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How Yacht Brokers, Managers, & Crew Are Getting Caught in a Wider Sanctions Net

Megayacht News Staff — Thu, 28 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

A yacht doesn’t need to belong to a sanctioned oligarch to end up in the government’s crosshairs anymore. Reality is changing rapidly in the yachting world. The U.S. Treasury and its FinCEN bureau are widening sanctions and financial-crime enforcement in ways that can surprise superyacht owners, their captains, yacht brokers, insurers, and yacht management firms […]

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Unjust Enrichment in Yachting: How Courts Fix Unfair Deals

Megayacht News Staff — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Unjust enrichment occurs when one party keeps a clear benefit without paying for it. Since judges often sit as courts of equity, strict contractual elements like acceptance, breach, and damages don’t limit the analysis. Instead, the focus shifts to restitution and basic fairness. Specifically, did someone receive something of value at another party’s expense, and […]

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How Worldwide Asset Freezing Orders Are Reshaping Yacht Deals

Megayacht News Staff — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Yacht deals run on instant monetary transfers, layered entities, and cross‑border deals. This makes asset protection feel both urgent and fragile. Generally speaking, courts have responded with powerful tools now often called worldwide asset freezing orders. They’re designed to stop money before it disappears. They’re also on the rise. This growing tension between speed and […]

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Untangling Pay-First, Pay-If-Paid, & Other Clauses in Yachting Contracts

Megayacht News Staff — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Yachting contracts look clean and simple on paper. With new-builds and refits, owners hire shipyards, and shipyards hire contractors. With charters, meanwhile, owners hire yachts. What appears to be straightforward is actually knotty in practice, though Money flows down until it doesn’t, which is where clauses like pay-first, pay-if-paid, and pay-when-paid decide who profits and […]

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Inside Judicial Sales: How Yacht Auctions Really Work

Megayacht News Staff — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

The past few years have pushed judicial yacht sales into the spotlight. Sanctions, unpaid crew wages, and more all feed court-ordered yacht auctions. The headlines sometimes frame them as fire sales, but the truth is more nuanced. The goal is to turn a deteriorating, expensive asset into cash while delivering clean title to a buyer. […]

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