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In his 18 years at the MCA, Roger Towner has managed to bridge the gap between ensuring exacting levels of safety and professionalism while keeping mostly onside with the grass roots of the industry.
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Starting a business is always a challenge. But doing it while still working as crew on a superyacht is a whole new ball game. OnboardOnline recently caught up with Steve Crawford, founder of the crew agency, Yotspot.com, to hear a...
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Ulf Sydbeck talks to OnboardOnline about how his yachting career led him to create Riviera Yacht Support, and how eventual burnout resulted in a better workplace and a better life.
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Bianca Meyjes tells us about the challenges of having guinea pigs on board a yacht and meeting the love of her life at the rubbish bins.
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OnboardOnline caught up with Fabio Ermetto of Fraser Yachts on board one of the jewels in their charter crown, the stylish M/Y Latitude, which occupies a special place in his heart.
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OnboardOnline caught up with Jacqui as she outlined ambitious plans for the future of the MYBA Charter Show, including a possible change of venue.
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In the last decade, the term “Super-Chef” has come to define a galaxy of creative thinkers who have attached their names to everything from hotel restaurants to beach resorts.
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In the Albania of Anna Nina's youth, there was no sailing culture to speak of and an oppressive Socialist dictatorship in power. Thirty years on, Anna Nina is putting Albanian sailing on the map.
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The Voiles d'Antibes has grown from a conversation between race crew in 1995 to one of the most-loved regattas on the classic circuit, thanks to locals like Voiles Director Yann Joannon. OnboardOnline caught up with him to talk ...
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Ever worked on a boat that rations out toothpaste or measures loo roll usage? Andrew Roch of Shore Solutions sits down with OnboardOnline to discuss provisioning challenges, crew budgets and how the industry has changed.
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Etiquette is an old fashioned word that still counts for a huge amount in the service industry. Just ask Terry Gilmore, a former chief steward, house manager and PA for four decades who has worked on some of the world’s most luxur...
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In the case of Anthony Bay, getting to the top of the elite travel industry wasn’t a matter of determination triumphing over adversity, rather 'How to get ahead without really meaning to.'
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Fiona Maureso has seen the yachting industry evolve drastically over the course of her 25-year career. Everything has become bigger and faster and increasingly operates online.
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Nicky Andre from Hemisphere Crew Solutions talks about joining the industry, meeting Richard Branson, and the challenge of creating a bespoke crew headhunting agency.
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Chris Allix is the man you go to if you’re looking for superyacht ownership expertise. You go to him because he’s always planning two steps ahead. He does this because he has to: he works in a competitive market for clients with h...
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It’s hard to imagine a career in yachting that’s been quite as diverse as that of Norma Trease. OnboardOnline talked with Trease about the keys to success, the process of reinvention, and all the opportunities afforded by the yach...
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It took a while for Nicolas Fry, Charter Manager with Camper & Nicholsons, to find his way into yachting. Fry had graduated in marketing, before experiencing the rise and fall of the dot-com bubble, which prompted him to take time...
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Albert Willemsen was educated as an engineer. Somehow he’s gone from an engineer focused on the sky to being an environmental expert focused on the sea.
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OnboardOnline recently caught up with Jenny Howarth to talk about the milk run summers, the joy of turtles, and what it's like to finally unpack your bags.
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While a specialist in marine paints, Ken Hickling has thrived as a generalist during his tenure as president of the ISS, unafraid to take on major issues like ethics.
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Despite a desire to run away to sea on a superyacht, Tom DeBuse has never quite been able to. It wasn’t that he never planned to do so. But he was thrown off course by a lost credit card that was in needed his attention in Greece....
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Alison Rentoul is known to many of us in the industry as The Crew Coach. However, she had to sustain quite a few bumps and bruises before she decided to dedicate her career to helping others avoid (or perhaps just soften) those sa...
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Peterson Fuel Delivery has been offering bunkering services in South Florida since 1990. Its founder, Ted Peterson, designed and built the three custom barges used by the company to pull up alongside everything from tour boats to ...
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Hurricane Katrina was not kind to the Gulf Coast. And it didn't spare Trinity Yachts or the company’s vice president, William S. Smith III – better known as Billy. Mr. Smith, John Dane III and Felix Sabates bought the company in 2...
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Two giants in the yacht interior industry – Genesis and Yachtline – merged in 2001, and the manufacturing company has been a force to be reckoned with ever since, having worked on more than 100 yachts. In this time, they have spur...
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She may be small in stature, but that hasn’t stopped Erica Lay from doing some very big things. Only recently, Lay launched her own international yacht crew agency – the Erica Lay Crew Company – in Palma de Mallorca. But like so m...
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After witnessing the effects of fossil-fuel dependency on the environment firsthand, the 40-year-old Swiss founder of PlanetSolar, Raphaël Domjan, set off on what would become an eight-year mission to show what could be done with ...
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Four years ago, Capt. Patrick Marchesseau found himself surrounded by a group of Somali pirates pointing assault rifles at him and his crew aboard the 88m (288 ft) French cruiser M/V Le Ponant. The ship had been en route from the ...
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To introduce our Interior contributor, OnboardOnline recently interviewed Lynne Edwards, our Interior contributor, and asked her a few questions about herself, her career and what she's learned over the years about what it takes t...
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In a distinguished career, Bob Haywood, the man behind Oceans Beyond Piracy, has focused much of his attention on getting government out of the way. His belief in the potential for better global governance led indirectly to the cr...
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