The network that gets yachts through difficult waters.

Local agents

Vetted agents in every port on the route, appointed and briefed by us to one standard, held to timings and reconciled afterwards. Not a directory — people we work with repeatedly.

Government & port authorities

Direct lines into maritime administrations, port authorities, customs and immigration, and embassies where permissions have to be asked for properly and in advance.

Naval & military contacts

Working contact with naval reporting bodies and coordination centres covering high-risk and security-sensitive waters, so reporting, posture and escort questions are answered by the people who actually decide.

One point of contact

You deal with us throughout. We hold the whole passage together across all of the above, and remain reachable while the yacht is under way.

Route options assessed against season, range, insurance conditions and the practical realities of each stop. Fuel, weather windows and arrival timing are planned together, not separately.

Direct contact with port authorities, maritime administrations, navies and, where required, embassies. We ask the questions in the form each authority expects, in advance of arrival.

We appoint and manage local agents on your behalf, brief them to one standard, hold them to timings and check their work before the yacht arrives.

Suez and Panama documentation, tonnage measurement, pilotage, convoy scheduling and the sequence in which each paper has to be lodged.

Consolidated reporting for the corridor you are entering: current posture, reporting schemes, standoff practice and what other vessels are actually doing. Sourced and time-stamped.

Bunkers with quality reporting, spares clearance, provisioning, visas, flights and transfers arranged around the yacht's actual timing rather than a fixed itinerary.

Access to yards, riding technicians, class and survey attendance at the ports where the work can realistically be done — and honest advice where it cannot.

A single number during passage. Medical, mechanical, weather and security events are handled by the same people who planned the voyage, with pre-agreed escalation.

Gulf & Arabian Sea

• Strait of Hormuz & Persian Gulf — Gulf of Oman to the Gulf22 current
• Arabian Sea & Western Indian Ocean — Salalah, Maldives, Seychelles9 current

Red Sea & Horn of Africa

• Gulf of Aden — Djibouti, Aden, Socotra approaches10 current
• Red Sea — Suez to the southern narrows8 current
• Somali Basin & Horn of Africa — Offshore Somalia and Socotra south4 current
• Bab el-Mandeb — The narrows1 current

Suez & Eastern Mediterranean

• Suez Canal — Port Said — Suez transit8 current

Americas

• Panama Canal & Central America — Transit slots and draught restrictions3 current