be able to remember a time like the present.  Modern yachting was until recently all about excess:  Ridiculous prices for ever bigger yachts, unbelievable stories of owners having what they want at [...]