Emma Salvesen

ARTICLE | September 2026 Meet the Team: Cam Bray Founder of The Superyacht People Speak To Cam Home | Superyacht News | Meet the Team: Cam Bray Meet Cam Bray, founder of The Superyacht People, and discover his journey into yachting, favourite destinations and what 25 years has taught him. What brought you into the yachting industry? Like most people, I found my way into yachting a little bit by accident. Twenty-five years ago, it was never really marketed as a career. I was travelling through Europe in my early twenties and had done a ski season in France. Some friends said, “When the snow melts, we’ll head down to the South of France and work on yachts.” I thought I’d do it for a season, then head back to London, put the suit and tie on and use the business degree I’d gone to university for. Instead, I ended up working as a deckhand on a yacht owned by a Saudi princess. She wanted me to stay, so I did, and I spent the next few years working my way up the ladder. However, I never set out to become a career captain. What kept me in the industry was that I genuinely fell in love with it. There’s something incredibly satisfying about creating extraordinary experiences for people with the highest expectations and then finding a way to exceed them. I realised pretty quickly that was exactly where I wanted to be. About The Superyacht People What does your role at The Superyacht People actually look like day to day? One of the best things about our industry is that no two days are ever really the same. We try to have some structure around what we do, but this is a global industry — it’s definitely not Monday to Friday, nine to five. My day usually starts pretty early, around four or five in the morning. I try to get some training or exercise in, although sometimes that gets pushed aside when I wake up to an inbox full of enquiries from clients or brokers in Europe or the US who are still online. Being able to have that immediate dialogue and respond quickly rather than waiting another 24 hours is incredibly valuable. From there, a lot of my day is focused on business development, which I love — finding new clients, meeting with owners and crew, and continuing to build our charter management and Central Agency charter and sales fleet. There’s also a bigger-picture element to it. I’m passionate about growing the industry overall, whether that’s through initiatives here in Australia or expanding what’s possible for superyachts across the South Pacific. What do you love most about working in yachting? The people. I got into this industry because I love making people happy, and yachting gives us an incredible opportunity to do that. At the end of the day, we’re involved in the fun side of people’s lives, and I think it’s important that we remember that and don’t take ourselves too seriously. Our clients come to us because we’re the experts, and we take that responsibility seriously. But our job is also to make the experience enjoyable, to build those relationships, understand what people really want and create experiences they’ll remember. And, of course, I love that no two days are the same. Yachting becomes part of your life, but it never really feels like a chore. What’s one thing people might be surprised to learn about your job? That I don’t spend every day sitting on a yacht drinking rosé. You’d be surprised how common that perception is. I’ve even had people think this is somehow a fake job that doesn’t really exist. The reality is that this is still a serious business. We work with some of the most astute and successful business people in the world. There are complex negotiations, significant decisions being made and incredibly high expectations to deliver on. That challenge is actually one of the things I love most. We’re constantly being pushed to perform at the highest level and then find a way to surprise people by going beyond what they expected. What’s one yacht destination or experience that has really stayed with you? It’s very hard to choose just one. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to experience yachting from a few different perspectives: as crew, on familiarisation trips and as a guest of owners and clients. There have been some amazing moments as well: cruising past Stromboli in the Aeolian Islands and seeing an active volcano as a crewmember, and seeing Komodo dragons in Indonesia while on a fam trip aboard LAMIMA. More recently, I was onboard BIG SKY with the owner and friends, cruising through French Polynesia from Tahiti to Bora Bora. What stayed with me most was the sense that this incredible world exists whether we’re there or not. None of it felt manufactured for tourists or for yachts. We were simply privileged enough to experience their world for a little while. If you could step aboard tomorrow and cruise anywhere in the world, where are you going? It might sound a little cliché, but for me it would be the Amalfi Coast. I feel like I’ve got some unfinished business there. I cruised through the area as a crew member, but I’d love to go back as a charter guest with my family and properly explore Capri, Positano, Amalfi and Sorrento. I’d spend the days discovering those beautiful restaurants tucked into the bottom of the cliffs that you can only really reach by boat, turning up in a linen shirt and board shorts with nowhere else you need to be. That would be pretty hard to beat. Explore All Destinations What does your perfect day on the water look like? We’re always chasing perfection, but mine would start with a really active morning on the water, hitting the waterslide, Jet Skis, foil boards, whatever we can get our hands on. I’d want to properly immerse

ARTICLE | AUGUST 2026 Top 5 Caribbean Yacht Charter Destinations For Winter 2026-2027 Make an Enquiry Home | Superyacht News | Top 5 Caribbean Yacht Charter Destinations ​ As summer draws to a close in the Mediterranean, many of the world’s leading charter yachts begin making their way west. By December, the Caribbean charter season is in full swing, opening up thousands of islands, secluded anchorages and some of the world’s most stunning cruising grounds. But where do you begin? How do you choose between one breathtaking island to the next? That’s where The Superyacht People can help. Whether you want to spend a week moving between the Virgin Islands, disappear among the turquoise shallows of the Exumas, arrive in St Barths in time for the legendary New Year’s Eve celebrations or head south to explore the tiny islands and protected reefs of the Grenadines, you’ll find an island to suit you and your style with ease. Each island offers a completely different experience and having a yacht to take you around means sometimes, you don’t even have to choose; you’re not limited to one beach, one resort or even one island. If you’re considering a Caribbean yacht charter for the winter 2026-2027 season, now is the time to secure your yacht. Let’s explore the destinations at the top of everyone’s list this winter. Explore All Destinations The Best Caribbean Yacht Charter Destinations at a Glance Let’s take a closer look at each Caribbean destination and work out which one is right for you and your group. Already know you want to get started? Reach out to a member of the team now and we’ll be happy to create the perfect Caribbean getaway for you this winter. Destination Go here for Particularly good for St Barths Dining, glamour & New Year’s Eve Couples, friends & celebrations Virgin Islands Easy island hopping Families & first-time charterers Bahamas & Exumas Beaches, water & privacy Families, watersports & relaxation Antigua & Barbuda Sailing & classic Caribbean Families, couples & sailors St Vincent & the Grenadines Adventure & remote islands Explorers, divers & repeat charterers Contact Us St Barths There are few places that capture the energy of the Caribbean superyacht season quite like St Barths. Gustavia fills with yachts over the winter months, while on shore, restaurants, boutiques and beach clubs give the island an atmosphere and rhythm that feels distinctly different from the Caribbean’s quieter cruising grounds. Over Christmas and the New Year in particular, energy reaches another level as yachts gather around the island for one of the season’s biggest celebrations.  Not that much of a party person? That’s fine too; chartering a yacht means you can step away from the hustle and bustle of the port and escape to the peace and quiet of your own private yacht. You can spend the morning anchored off Colombier, swimming from the yacht and making use of the water toys before heading around the coast to St Jean. Come evening, arrive in Gustavia by tender for dinner before returning to your home for the week while you enjoy a night cap under the stars, far away from the crowds. The ability to move between the island’s social side and its quieter bays is what makes St Barths particularly well suited to a yacht charter. St Barths can also form part of a wider Leeward Islands itinerary, with St Martin providing a convenient embarkation point and Anguilla adding beautiful beaches and a more laid-back pace. TSP HIGHLIGHTS: Gustavia, Colombier, St Jean, beach clubs, on shore dining, and New Year’s Eve in the harbour. View Yachts in St Barths The Virgin Islands For guests looking to pick up and go a bit more during their charter without cruising for long, the Virgin Islands are pretty hard to beat. Across the British and US Virgin Islands, dozens of islands, cays and anchorages sit within a relatively compact cruising area. That means more of your day can be spent swimming, exploring, snorkelling or exploring on shore and less time getting from one anchorage to another. The British Virgin Islands offer some of the region’s most recognisable charter experiences. Swim among the granite boulders of The Baths on Virgin Gorda, head to the beach to explore Jost Van Dyke barefoot, snorkel around Norman Island or cruise north to the quieter shores of Anegada. The US Virgin Islands offers another side of the coin. St John features beautiful protected bays, beaches and extensive national park landscapes, while St Thomas provides a convenient gateway to the wider cruising grounds of the US Virgin Islands. The combination of chartering across both islands offers a great balance of variety, easy cruising and short stop overs which are favoured by families, first-time charterers and those looking to make the most of their time at sea. TSP HIGHLIGHTS: Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, Norman Island, Anegada, St John and the countless smaller bays and deserted islands in between. Discover Yachts In US Virgin Islands Discover Yachts In British Virgin Islands The Bahamas and Exumas In the Exumas, the water isn’t simply the backdrop to your charter, it becomes a huge part of the experience. Stretching across a chain of over 700 islands and cays surrounded by impossibly clear, shallow waters, this is a destination made for days spent outside. Launch the paddleboards or Seabobs from the swim platform, take the tender into a hidden creek, snorkel over a reef or wander up onto the swathes of sandbars that might be gone by the next tide. There are the well-known stops of course. Staniel Cay and the swimming pages at Big Major Cay are usually the top destinations for yachts here. Thunderball Grotto offers one of the area’s most memorable snorkelling experiences (and yes, it’s eponymously named after the James Bond film). If you’re feeling brave, wade amongst the nurse sharks of Compass Cay or dive the famous plane wreck that went down during Pablo Escobar’s drug trade in Norman’s Cay before heading back