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YACHTING NEWS
Industry Editorial
Stories And Voices
Shaping Yachting
Yachting News is the editorial home of Yachting International Radio, delivering independent yachting news, superyacht industry insight, and maritime coverage for a global audience.
Covering crew welfare, leadership, refit, technology, regulation, sustainability, yacht ownership, boating, and marine innovation, Yachting News brings together credible perspectives from across the people, companies, and conversations shaping the industry.
Updated multiple times each week, the platform extends the reach of Yachting International Radio and Yachting Channel through editorial features, podcasts, interviews, and global distribution across major audio, video, and digital platforms.
Superyacht Crew Training: Invest or Pay for Turnover
Superyacht crew training appears as a visible line in the budget, while the true cost of turnover is scattered across recruitment, lost knowledge and disrupted service. Drawing on two decades in yachting, Captain Kelly J. Gordon shows why the most expensive training decision may be choosing not to fund it.
Yachting International Radio
4 days ago5 min read
Minimum Standards: Why Yachting Has To Stop Settling For The Basics
Yachting cannot keep calling itself professional while settling for the minimum. Kayleigh Liddell explains why crew HR, people culture, training, support structures, and stronger standards are essential for better retention and a healthier onboard culture.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 307 min read
Superyacht Crew Wellbeing: Why Performance, Health, And Retention Now Belong In The Same Conversation
Superyacht crew wellbeing is no longer a soft subject. In this On The Bridge feature, Cally Cooper of WellCrew explains why crew health, performance, recovery, nutrition, psychometric profiling, and retention must now be treated as central to professional yacht operations.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 196 min read
Yacht Crew Burnout: Breaking the Cycle in Yachting
Yacht crew burnout is reshaping the yachting industry, affecting crew retention, performance, and long-term sustainability. This editorial explores how Crew Renew, founded by Alex Paterson, is addressing burnout through structured recovery solutions and why the industry must rethink responsibility for crew wellbeing.
Yachting International Radio
Mar 194 min read
Crew Wellbeing in Yachting: Why ISWAN and YachtCrewHelp Are Becoming Essential to the Industry
Crew wellbeing in yachting is becoming a defining issue for the industry as fleet growth increases pressure on the global superyacht workforce. In this conversation, Simon Grainge, CEO of the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), and Laura Beard, Welfare of Yacht Crew Project Manager, discuss how YachtCrewHelp is providing confidential support for crew navigating the challenges of life and work at sea.
Yachting International Radio
Mar 46 min read
Yacht Recruitment in Transition: Rotations, Retention and the Rise of AI
Yacht recruitment is evolving across the superyacht industry as crew rotations, retention strategy and AI reshape modern hiring. As vessels grow larger and expectations rise, yacht recruitment is becoming a strategic function shaping stability, leadership and long-term crew performance.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 265 min read
Crew Retention in Yachting: The Interior Systems Quietly Shaping Owner Experience
In modern yacht operations, crew retention is less a question of resilience and more a reflection of structure. When interior systems, documentation, and onboarding lack continuity, operational pressure increases, guest experience becomes inconsistent, and long-term program stability begins to erode.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 193 min read
Yacht Crew Welfare in the Superyacht Industry: Why Operational Culture Must Change
Yacht crew welfare is no longer a secondary concern in superyacht operations. From leadership culture and reporting systems to fatigue, burnout and retention, this editorial examines how structural change, informed by lived onboard experience, is reshaping the future of sustainable yacht operations through the perspective of SEANERGY Yachting founder Estelle Viriot.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 85 min read
Yacht Crew Welfare, Leadership Culture and Building a better industry
As yacht crew welfare becomes a defining issue for leadership, retention and long term sustainability in the superyacht sector, Captain James Battey of the Yacht Workers Council outlines why fragmented systems, inconsistent standards and informal information networks continue to place unnecessary pressure on professional crew. From leadership culture onboard to the need for a single, trusted ecosystem for guidance, training and wellbeing, this Captain’s Chat editorial explore
Yachting International Radio
Feb 53 min read
Crew Leadership: Building Stronger Teams in a Changing Yachting World
An in-depth exploration of crew leadership and the tools that reduce burnout, improve culture, and strengthen performance across the superyacht industry.
Yachting International Radio
Dec 5, 20254 min read
The Silent Crisis in Yacht Crew Recruitment — And the Founder Challenging It
TikTok creator and Moor Yacht Crew founder Emery Wallerich joins Charl Minnaar on Rich AF to unpack yachting careers, recruitment, money habits, and crew culture.
Yachting International Radio
Nov 26, 20254 min read
Inside Superyacht Savannah: A Blueprint for Lasting Crew Culture
Superyacht Savannah earned global admiration not only for her design, but for a culture that kept crew committed, inspired, and growing for more than a decade. In this Forward Watch feature, Josephine De Luca reveals how intentional leadership, owner vision, and strategic investment created one of the industry’s strongest examples of lasting Yacht Crew Culture.
Yachting International Radio
Nov 22, 20253 min read
Leading With Presence: How Captain Liam Redefines Yacht Crew Culture
Yacht crew culture is evolving, and Captain Liam Devlin reveals what leadership really looks like behind the scenes. From psychological safety to proactive planning and onboard boundaries, this article explores the human reality of modern captaincy and the strategies shaping healthier crew environments.
Yachting International Radio
Nov 19, 20255 min read
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