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Experiences, Not Charters: Alicia Mckay On Odyssia, Dubai Yacht Events & F1 Hospitality | Yachting Confidential

In Dubai, luxury clients do not need another rooftop, another ballroom or another restaurant they have already seen ten times before. They need an experience that feels p

Malta’s Maritime Framework: Law, Trust & the Strength Behind the Flag | Maritime Legal

What makes a maritime flag worth choosing, and what makes owners stay? In this edition of Maritime Legal, Malta’s Minister for Sustainable Mobility, Hon. Dr Chris Bonett

Sailing Yacht Black Pearl: Behind The Project with Derek Munro | On The Bridge

What does it really take to help deliver one of the most ambitious sailing yacht projects ever built? In this episode of On The Bridge, Alicia Store, Chief Operating Off

SARS, Tax Residency & Offshore Income: What South African Yacht Crew Need to Know | Rich AF

“SARS is like Liam Neeson, but about your money.” In Part Two of this South African yacht crew tax conversation, Rich AF host Charl Minnaar is joined again by Jamie Hadl

Yacht Crew Standards: Compliance vs Reality | Kirsty Porritt | The Crew Car

Does yachting have industry standards, or does it have industry minimums? In this episode of The Crew Car, Captain James Battey sits down with Kirsty Porritt for a conve

FLIBS 2026 Countdown: 2025 Innovation & Sustainability Award Nominees | iHoy Captain, Remigo & Vessev | Blue Economy

What does marine innovation look like before it becomes the technology everyone is talking about? As the countdown to FLIBS 2026 begins, The Blue Economy looks back at t

Dubai’s Luxury Network: Sian Myburgh On Trusted Access, Events & Yacht Charter | Yachting Confidential

In Dubai, luxury is not only about where a client goes. It is about who knows how to make the right experience happen, who understands the brief, who can move quickly wit

Yacht Maintenance: What Cutting Corners Really Costs | Yacht Maintenance Unhinged

Salt, sun, oxidation, hard use and constant pressure to keep everything running. Maintaining a superyacht never stops. But what happens when budgets tighten, crew are str

Buddy Haack: The Possibilities Are Unlimited | Yachting USA

Some lives are measured not only by what was achieved, but by what was passed on. Recorded before his passing, this special episode of Yachting USA preserves the voice,

Superyacht Captain Olly Lewis on Charter Pressure, Crew & Command | On The Bridge

What does it really take to lead a superyacht when the pressure is high, the decisions are yours, and everyone onboard is looking to the bridge? In this episode of On Th

Seafarer Abandonment: Unpaid Wages, Repatriation and the Human Cost | Sea Views

Seafarer abandonment does not always mean a crew has been physically deserted on a dead ship. Sometimes the vessel is still operating, the crew is still working and cargo

“No Arab Has Ever Held a Senior Position in Yachting”: Ghada “Lili” Soliman | The Wellbeing Project

Early in her career, Ghada “Lili” Soliman was told that “no Arab has ever held a senior position in yachting.” Seven years later, she became Chief Stewardess on a 74-metr

Commanding Change: Ann Pletschke on Safety, Sexism and Leadership at Sea

At four years old, Ann Pletschke had already decided that she would one day command a ship. By 16, she was at sea, beginning a career that would take her across deep-sea

Sober at Sea: Alcohol, Yacht Crew and Changing the Drinking Culture with Laura Kilbey

Choosing not to drink in yachting can sometimes attract more questions than drinking itself. From guest drop-offs and charter celebrations to crew nights out, bottles fr

Yacht Ownership Is Changing: Trust, Reputation and the Isle of Man | Yachting Confidential

Yacht ownership is changing. The next generation of owners is asking different questions, commissioning more adventurous vessels and expecting far more from the jurisdict

Superyacht Business, Marriage & Sacrifice with Alicia and David Store | On The Bridge

When your phone has not been switched off for 18 years, 25 livelihoods depend on your decisions and every crisis follows you home, running a business with your spouse is

Monaco, Full Circle: Meeli Lepik Returns to MYS 2026 | Lucie Gardiner

Operational experience should not enter a yacht project only after problems arise. For Meeli Lepik, it belongs at the heart of every design, build and refit from the begi

The Power to Say No: Financial Freedom and Private Money Lending | Jon Schoeller | Rich AF

Financial freedom is often sold as the ability to buy whatever you want. Jon Schoeller sees it differently. Real freedom is having the power to say no. In this episode o

Yacht Recruitment Reality Check: Toxic Boats, Bad Fits & Broken Standards | Laura-Kate Brown | The Crew Car

Yacht recruitment is not simply a CV, a vacancy and a race to make the placement. Get the match wrong and a crew member can walk into a toxic vessel, a yacht can hire som

Living Underwater: Inside DEEP’s Vanguard Subsea Habitat | Dawn Kernagis & Norman Smith | The Blue Economy

What becomes possible when scientists can live and work beneath the ocean instead of racing against the limits of a conventional dive? Recorded at the opening of DEEP St