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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 Safety: Why Confidential Reporting Could Change The Way Yachting Learns
Superyacht safety often becomes a conversation after something has already gone wrong. Paul Shepherd, Chair of CHIRP’s superyacht programme, explains how confidential reporting, shared learning, crew trust, and onboard safety culture can help the industry learn from incidents, near misses, and unsafe practices before they become tragedies.
Yachting International Radio
3 days ago7 min read
Sailing Through The Excess Turns Luxury Yachting Into A Human Story
Sailing Through the Excess turns luxury yachting into a human story, moving beyond billionaires, celebrities, and floating palaces to explore service, sacrifice, storytelling, environmental change, gender equality, and the realities behind life at sea.
Yachting International Radio
3 days ago7 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
6 days ago6 min read
Toxic Leadership In Yachting: When Poor Leadership Breaks Crew Confidence
Toxic leadership in yachting is not the same as high standards. Bosun Keagan Blanckensee shares how poor leadership can quietly damage crew confidence, communication, decision-making, and mental wellbeing, and why captains, officers, and HODs need to lead with clarity, respect, and constructive feedback.
Yachting International Radio
Jul 25 min read
Buried At Sea: Abuse, Power & Accountability
Buried At Sea: Abuse, Power & Accountability begins with Ryan Melogy’s lived experience as a former seafarer and his work as a maritime lawyer challenging abuse, silence, retaliation, and institutional protection across the maritime industry. Part One examines why crew stay silent, why reporting can carry a cost, and why accountability at sea can no longer remain optional.
Yachting International Radio
Jul 111 min read
Crew Training: The New Standard Behind Modern Superyacht Service
Crew training is evolving beyond technical service. Through Lynne Edwards of Phoenix Superyacht Training, this editorial explores the human touch behind modern yachting, including hospitality, confidence, experience, leadership, GUEST standards, service excellence, women in yachting, and why professional crew development now matters more than ever.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 256 min read
Damen Yachting and Amels: The Platform Philosophy Behind a New Era of Superyacht Building
Damen Yachting is shaping the future of Amels through proven platform design, major Dutch shipyard investment, practical innovation, and a clear understanding that owners, captains, crew, designers, and co-makers all define the full superyacht experience.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 2110 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 Recruitment: Why The Human Element Still Matters
Yacht crew recruitment is changing fast, but safer hiring still depends on more than platforms, certificates, and CVs. Through Sophie Barber of Vela Recruitment, this editorial looks at trust, references, fake CVs, crew safety, AI, and why human judgement still matters when placing the right crew on the right yacht.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 177 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 Crew Sobriety: Why Sober Crew Social Club Is Changing The Conversation Around Drinking Onboard
Yacht crew sobriety is becoming a necessary part of the wider crew welfare conversation. Through Laura Kilbey and Sober Crew Social Club, this editorial looks at alcohol culture, social pressure, anxiety, safety, and why crew do not need to hit rock bottom before choosing something better.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 109 min read
Crew Health Cannot Wait: Do It For Gem And The Screening Message Yachting Needs To Hear
Crew health cannot wait. This editorial honours Gemma Willis, The Floating Florista, and the work of The Floating Florista Foundation, highlighting cervical screening, women’s health, routine medical checks, and why crew welfare must include preventative healthcare at sea.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 57 min read
Crew Safety At Sea: Why Panic Buttons, Reporting Tools, And Evidence Capture Are No Longer Optional
Panic buttons, confidential reporting, wellbeing support, and honest hours of rest tracking could change how yacht crew are protected at sea. All Safe Yachting founder Devlin Cathey explains why crew safety technology is not about catching people out, but about prevention, evidence, accountability, and giving crew another layer of protection before something goes wrong.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 48 min read
Green To Ready: Why New Yacht Crew Need More Than A Checklist
Green crew need more than certificates and a checklist. Jemma Cunningham of The Yacht Interior Academy explains why honest preparation, interior training, communication, and realistic expectations are essential before new yacht crew step onboard.
Yachting International Radio
Jun 26 min read
Yacht Crew Rights: What Crew Need To Know Before Something Goes Wrong
Yacht crew rights matter before a crisis begins. This editorial explores crew contracts, jurisdiction, NDAs, onboard reporting, evidence, union support, and why legal awareness is essential for a safer, more professional superyacht industry.
Yachting International Radio
May 309 min read
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
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
Yacht Crew Life With Eleisha Mealing: Leading From The Deck
Eleisha Mealing’s journey into yachting is anything but ordinary. From Cairns to the Whitsundays, Below Deck: Down Under, tenders, bridge work, close quarters, and crew culture, her story captures the energy, humour, and resilience behind real yacht crew life.
Yachting International Radio
May 226 min read
From Cadet To Crew: Building A Yacht Crew Career From The Ground Up
A yacht crew career is not built on glamour alone. Charlie Streeten’s journey through UKSA highlights the importance of structured training, practical skills, resilience, and industry support for the next generation entering yachting.
Yachting International Radio
May 186 min read
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