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BY SUE GRANT When I sat down to write the 2017 Berthon Forecast, I did so against a backdrop of enormous change politically, economically and socially. 2016 was a very…

BY JOHN REDWOOD, CHARLES STANLEY’S CHIEF GLOBAL STRATEGIST 09.01.2018 The last few years have seen a good bull market in shares. It has also been a very worried bull market….

The march of the world-wide web over the past years has transformed the way that yachts are presented to potential owners. During a long career in yacht brokerage the writer…

As a yacht broker, at least one waking hour in every day is spent talking about, worrying about, doing detective work about or taking advice on – VAT….. The VAT…

WINDY SR 44’ The new Windy SR44’ Blackhawk brings epic handling and Scandinavian quality to the Mediterranean deck boat market. She comes with masses of clever touches from a tender…

Residual value is something that exercises yacht buyers hugely. When embarking upon the adventure of yacht ownership there is the excitement of finding the right yacht for the yachting plans…

International yacht designer Tony Castro has been designing world class motor and sailing yachts for many years. He is versatile and has seamlessly moved from cruising, to performance sail, to…

The Pacific and Southern Hemisphere is a vast cruising ground. By 747 it is a 27 hour journey from London to Auckland, and to cross the Pacific from Auckland to…

GDPR – it sounds like a vitamin supplement! In fact it stands for General Data Protection Regulation, which becomes law on the 25th May 2018. This is Europe wide and…

BY BRUNO KAIRET Here at Berthon France, we ended 2017 with an ear to ear smile. It was super busy with both myself and Isabelle Skaf who is my right…

BY JENNIFER STEWART, ALAN BAINES AND BILL RUDKIN Things are definitely interesting in the USA. With an unconventional political situation presiding over what appears to be the best economic situation…

BY BEN TOOGOOD We had a fantastic year in 2017, with sales really picking up across the Windy model range. The highlight without doubt was the handover of our first…

BY RICHARD BALDWIN Floating on a sea of blue glass and surrounded by an elegant white stand, the Solaris Yachts exude style with their cutting edge lines and one immediately…

BY BEN COOPER The New Year heralds many new ventures, but one overriding sentiment is the ‘new you’. Low fat, gym membership, detox, no booze, all in the overriding pursuit…

BY HUGH RAYNER Last year’s report indicated that we expected 2017 to perform – but the 12 months simply tore by! A bumper year for the motor yacht team, with…

BY ALAN MCILROY 2017 proved to be a very busy record year in the brokerage market as the weak pound continued to drive foreign buyers to our shores. During the…

BY SUE GRANT 2017, the year that was, saw the performance of the Berthon Sales Division put in a 14% increase in revenue. And what a year it was. The…