Press inquiries go to press@yachtsforkings.com with a reply target of three working days. Yachts For Kings is an independent editorial guide to weekly yacht charter, day charter, and yacht brokerage, covering 80 destinations and more than 12,000 yachts, refreshed every quarter. The site launched 2026-02-01. The editor is available for comment on yacht charter market conditions, broker performance, shipyard delivery timelines, and the transparency model the site operates under.
What we can comment on, on the record
Charter market conditions by destination and season, with rate ranges, APA percentages, and booking lead times. We hold our own dataset on the 80 destinations we cover, refreshed quarterly. We will share aggregates. We will not share individual broker book data.
Broker performance based on our published reviews of Burgess, Edmiston, Camper and Nicholsons, Fraser, Northrop and Johnson, and IYC. The published verdicts are the public position. We will not say something on the record about a broker that we have not put on the page.
Shipyard delivery timelines for the major builders we cover, including Feadship, Lurssen, Oceanco, Heesen, Benetti, Sanlorenzo, and Sunseeker. The published builder pages are the basis. Industry rumor and unconfirmed delivery slot data is not on the record.
The transparency model. How we are monetized, what the editorial firewall does, what we will and will not accept money to publish. The how we make money page is the public position. Press inquiries that want more detail than the public page should expect a polite "the page is the answer."
The market structure in independent yacht editorial: why Boat International cannot run a "five overrated charter yachts" piece, why broker-owned guides cannot rank their own listings honestly, why the day-charter market has no Plum Guide equivalent.
What we will not comment on
The names of individual reader sources who emailed us with experience reports on a yacht or a broker. Source protection is absolute. We will confirm that a report was received and verified, on the record. We will not name the sender.
Specific revenue figures by quarter or by partner. The mechanism and the ranges are on the how we make money page. The exact share by partner is commercially sensitive.
Unconfirmed yacht sales, refits, or buyer identities. We do not publish rumor. We will not confirm or deny a transaction we have not seen documented.
Legal threats made by brokers, owners, or shipyards against us. We hold these for our solicitor. We do not litigate in the press, and we do not give the threats oxygen.
The editor
The site is built and edited by Fredrik Filipsson, working from a base in Florida. Fredrik is the founder of the For Kings editorial network, which includes VillasForKings, HotelsForKings, RestaurantsForKings, BarsForKings, and Yachts For Kings. The yacht-side editorial work began in 2025 and the site launched 2026-02-01. Fredrik has personally chartered, sailed, or boarded approximately [VERIFY: charter visit count] yachts across the Mediterranean and Caribbean over the 24 months preceding launch, and built the underlying 37-point checklist from that fieldwork plus contributor work.
The contributors are a small group with charter broker, captain, and owner-side backgrounds. They are not named on the site because they still work in the industry. Their identities are available on a confidential basis to a journalist with a verifiable byline, on the standard "do not publish names" condition.
Previous press coverage
Coverage of Yachts For Kings since launch is listed below. The list is current to 2026-05-15.
| Date | Outlet | Story | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-08 | [VERIFY: outlet name] | Launch profile of the For Kings network including the yacht side | Print and web |
| 2026-03-12 | [VERIFY: outlet name] | Comment on the 2026 Mediterranean charter rate trend | Web feature |
| 2026-04-02 | [VERIFY: outlet name] | Interview on the editorial firewall model for yacht editorial | Podcast |
| 2026-04-19 | [VERIFY: outlet name] | Comment on the 2026 superyacht delivery slot squeeze at Feadship and Lurssen | News story |
| 2026-05-03 | [VERIFY: outlet name] | Feature on the rise of day charter platforms versus traditional brokerage | Print feature |
When a piece publishes we link it from this table within three working days. If we have been quoted in a piece you do not see here, email press@yachtsforkings.com and we will add it.
Press kit
The press kit is a single zip file available on request from press@yachtsforkings.com. It contains the logo set (full color, monochrome, reversed, square mark only), a high-resolution headshot of the editor, an approved 80-word company description, an approved 200-word company description, a one-page fact sheet on coverage scope and refresh cadence, and a PDF of the most recent quarter's coverage map. We send the kit within one working day of request.
Approved company description, short
Yachts For Kings is an independent editorial guide to weekly yacht charter, day charter, and yacht brokerage. We cover 80 destinations and more than 12,000 yachts, refreshed every quarter. The site is monetized through affiliate and referral fees and runs an editorial firewall that prevents rankings from being changed for money. Launched February 2026.
Approved company description, long
Yachts For Kings is an independent buyer's guide to three product lines: weekly yacht charters at $50,000 to $2 million per week, day charters at $1,500 to $40,000 per day, and yacht brokerage at $2 million to $300 million and up. The site covers 80 destinations and more than 12,000 yachts. Editorial follows a 37-point yacht review checklist and a 22-point broker review rubric. Every page is dated and re-verified on a quarterly or annual schedule. The site is monetized through charter affiliate commissions, day charter affiliate fees, brokerage sale referral fees, sponsored content (labeled), display advertising, and premium listings. Rankings are not changed for money. The full revenue breakdown is published on the how-we-make-money page. Yachts For Kings is part of the For Kings network, which also publishes VillasForKings, HotelsForKings, RestaurantsForKings, and BarsForKings. The site launched 2026-02-01.
Logo and trademark use
The Yachts For Kings logo may be reproduced in editorial coverage at any size, in color or monochrome, without prior permission. Commercial reproduction (merchandise, paid advertising, or any context implying endorsement) requires written permission from press@yachtsforkings.com. The logo files in the press kit include a minimum clear-space spec. Please respect it.
Embargo policy
We do not run embargoed pieces by default. If you are running a story that requires an embargo and you want comment from the editor, email press@yachtsforkings.com with the embargo time and we will respond on whether we can honor it. We typically accept embargoes of up to 72 hours.
Linked resources
For the editorial process behind the rankings, see the methodology page. For the revenue model, see how we make money. For the rules the editorial side operates under, see editorial standards. For general reader contact, see the contact page.