Editorials

I appear to have one of those brains that is permanently ‘on’, and as a result have had a long-term on-off relationship with insomnia.  I’ve tried the lavender pillow, the warm milky drink, the ‘worry notebook’ by the bed, but never found the cure – until now.  Last week, Silent …

Many of our readers will know Andy Leeman, former owner of Yacht Center Palma as well as being a serial explorer of rivers worldwide ! This year’s expedition was the toughest yet, a 3 month trip heading south through the whole of South America. Here we have Andy’s log of …

Nobiskrug, the German shipyard specialised in superyacht construction, participated in the sixth edition of the Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge, which took place from 2 to 6 July. The shipyard was invited to develop a boat and compete for the first time as part of its partnership with the …

Northrop & Johnson Spain was recently appointed exclusive world-wide central agent for charter of the stunning M/Y RoMa, a 62m (203’ft) masterpiece built by Viareggio Super Yachts and launched in 2009. Refitted in 2016 and again in winter 2018/2019, to this date RoMa is still one of the most technologically …

The superyacht “MY Sherakhan” was originally built in The Netherlands in 1966 as the double-bridged training ship “Prinses Margriet” and as a hotel for the cadets. In 2005, she was completely rebuilt by Jan Verkerk, CEO/Owner of the yacht. He made work from his passion and transformed the ship into …

To condense Simon’s life into a few thousand words seems at best a shame, and at worst downright disrespectful, but it is exceptional to encounter someone who has slumbered with snakes, battled black widows, and fled a country – all before the age of 13.  It’s not too tricky to …

I am writing this month’s editorial on the eve of the Superyacht Cup, eagerly awaiting one of my favourite weeks of the year. This year should be no exception with some of the world’s most beautiful Superyachts battling it out in the Bay of Palma, including two J Class yachts, …

In July last year, the Balearic Government laid down the law when it comes to the protection of posidonia seagrass.  It approved a very restrictive decree (Decret 25/2018) prohibiting anchoring on any of the posidonia meadows surrounding the Islands.  Anyone caught contravening the rules would be fined –ranging between a …

At this year’s MYBA show I had the honour and pleasure of meeting Pepe Garcia-Aubert, President and CEO of MB92 Group. I had been slightly nervous at meeting one of the most revered men in the marine industry, but I had little to be worried about. Pepe was as generous …

Ryan and twin brother Matt were born in Sydney to school teacher parents.  He took up every sport he could from basketball to cricket, rugby to football, but never sailing.  In fact, aside from surfing and fishing Australia’s east coast, his first 23 years on the planet were almost entirely …