Why we started this
For a decade the team has carried a parallel set of notes alongside the formal advisory work: yard visits where the production line told you more than the brochure ever could; sea trials where the spec sheet and the actual sea state had a polite disagreement; market updates that lived in email threads to a handful of clients. Industry News is where those notes — plus the press releases worth a second read — start to live in the open.
What you'll find here
Three threads, mostly:
- Yard visits. Walking a production line, sea-trialling a new model, sitting with the design team on a build review. Coverage from the floor, not the press release.
- Market updates. Quarterly reads on lead times, demand, the categories that are moving, and the ones that are quietly slowing. Useful for owners weighing a new build versus a refit.
- Category reports. Standalone pieces when a segment is in motion. Right now that is electric and hybrid platforms, the spread of jet-driven chase boats, and the growing market for compact SOLAS-coded craft on yachts under 50m.
What it isn't
Not a press-release feed; we do not republish builder announcements verbatim. We rewrite — and only when there is something worth saying about the trade-offs, the engineering rationale, or the implications for sourcing. Not a charter blog; cruising-itinerary content belongs elsewhere. Not a marketing push for our own services; the services page covers what we do, and Industry News stays editorial.
How to follow
The Industry News index is the running list. Anything new will land there first. If you want a heads-up on individual pieces, drop us a line through the contact page and we will add you to the editorial mailing list when it goes live.
In the meantime, the first proper field reports follow this week: a Q2 market update and a yard visit to Axopar's Helsinki facility.
