I started out in the super yachting industry back when I was 18 years old, 9 years ago, landing a job delivering a classic 80ft sailing yacht Kelpie from San Diego, USA back to Falmouth, UK during the summer after finishing my first year at University in Southampton studying Yacht Production and Surveying. As hard as it was, straight after I got back to land I had to get back to my studies where I had another 3 years to complete until I had completed my degree. Every summer from here I landed jobs on an array of different superyachts supporting me financially for my time at university. Upon finishing my degree I joined a race yacht and haven’t looked back since!
In 2016/17 I had the idea of starting Yachtdrop, the first online platform linking owners, guests and crews with products, but never knew how I was going to sustain myself along the way. I decided to slowly launch the company over the past few years working on it before and after work each day when possible. I set the goal that when and if I gain traction I would exit the yachting industry as soon as possible at the right time.
Yachtdrop has been created to modernise the way in which we order products to yachts along with saving considerable time and money. During my time in the industry digital platform based companies are yet to arise when in other industries it is not just a trend but an expectation. Yachtdrop’s outlook is to change this.
