Insights
Field notes from the season.
The pieces a Balthazar advisor would point a prospect toward: guides, event notes, transactional pieces and operational explainers. Considered reading rather than blog posts.
Guides
Regional overviews, charter-format primers and considered explainers: the pieces a Balthazar advisor sends ahead of a brief.
Events
Notes on the calendar weeks that move the international fleet: Grand Prix, Festivals, regattas, shows.
Transactions
Pieces on buying, selling and the brokerage process: sale-side and acquisition-side perspectives.
Operations
Yacht management, refit, crew, owner services, the operational topics owners ask about most.
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Guides · 8 min read · Mar 2026
The Mediterranean yacht charter guide.
From the French Riviera to the Greek islands: how the European charter season actually unfolds, when to brief, and where the fleet is most reliable.
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Recently published.
Events · 5 min read
Cannes Yachting Festival.
Europe's season-opening show fills the Vieux Port and Port Canto each September. Attending by yacht, what berthing that week realistically involves, viewing yachts with an advisor, and folding the festival into a Riviera cruise.
Jul 2026
Guides · 7 min read
A week on the French Riviera, sample itineraries.
A good Riviera itinerary is built around the water and the crowds, not the map: where to be in the morning, where to be at night.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
Choosing the right charter yacht.
The right charter yacht is rarely the largest one available; it is the one whose layout, crew and range fit the week you actually have in mind.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
A first Mediterranean charter, what to expect.
A first charter is rarely undone by the yacht; it is undone by the parts no one explained: the timing, the crew, the rhythm of a week aboard.
Jun 2026
Guides · 7 min read
Crewed versus bareboat charter.
The choice between a crewed and a bareboat charter is less about budget than about what you want your week to be.
Jun 2026
Events · 6 min read
Monaco Yacht Show.
The Monaco Yacht Show is the one week of the year when the harbour is the exhibition, and a yacht is both a seat and a hosting room.
Jun 2026
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