About Us
Colin Squire, the founder of Colin Squire Publishing began his career in the Superyacht industry in 1978 as a deck hand on-board a 147ft motor yacht that was used constantly by the owner when not being chartered. This was then considered to be an exceptional vessel due to its size, there were very few vessels at the time that were longer. Prior to heading off to sea, he had never sailed before, he had a successful sales career in print, working with two of Europe’s largest printing companies.
Within a year he had become the 1st officer of this vessel and had cruised extensively throughout Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, both East and West and had crossed the Atlantic to cruise throughout the Caribbean. The following years saw him moving to ever larger yachts as the industry exploded and working with the world’s top designers and yards on new builds, refits, and refinishing projects. In 1985 he acquired his Captains ticket and by the late 80’s was working as a Captain.
1990 was a decisive year in which he decided to head ashore where he launched Colin Squire Publishing, selling original yacht art and fine art prints to Captains and Owners. To promote this business he would travel around the marinas in the Mediterranean selling to friends and delivering his company brochures to yachts. From this, in 1994, the YachtFile ‘Information Direct’ pack was born. Colin Squire Publishing produces 6000 of these unique packs a year, containing hard copy company brochures, CD’s and newsletters for personal on-board delivery to thousands of different, professionally run yachts throughout the world.
In 2000, seeing a gap in the market, his complimentary magazine Yachting Matters was conceived. This bi-annual publication has grown to become one of, if not the best, Superyacht magazine being published today. 2006 saw the launch of a second magazine, The Yacht Owner. Both of these high quality magazines are delivered on-board thousands of yachts annually and mailed to leading Superyacht orientated companies.
The idea for Superyachtweb.com was conceived during 1998, when his collection of Superyachtweb.com domains began. It is only recently that the final domains to complete this unique jigsaw were purchased.
The concept behind this collection of 100 websites, comprising the best generic Superyacht names, is that of finding people and using the internet in a unique way. Not only has Colin Squire Publishing unrivalled access to the companies that care for the Superyacht fleet it also has unrivalled access to the fleet itself, a perfect combination.
Superyachtweb.com, the future of the Superyacht industry and its ‘All In One Place’.
