Meet the Teams

Our HQ is situated in the beautiful town of Lymington on the banks of the River Lym. Specialists in bluewater cruising yachts, we always have a selection of bluewater cruising yachts available to view. We are proud supporters of the World Cruising Club’s ARC, and co-host the WCC’s Bluewater Weekend at our Lymington HQ every summer. For many years Berthon has been involved with Dashew Offshore, marketing their pre-owned fleet of FPBs, Sundeer, Deerfoot and Beowulf yachts. As well as yacht brokerage we have exclusive agents/dealers for a number of quality new yachts. For new motor yachts we are exclusive agents for both Windy Boats and Pearl Yachts in the UK and Ireland and also the UK agent for Iguana Yachts. For sailing yachts we are exclusive agents for Solaris Yachts in the UK, Eire and the Channel Islands as well as agents for Advanced Yachts in UK.

Established in 2001, our French office is situated on the spectacular French Riviera in the port of Mandelieu La Napoule near Cannes. Berthon France’s Sales Manager, Bruno Kairet, has 25+ years expertise in yacht sales and brokerage and a wealth of experience of the Windy Boats brand. Isabelle Skaf manages the office. She is super efficient and also arranges winter storage for the Berthon France Windy fleet. As well as brokerage yacht sales, Berthon France are exclusive agents for Windy Boats and Pearl Yachts for the entire French territory. They are also experienced in the sale of berths on the French Riviera.

In February 2020, we were delighted to bring on board Magnus Kullberg and his team when much respected brokerage house XLNT Yachting became Berthon Scandinavia. Magnus’ offices are situated on the enchanting and remote Island of Orust in Sweden, also home to many great Swedish shipyards such Najad, Sweden Yachts, Hallberg-Rassy and Malö. This strategic location in Henan enables Berthon Scandinavia to offer clients effective service and refit solutions from their base at the old Najadvarvet shipyard. Berthon Scandinavia specialises in the sale of high quality cruising yachts in Sweden, Scandinavia and internationally, and is also the agent for Solaris Yachts in Sweden.

Berthon Spain is located in vibrant Palma de Mallorca, heart of the Western Mediterranean yachting scene. MD Andrew Fairbrass spent many years as a yacht captain before moving ashore to set up Sentinel Yachting, offering local yachtsmen high quality refit and repair services as well as comprehensive guardiennage packages. In September 2018 Sentinel Yachting joined our ranks to become Berthon Spain. The company has grown from strength to strength. Simon Turner has now joined Berthon UK, from Northrop & Johnson Spain, to head up yacht sales in Spain. Joined more recently by Ben Toogood, of previous Berthon UK fame. They work closely with Berthon HQ in the UK and with Addy Daly in Spain. There is a growing fleet of brokerage yachts, both in the Balearic Islands and on the mainland. The service and guardiennage part of the business has grown hugely since 2018 and with a team of 17 and 11 Berthon vans, it is hard to visit Palma without seeing evidence of the Berthon crew in action.

Berthon USA, run by Jennifer Stewart and Alan Baines, is based in Newport, Rhode Island and covers brokerage sales on the USA’s East coast from Newport to Florida and the Keys. Jennifer and Alan joined the Berthon Sales Group as Berthon USA back in 2010. They have a strong team of brokers with Bill Rudkin and Mark von Drashek who make up the brokerage team to 4. With a wealth of experience and knowledge in the sale of sailing yachts, day boats, trawlers, cruisers and motor yachts. They are also proud to be the go-to brokers for the sale of pre-owned Swans especially, as well as other popular Swedish brands. Jennifer was the Swan agent on the East Coast for 12 years and both she and Alan introduced Najad Yachts to the USA before joining the Berthon Team. Alongside their yacht brokerage service, Berthon USA are exclusive East Coast USA agents for Advanced Yachts, East Coast USA agents for both Moody and Rustler Yachts of the UK, and also agents for McConnaghy Multihulls.

Born in Tuscany, Raffaele has been a passionate yachtsman since childhood and has enjoyed the sport from Optimist to Olympic classes to Maxi yachts. He was coached for many years by the Italian National Youth Team and later studied as a mechanical engineer, specialising in boat building. This solid foundation saw Raffaele gain 25+ years of experience in the ship building industry, working for some of the world's most important shipyards. Raffaele has taken on many different roles throughout his career, from shipbuilding to yacht sales. He has worked for Southern Wind (South Africa), Oy Nautor (Finland), Camper & Nicholsons Yachting Ltd (UK), as well as other Italian based ship builders. Here, his experience and knowledge proved crucial to clients as they navigated through the construction process of their custom yachts, with all the technical and financial planning this entails from project design to final delivery and launch. In his spare time, Raffaele enjoys skiing, travelling and of course sailing.