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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.
Why Operational Experience in Superyacht Builds Matters From Day One
Former captains Lee Stevenson and Giles Frankal explain why operational experience should shape a superyacht before key design decisions are fixed, from bridge ergonomics and tender handling to crew flow and operational readiness.
Yachting International Radio
Aug 147 min read
Crew First: Why Marina Genova Put the People Who Run the Yacht at the Centre
Marina Genova’s Giusy Murolo explains why captains and crew shape marina choice, local economic value and the future of superyacht services.
Yachting International Radio
Jul 276 min read
Rotational Captaincy: Why Shared Command Can Make Or Break A Yacht Crew
Rotational captaincy is becoming more common across the superyacht industry, but sharing command is far more complex than dividing time onboard. Captain Dean Pilatti explains why trust, communication, humility, crew dynamics, and consistent culture are what determine whether two captains strengthen a vessel or leave crew navigating two versions of leadership.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 139 min read
Yacht Classification Made Simple: RINA, Surveys And Safety At Sea
RINA’s Davide Di Biasi breaks down yacht classification, survey preparation, safety logic, digital tools, and the role of class as a practical partner in safer, smarter superyacht operations.
Yachting International Radio
May 288 min read
AI Yacht Management Is Moving From Hype To Practical Yacht Operations
Yacht Multiworks is bringing AI yacht management into practical yacht operations, helping captains and crew reduce admin, manage bridge logs, track tasks, improve workflows, and bring smarter digital systems onboard.
Yachting International Radio
May 76 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 Travel: What Actually Keeps Yachting Moving
Yacht crew travel is one of the most critical yet overlooked systems in yachting. This editorial explores how flexibility, logistics, and AI are shaping global crew movement and why getting it wrong impacts far more than just a flight.
Yachting International Radio
Apr 215 min read
Superyacht AI and the Quiet Shift Reshaping Operations at Sea
Superyacht AI is no longer theoretical. As the industry faces increasing complexity, access to validated, reliable information is becoming critical to operations, crew performance, and decision making. In this Captain’s Chat, Onno Ebbens of Ask TheBridge explores how structured knowledge and AI are set to redefine efficiency across the global yachting sector.
Yachting International Radio
Apr 165 min read
CHIRP in Yachting: Why Superyacht Safety Reporting Is the Industry’s Most Powerful Blind Spot
Superyacht safety reporting is quietly reshaping how risk is understood across the yachting industry, revealing blind spots that compliance frameworks and inspections were never designed to detect. From near-miss intelligence to the persistent invisibility of interior operations, this conversation explores why confidential reporting has become one of the most powerful tools available to prevent accidents before they occur.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 116 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 in a Politicised Industry
The superyacht industry is no longer operating quietly in the background. As visibility increases, crew welfare, leadership standards, and operational culture have become central to how the sector is judged by regulators, policymakers, and the public alike.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 254 min read
Crew Safety: What We Choose Not to See
An in-depth editorial examining how silence and normalised risk undermine crew safety at sea, and why learning from near-misses is critical to preventing serious incidents in yachting.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 196 min read
Flag State Accountability: Why Leadership and Jurisdiction Matter in Yachting
The flag a vessel flies is far more than an administrative detail. It determines legal jurisdiction, investigative authority, and how leadership is tested when safety and crew welfare are on the line. This Forward Watch feature examines why flag state accountability sits at the heart of modern yachting governance.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 144 min read
Yacht Operations Efficiency: Why the Industry Can No Longer Afford to Work the Old Way
As yachting closes out 2025, yacht operations efficiency has become a defining challenge. The final episode of The Bridge explores why outdated systems are costing time, money, and wellbeing onboard, and what needs to change next.
Yachting International Radio
Dec 28, 20254 min read
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