Teresa Evans, Glyn Owen and Andrew Hardy appear on an investor conference call together
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Momentum Update Q1 2025 — How Investors Should Respond to Trump’s Tariff Bombshell

ByYFSOL

The opening salvos have been fired in a global trade war. And they were big, BOOMING ones. So what does it mean for investors like you? Are things going to be as horribly awful as some people are suggesting? We spoke with Glyn Owen and Andrew Hardy of Momentum Global Investment Management as part of…

Saying It Isn’t Doing It: How to Beat Financial Planning Procrastination
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Saying It Isn’t Doing It: How to Beat Financial Planning Procrastination

ByYFSOL

When it comes to your financial future and your financial success, actions speak louder than words. Many people talk about leaving yachting with enough money to help them fund the next stage of their life. But relatively few turn the words into deeds. It’s not just superyacht crew. Everyone’s life is littered with unfulfilled goals….

Illustration of an entrepreneur stepping into a spreadsheet
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Transitioning to Life After Yachting: Career Paths Beyond the Sea

ByYFSOL

The end of your career in yachting is coming, so you need to be prepared. So how do you make the move out of yachting and into another life smoothly ? Let’s find out. First, you need to acknowledge that the end is coming. You won’t spend your entire working life on board a superyacht…

A crew member being offered a helping hand to deal with their mental state
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Mental Health and Wellbeing for Superyacht Crew: Tips for a Balanced Life On Board and Ashore

ByYFSOL

If you were asked to create a difficult work environment from scratch, you’d probably come up with one that included long days, irregular hours, unpredictable requests, an endless to-do list that is constantly changing, multiple taskmasters, last-second updates, lack of respect, confined working spaces, heat, exhaustion, constant noise, limited privacy, isolation and months spent away…

A bar graph that shows what gives people feelings of power: money, status or independence. The bar for independence is much longer than for the other two options.
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A Key Piece of Financial Advice for Superyacht Crew

ByYFSOL

Here’s a stupid question: Who wants to be a millionaire? (As long as the currency is a sensible one, of course.) Let’s face it, the only people who don’t want to be a millionaire are multi-millionaires and billionaires. So it’s a stupid question. Besides, most superyacht crew say they want to be a millionaire, but…

Superyacht crew member under a magnifying glass with a red cross symbol on it
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Stay Sea Ready: PEMEs and Mandatory Biennial Medical Certification

ByYFSOL

If you want to work and stay in yachting, your physical condition matters.  It’s a legal requirement that you can prove that you are physically able to do your job on board a superyacht — just as it is for any crew member on board a fishing vessel or a merchant ship. In this article,…

Hands being freed from the handcuffs of a salary
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Balancing the Yachting Lifestyle with Financial Freedom

ByYFSOL

When you work on a superyacht, you’re going to come into contact with two classes of people. Those who have financial freedom and those who don’t. You probably know them better as ‘the owner and the guests’ and ‘your crewmates’.  So how do you get from one side of the divide to the other? How…

A Round Tuit
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The Importance of Financial Planning during the Early Years of Yachting

ByYFSOL

Do you know what a round tuit is? It’s a magical disc. Here’s a picture: It gives people the ability to do something immediately that they would otherwise have put off doing—usually while promising that they’ll get a round to it one day. Owning a round tuit gets stuff done sooner rather than later. It…