Couach, the French shipbuilder behind some of the world’s most luxurious yachts, has been in business for well over 100 years. Throughout its history – from building the world’s first marine engines, to military shipbuilding, up to its 2009 rebrand as Chantier Naval Couach – craftsmanship and engineering have remained at the very heart of...

  Captain’s ‘Command And Control’ Course 2018 West Nautical hosted its annual ‘Captain’s Command and Control Course’ in association with the South Shields Marine School, Voly, Halcyon, Akzonobel Awlgrip paint factory and St James Place Wealth Management. The course involved 2 days of immersive bridge simulator training, with a variety of evolving scenarios, which put...

Having spent 20 years working on and captaining superyachts up to 73m, Tom Leyland, Head of Yacht Management at West Nautical, explains why, in his opinion, the captain, rather than the owner, is sometimes the best client for a management company. When I moved to West Nautical, I joked that I had sold my soul...