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YACHTING NEWS
Industry Editorial
The 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.
Women In Yachting: Marlies Sanders On Moving From Deck To Captain
Superyacht Captain Marlies Sanders built her career through sea time, qualifications, resilience, and the refusal to let outdated assumptions define her future. Her journey from deck to command highlights why women in yachting need visible pathways, stronger support, and an industry willing to judge ability over bias.
Yachting International Radio
May 308 min read
Superyacht Captain Chris Halligan On Leadership, Bridge Teams, And The Commercial Discipline Behind Modern Yacht Command
Captain Chris Halligan’s journey from commercial shipping to command of a 90-metre superyacht offers a powerful look at modern yacht leadership. This editorial explores how commercial discipline, bridge-team communication, crew dynamic, safety culture, and mentoring are shaping the next generation of superyacht command.
Yachting International Radio
May 308 min read
Maritime Leadership Begins With People: Margareta Jensen Dickson on Inclusion, Courage and Change
Margareta Jensen Dickson, Chief People and Communications Officer at Stena Line, reflects on leadership, inclusion, motherhood, self-trust and why meaningful change in maritime begins with people.
Yachting International Radio
May 278 min read
Yacht Crew Safety: The Sexual Assault Training Gap Senior Crew Cannot Ignore
Yacht crew safety is facing a serious training gap as new STCW amendments introduce harassment prevention and sexual assault response training, but may not reach many captains, officers, and senior crew already working at sea. Karine Rayson of The Crew Coach speaks with Chris O’Flaherty of The Nautical Institute about why compliance alone is not enough, and why leadership onboard must be prepared before serious incidents happen.
Yachting International Radio
May 17 min read
South Africa’s First Female Master Mariner: Leadership, Reality and the Cost of Life at Sea
South Africa’s first female Master Mariner, Captain Antoinette Keller, delivers a grounded and authoritative look at leadership, inclusion and the realities shaping maritime careers today.
Yachting International Radio
Apr 246 min read
Superyacht Leadership: What Happens on the Bridge Matters Most
Superyacht leadership is not defined by technology alone. Alicia Store of dsnm ltd explores how communication, crew dynamics, and real-world decision making on the bridge shape outcomes across the global yachting industry.
Yachting International Radio
Apr 235 min read
Yacht Crew Crisis: Why Leadership Failure Is Driving Crew Turnover in Yachting
The yacht crew crisis is accelerating across the yachting industry, driven not by recruitment shortages but by leadership failure, toxic culture, and gaps in management. Captain Luis Chagas explores how influence, emotional intelligence, and structural change are critical to improving crew retention, safety, and long-term performance at sea.
Yachting International Radio
Apr 155 min read
Women in Maritime Leadership: Building the Next Generation of Change
Women in maritime leadership is evolving through initiatives like Maritime SheEO, empowering women to overcome industry barriers, build confidence, and progress into leadership roles across the global shipping sector.
Yachting International Radio
Mar 255 min read
Leadership Culture at Sea: Why Fear-Based Command Is Failing Modern Crews
Fear-based leadership has long shaped maritime command, but modern vessels are discovering that trust, communication, and psychological safety create stronger crews and safer operations. Captain Chris Durham reflects on eighteen years in the superyacht industry and explains why leadership culture is evolving, how feedback systems strengthen teams, and why captains must balance authority with empathy to build resilient vessels.
Yachting International Radio
Mar 115 min read
Why Good Yacht Captains Are Hard To Find
The superyacht industry still hires many captains through a simple phrase: “I know a guy.” But as yachts grow larger and voyages become more ambitious, the risks of relying on informal hiring are becoming harder to ignore. Captain Kevin Pope, founder of Find My Captain, believes mentorship, transparency and better vetting will define the future of how the industry discovers and trusts the next generation of yacht captains.
Yachting International Radio
Mar 55 min read
Women at Sea: Monica Kohli OBE on Maritime Law, Leadership and the 2% Reality
Women at Sea remains one of the maritime industry’s most pressing structural challenges. In this in-depth feature, Monica Kohli OBE explores maritime law, leadership, diversity and the evolving future of women at sea across the global shipping sector.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 275 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
Captain Burnout: The Hidden Cost of Command in Modern Superyachting
Captain burnout is no longer an isolated leadership strain but a structural issue within the superyacht industry, driven by escalating compliance demands, stagnant crew standards and the absence of unified rotation policy.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 184 min read
Superyacht Alliance: Reshaping Standards and Protecting the Human Core of the Industry
The Superyacht Alliance, under the leadership of Joey Meen, is driving structural reform across the superyacht industry, addressing crew welfare, operational standards, and long-term professional credibility as global fleet growth accelerates.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 164 min read
Armada Yacht Club and the future of first-time access to yachting
Armada Yacht Club introduces a new, experience-led entry point into yachting, focused on privacy, trust, real onboard engagement and long-term sustainability for brokers, shipyards and crew.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 135 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
Superyacht Crew Welfare and the Culture Problem the Industry Can No Longer Ignore
This Yachting USA feature explores how superyacht crew welfare is being reshaped by growing scrutiny of onboard power dynamics, reporting barriers, NDAs and reference culture, through the work and lived experience of Cherise Reedman, founder of Yacht Pearls of Wisdom and host of the Superyacht Laundry podcast, and why improving superyacht crew welfare is now critical for safety, retention, service quality and the long-term credibility of the global yachting industry.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 15 min read
Redefining Women in Maritime leadership through law, resilience and real-world change
In the opening episode of Women in Maritime, Julia Gosling speaks with Nitzeira Watson Stewart, legal representative of The Nautical Institute – Panama and a recognised Top 100 Woman in Shipping. The conversation explores leadership, maritime law, professional credibility and the real challenges women face when building careers across shipping, ports and shore-based maritime roles.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 316 min read
Women in Maritime: Leadership, Safety, and the Stories That Rarely Get Told
Leadership, safety, and representation are not separate conversations at sea. In this Captain’s Chat, Julia Gosling shares insights from nearly two decades with the UK Coastguard, examining why culture, behaviour, and inclusion remain central to the future resilience of the maritime industry.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 304 min read
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