Independent advisory for yachting assets under pressure.

We stand between capital and the vessel. Aquator stabilises distressed projects, puts financial control around ownership, and engineers the exit — for owners, family offices, lenders, insolvency practitioners and buyers.

Protect value. Restore control. Engineer the exit.

Distressed Projects & Owner's Representation

New builds and refits at stressed yards: contract and deposit review, cost- and time-to-complete, step-in and completion planning.

Financial Control & Reporting

13-week cash views, OPEX resets and governed reporting packs that principals, family offices and lenders can rely on.

Sale Preparation & Exit Strategy

Disposal strategy and sell-side readiness for the vessel — brokerage, auction, structured sale or charter-to-sell.

Lender Monitoring

Independent collateral and covenant reporting on financed yachts, with early-warning flags and enforcement-readiness files.

Asset Preservation & Estate Support

Lay-up, warehousing and custody plans for owners, receivers and administrators — preserving value while the exit is prepared.

Independent, owner-side advice for everyone who finances, holds or sells the asset

For Owners & Family Offices

Protect. Resolve. Operate. Exit.

When yacht costs reach the board agenda, principals need an independent view of the asset — what it really costs, what it is worth, and how to exit well.

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Asset Health Check: costs, liabilities, condition and exit options in three weeks
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Owner's representation on new builds and refits at pressured yards
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OPEX reset across fuel, crew, insurance and berthing
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Pre-purchase technical and commercial review of a yacht you are considering
Asset Health Check scorecard: running costs, liabilities, condition and exit value
For Private Banks & Lenders

Know your collateral before you need to enforce.

Falling values and higher rates are pushing loan-to-value ratios towards covenant limits. We provide independent monitoring and workout support on financed yachts.

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Quarterly collateral and covenant reporting per vessel
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Early-warning flags on running costs, condition and utilisation
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Enforcement-readiness files and remarketing plans
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Workout support alongside your legal counsel
Lender monitor: loan-to-value rising towards a covenant limit with an early warning
For Insolvency Practitioners & Sale Agents

Yachts and hulls inside an estate, handled properly.

Administrators, receivers and auction agents need someone who can run, value and present a vessel. We bring the operator's eye and the banker's discipline.

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Custody, lay-up and cost-to-complete plans
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Valuation inputs and technical data rooms
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Buyer outreach into the yachting community
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Preparation for court-ordered and judicial sales
Exit engineering: brokerage, auction, structured sale and charter-to-sell routes to an exit
For Shipyards & Investors

Stabilise the project. Protect the deposit. Find the buyer.

For yards carrying unsold stock, and for investors who now own yachting businesses, we provide operational reviews and practical recovery plans for the vessels and projects involved.

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Disposal strategies for speculative and unsold hulls

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Cash-flow and supplier-payment planning for yards and service firms

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Operational reviews and 100-day plans for new owners

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Client communication plans for delayed deliveries

Project stabilisation: cost and time to complete by workstream

Built for the moment the market turns.

In a dislocated market, value is lost in the gap between the people who finance yachts and the people who run them. We work in that gap.

25+
Years in investment banking & fintech
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Service lines, one objective: the exit
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Side per asset — never both

Situations we are called into.

Your yard is late, over budget or financially fragile.

Deposits are paid and the hull is half-built. We establish the real cost and time to complete, review your contractual protection with counsel, and give you a plan for every scenario — including completing elsewhere.

Cost-to-complete
Deposit protection
Step-in planning
Owner's representation

Running costs have outgrown the budget.

Fuel, insurance and crew costs have moved faster than the plan. We rebuild the numbers, benchmark every line and put a reporting rhythm in place that principals and family offices can trust.

13-week cash view
OPEX benchmark
Lay-up options
Governed reporting

The collateral is worth less than the loan assumed.

Higher rates and softer values are testing covenants. We give lenders and borrowers an independent view of the asset, its condition and its realistic value — before positions harden.

Collateral review
Covenant reporting
Workout support
Enforcement readiness

The yacht is listed, reduced and still unsold.

In a buyer's market, the exit is engineered, not hoped for. We compare brokerage, auction, structured sale and charter-to-sell, prepare the asset and the paperwork, and work alongside your broker.

Exit options
Sell-side readiness
Buyer data room
Charter-to-sell

Under pressure? Talk to us before the options narrow.

A confidential first conversation, with no obligation.