For trusted advisers and family offices
Independent, captain-led advice for professional advisers, family offices and private client representatives whose clients are considering a yacht purchase.
I work alongside the client’s existing professional team, bringing an independent operational perspective from the initial ownership brief through viewings, sea trials, due diligence, purchase and transition into ownership.
The role is not to replace the broker, surveyor, lawyer, tax adviser, insurer or yacht manager. It is to help the client understand how the yacht and the different specialist findings fit together in practice.
Support throughout the buyer journey
For Private Buyers, Family Offices and Trusted Advisers
Stage 1 — Define the right yacht
Help the client establish the ownership brief and assess potential candidates before the search gathers momentum.
Stage 2 — View, compare and sea trial
Provide an independent operational perspective during yacht assessment, viewings and sea trials.
Stage 3 — Purchase and transition
Help the client understand survey and specialist findings, prepare for completion and move into ownership with a clearer plan.
When to involve us
Before a client travels to view a yacht, before an offer, before survey, before handover, before relocation or when an owner needs practical support.
Protecting your relationship
We support the client quietly, keep communication clear, and do not attempt to displace the existing professional relationship.
What we do not do
We do not replace legal advice, tax advice, class surveys, insurance advice or formal yacht management where those are required.
Supporting your client, protecting your role.
Anthony Austin Yachts is designed to sit alongside the client’s existing advisory structure.
We provide calm, independent guidance where yachting knowledge, operational judgement and practical experience at sea can help protect the client’s position.
For professional advisors, the benefit is simple: a trusted, captain-led resource that can help your client make better yacht decisions without disrupting the relationship you have already built.
We understand that trust is already held by the advisor, family office or professional representative.
Our role is to support that relationship, not replace it.
We communicate clearly, act discreetly, and provide practical insight that can sit alongside the client’s existing legal, financial, tax, insurance and professional advice.
We do not attempt to displace the advisor, take over the client relationship or create unnecessary commercial pressure.
Where appropriate, we can work directly with the client, through the advisor, or alongside an existing professional team.
A discreet resource for an important client decision
If you are advising a client who is considering a yacht purchase, I would welcome a confidential conversation about where an independent operational perspective may be useful.
I can work directly with the client, through the adviser or alongside the wider professional team.