Mark Smith
Mark Smith is a freelance professional yacht delivery skipper based in Whangarei, New Zealand. He specialises in coastal yacht deliveries throughout New Zealand and offshore passages across the South Pacific. His professional experience includes the delivery of both sailing and motor yachts in a wide range of operating conditions.
Marek Belniak
Marek Belniak is a professional yacht transport coordinator with experience in the North Sea and East Coast UK waters. He specialises in the coordination of transatlantic and Pacific yacht transport, with particular responsibility for vessel documentation, flag registration and regulatory formalities associated with international yacht movements.
Mike Lunn
Mike Lunn is a freelance professional yacht delivery skipper based in New Zealand. With more than 100,000 nautical miles of offshore experience, he has completed yacht deliveries throughout the Pacific and Atlantic. His professional experience includes the delivery of both sailing and motor yachts across a range of offshore and coastal passages.
Rainer Holtorff
Rainer Holtorff is a professional yacht delivery skipper with extensive international experience on yachts ranging from 20 to 120 feet. Having skippered more than 90 different vessels, he has completed numerous long-distance voyages worldwide. A Yachtmaster Offshore and sports offshore skipper, Rainer was awarded the Royal Yachting Association’s Yachtmaster of the Year in 2013, becoming […]
Nik Towson
Nik Towson is a professional yacht delivery skipper based in Australia, with experience across a remarkably diverse range of vessels, from motor yachts and multihulls to classic folkboats and performance sailing yachts. Delivering on behalf of Yacht Delivery Australia, he is known for his clear communication, practical approach, and ability to work effectively with owners […]
Tim Ball
Tim Ball is Director of Hornblower Yachting Ltd and operates professionally throughout the Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean. He has extensive experience delivering both sail and power yachts and holds an RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean Commercial Endorsement together with STCW certification.
Thomas Gltzen
Thomas Gltzen is a professional yacht delivery skipper and founder of Skipper-Service.eu, with 15 years of experience and approximately 150,000 offshore miles as skipper. Operating primarily throughout the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean, he has completed around 50 professional deliveries and holds the German Sportseeschiffer licence together with STCW certification.
Sam Thorpe
Sam Thorpe is a professional yacht delivery skipper with extensive offshore experience throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Delivering on behalf of Yacht Delivery Asia, he has completed a number of demanding passages, including a TP52 delivery from New Zealand to Japan and transits through the Red Sea during periods of regional instability. His experience spans both […]
Nico Curbishley
Nico Curbishley is a professional yacht delivery skipper and owner of Yacht Delivery Solutions, with more than 25 years of experience and over 200,000 nautical miles at sea. He has delivered both sailing and motor yachts throughout the South Pacific and Asia and has extensive experience in offshore passages, vessel management and yacht refits. Nico […]
Gary Watson
Gary Watson is a professional yacht delivery skipper with more than 50,000 nautical miles of offshore experience. A former Coast Guard skipper, he brings extensive practical knowledge of seamanship, passage planning, and vessel operations to every delivery. Gary has completed deliveries on behalf of Yacht Delivery Solutions, assisting owners with the safe and professional relocation […]