ONBOARD Magazine spring 2024
Get Onboard ONBOARD is aimed purely at the superyacht professional – whether onboard or shoreside. 100% of your spend will hit your targets on the Mediterranean from Palma in Mallorca, Barcelona, through France to Genoa and beyond together with Montenegro and the Aegean, plus the eastern seaboard of Florida. We hand deliver every copy to superyachts over 30m to make sure your message gets in to the hands of the decision makers on board. The publication is also delivered to relevant businesses around the ports and marinas together with shipyards. We also attend the major yacht shows in Monaco, FLIBS, METS, Boote Dusseldorf, Palma and MYBA for on site distribution. Plus, we post over 500 copies to relevant businesses not on the Mediterranean such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany the rest of northern Europe and of course the USA and Caribbean. We work hard to develop a publication that all the crew and land based decision makers will read from cover to cover. An enjoyable and informative read for everyone means your message will be read. Talking about your brand, product, services and your team is essential and with our help, the message hits the right decision makers.
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ONBOARD is aimed purely at the superyacht professional – whether onboard or shoreside. 100% of your spend will hit your targets on the Mediterranean from Palma in Mallorca, Barcelona, through France to Genoa and beyond together with Montenegro and the Aegean, plus the eastern seaboard of Florida. We hand deliver every copy to superyachts over 30m to make sure your message gets in to the hands of the decision makers on board.
The publication is also delivered to relevant businesses around the ports and marinas together with shipyards. We also attend the major yacht shows in Monaco, FLIBS, METS, Boote Dusseldorf, Palma and MYBA for on site distribution. Plus, we post over 500 copies to relevant businesses not on the Mediterranean such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany the rest of northern Europe and of course the USA and Caribbean.
We work hard to develop a publication that all the crew and land based decision makers will read from cover to cover. An enjoyable and informative read for everyone means your message will be read.
Talking about your brand, product, services and your team is essential and with our help, the message hits the right decision makers.
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YACHT MANAGEMENT<br />
TEAM SUPPORT<br />
Yacht management and yard periods aside,there’s also the crew<br />
wellbeing to consider and these bases are also covered by the<br />
companies. JMS has male and female mental health officers<br />
and helplines from independent organisations who the crew can<br />
confidentially contact. Larger yachts have mental health officers<br />
appointed onboard. JMS also encourages crew to take courses.<br />
Dean & Waters promote a proactive and healthy working environment<br />
to maximise guest enjoyment, encourage crew longevity and<br />
retained knowledge in all departments. Through its network of<br />
suppliers, its crew management programme, CREWPAL, has<br />
been developed to promote crew wellbeing, to help maintain long<br />
standing and valued crew members and attract a high calibre<br />
of future candidates.<br />
“We leave no stone unturned in ensuring crew welfare,” says Walia<br />
at Ocean Drive, “Offering comprehensive health insurance, and<br />
invaluable access to essential mental health support services.<br />
Through meticulously planned training and drills programmes,<br />
we empower our crew with the necessary skills and knowledge<br />
fostering their continuous development and growth.” Ocean Drive<br />
also ensures that crew have adequate rest periods, crew sorties,<br />
inviting all members to engage in various activities together,<br />
strengthening bonds, team spirits and fostering a sense of<br />
community.<br />
GAME END?<br />
So what now lies ahead for the superyacht industry and the<br />
men and women that manage it? Will it and they survive the<br />
bloom of an eco-warrior generation that could turn its back on<br />
the turbo fuelled super yachts? Jansen admits the industry is<br />
changing all the time and yacht managers need to stay ahead of<br />
the curve. LaMotte predicts tighter environmental regulations<br />
which will require mechanical modifications to yacht systems or<br />
special exemptions from the Flag and Class societies. This will<br />
fall on the yacht manager to organize and help prevent an owner<br />
incurring fiscal penalties.<br />
ARROW MONACO<br />
Over the past 25 years Arrow Monaco has built a reputation<br />
of dependability and excellence in yacht management. While<br />
continuously supporting a fleet spanning every ocean, Arrow’s<br />
offering is unique within the superyacht industry – as a fully<br />
independent yacht and project management company, whose<br />
roots are solidly in the practical skills needed for day-to-day<br />
yacht operations at sea and onshore. To meet and exceed the<br />
industry’s ever-increasing demands, the company also offers a<br />
comprehensive suite of services for new build and refit project<br />
management, a plethora of different surveys and state-of-theart<br />
3D-scanning technology – all refined specifically for the<br />
superyacht sector;<br />
For further details visit www.arrowyacht.com<br />
There will certainly be an increased focus on sustainability<br />
initiatives, practices, and environmental regulations says Walia.<br />
She also predicts greater digitalisation of the industry leading to<br />
more efficient operations and amenities. Evolving luxury demands,<br />
impacting owners and managers through high operational costs,<br />
compliance demands, and the need for ongoing innovation are<br />
also in the mix.<br />
Andreason says, “I think the advent of newer, younger, technically<br />
savvy sustainability-conscious yacht owners has to be addressed<br />
very urgently. As Henk de Vries said at METS a couple of years<br />
ago, we need to adapt or die. I think that is 100% true of<br />
everything we do. If we are not conscious of minimising the<br />
impact of yachts so that more environmentally savvy owners<br />
can still enjoy yachts, we have to be aware of the sustainability<br />
element, the impact that anything that uses a large amount<br />
of natural resources will have on the planet generally. If we can<br />
repurpose things, can we modernise the propulsion systems,<br />
can we think ahead to what yachts need for a longer life cycle?”<br />
There are a lot of big questions overhanging the industry out<br />
there, dangling like Damocles’ sword. Fingers crossed the rope<br />
doesn’t snap and the answers for the future are found before<br />
the sword drops.<br />
146 | SPRING <strong>2024</strong> | <strong>ONBOARD</strong>