by Natalie | Dec 21, 2020 | Editorials, Features
Cheshire-born Jeremy has always had a penchant for being on another planet. Growing up, he had a huge imagination, a fascination with stars and space, as well as an infatuation with the sea. Jeremy’s father was a talented sailor, a man who battled to cross...
by Natalie | Dec 14, 2020 | Editorials, Features
I once again this month get to chat to a captain of industry in the marine sector, and this time it was the turn of Josh Richardson, who co-founded Superyacht Tenders and Toys with his wife Claire. Tenders and Toys are probably my favourite part of the yachting...
by Natalie | Dec 8, 2020 | Editorials, Features
By the time this article comes out, the winners of the World Superyacht Awards, one of the most esteemed awards in yachting, will have been announced and local company BMComposites, nominated as part of the team who worked on the extensive refit of SY M5 will know...
by Natalie | Nov 30, 2020 | Editorials
It seems that every article I write at the moment is talking about various different industry events that have shifted or morphed due to the global pandemic and that sadly it is the same situation for all of us. For Oyster Yachts the same applied to them. When once...
by Natalie | Nov 27, 2020 | Editorials
Pete was born in the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire, but spent most of his childhood in the Solent on the south coast. Like many of the captains featured in the pages of The Islander before him, sailing was not in Pete’s genes – neither his artist mother nor...
by Natalie | Nov 23, 2020 | Editorials
I originally wrote the strapline for this piece as Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase, as a nod to the distinctly African named boats that the lovely family of Harvey and Sue Death and their now older daughters (holders of the Finest Sunbathing Regatta Award),...
