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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.
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
4 days ago8 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 Refit In America: Rebuilding Confidence Through Planning, Precision And Accountability
Yacht refit in America is entering a defining moment. With stronger pre-yard planning, clearer communication, smarter procurement, and better alignment between owners, captains, managers, shipyards, and service providers, the U.S. refit market has the talent and infrastructure to rebuild confidence and compete at the highest level.
Yachting International Radio
May 197 min read
Yacht Crew Rights: Why NDAs Cannot Be Used To Silence Crime At Sea
NDAs have a legitimate role in yachting, but they cannot be misunderstood as a blanket tool for silence. English lawyer Benjamin Maltby explains where confidentiality protects legitimate privacy and commercial interests, and where criminal conduct, reporting duties, jurisdiction, and crew safety require far greater clarity.
Yachting International Radio
May 1510 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
Yacht Crew Safety Needs Systems, Not Silence
Yacht crew safety cannot rely on reputation, silence, or informal reporting. Devlin Cathey, Founder of All Safe Yachting, is building practical systems to help protect crew onboard and ashore through panic button technology, anonymous reporting, CBT-based mental health support, confidential analytics, and records that cannot simply disappear.
Yachting International Radio
May 48 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
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
Superyacht Refit Strategy: Where Planning Defines Performance
Superyacht refit strategy is shifting from reactive shipyard work to structured planning and operational alignment, redefining how the yachting industry approaches time, cost, and efficiency.
Yachting International Radio
Apr 94 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
Cyber Risk In Yachting: The Digital Vulnerability No Superyacht Can Ignore
Cyber Risk In Yachting has become a defining operational challenge for modern superyachts. As vessels grow increasingly connected through bridge systems, satellite networks and digital infrastructure, captains and management companies must address the financial, regulatory and reputational risks posed by cyber threats at sea.
Yachting International Radio
Feb 234 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
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
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
The Changing Reality of Yacht Management in a More Complex Industry
As yachting enters a more complex and technology-driven era, yacht management is no longer a background function but a defining force. This piece explores how modern vessels, emerging technologies, and operational realities are reshaping the way the industry functions behind the scenes.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 283 min read
Crew Safety in Yachting Starts Long Before Anyone Steps Onboard
Crew safety in yachting begins with hiring decisions that prioritise truth, verification, and accountability rather than speed or convenience.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 213 min read
Crew Safety in Yachting: Why Vetting, Trust, and Accountability Can No Longer Be Optional
Crew safety in yachting is still too often assumed rather than structured. As yachts grow larger and operations more complex, inconsistent vetting and weak accountability expose crews and owners alike to unnecessary risk. This editorial explores why trust must be supported by systems, and why professional standards must evolve alongside modern yachting.
Yachting International Radio
Jan 155 min read
Yacht Management at a Breaking Point: Growth, Crew Welfare, and the Oversight Gap
As yacht fleets expand and charter demand accelerates, yacht management faces mounting pressure to close the gap between growth, crew welfare, and professional oversight.
Yachting International Radio
Dec 28, 20254 min read
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