Charlotte Thomas

Charlotte Thomas

Charlotte has been a passionate sailor since childhood, and subsequently has faced the horrors of a naval architecture degree and such dubious delights as racing through the Southern Ocean. Her highlights, however, have all involved superyachts, exotic locations and a plentiful supply of rum. A former editor of Boat International magazine, she is currently European editor at Ocean magazine.

The experience of yachting

By Charlotte Thomas | 15 March 2023

Yachting is evolving, and not just in terms of the vessel designs and sustainability – there’s a growing movement to realise the business, healthcare, wellness and societal benefits of yachts too.

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Gordon Percy

By Charlotte Thomas | 7 March 2023

From teaching sailing as a teenager to driving superyachts all over the world, Captain Gordon Percy reflects on more than four decades in the industry, and the travel bug it has helped sate.

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Greening superyachts

By Charlotte Thomas | 28 February 2023

From wild to weird to wonderful, superyacht concepts allow designers from many disciplines to inject new ideas into traditional architecture and, as one recent proposal demonstrates, sometimes it can inspire a new way of living on board.

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True grit

By Charlotte Thomas | 21 February 2023

Superyachting offers extraordinary career opportunities, but equally new cultures and continents offer an extraordinary depth of diverse talent that knows nothing about yachts. A new programme called Grit is aiming to put the two together.

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Rewarding lives in superyachting

By Charlotte Thomas | 14 February 2023

A superyacht may be near the pinnacle of experiences, but there is more to superyachting than just luxury and glamour. From philanthropy to humanitarian endeavour, people remain central, as the inaugural Honours seeks to highlight.

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Superyachting's big myth

By Charlotte Thomas | 10 February 2023

It’s the big yachts that get all the newspaper headlines, but it’s the small yachts that make up most of the fleet. Isn’t it about time we stopped comparing size and started recognising the big opportunities that small superyachts offer?

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Pioneering with passion

By Charlotte Thomas | 25 January 2023

As new technologies are developed by pioneering shipyards and their technical partners, the superyacht industry is closer than ever to offering hybrid solutions across its entire size range.

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A superyachting e-volution

By Charlotte Thomas | 10 January 2023

While the industry explores new green technologies for superyacht propulsion, there’s also a change brewing in the garage – all-electric tenders that could help drive a paradigm shift in leisure yachting and beyond.

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Roxane Ducruet

By Charlotte Thomas | 4 January 2023

Determination and hard work has paid dividends for Roxane Ducruet, Managing Director of Superyacht Tenders & Toys MC, but the industry has also shown her the magic of superyachting and the people within it.

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