Four emails a year. Roughly 2,400 words each. Sent in the first week of February, May, August, and November to align with the Mediterranean and Caribbean season transitions and the major industry sales windows. The list crossed 8,200 readers in 2026-Q2 and the open rate sits at 51 percent. No sponsored placements have appeared in the briefing and no sponsored placements will, because the whole structural point of the list is that it carries the same editorial commitment as the site. Subscribe at the form below, or read the four most recent issues archived inline.
What goes in the briefing
Each issue runs the same shape so that readers know where to look for what they need.
The opening note is roughly 400 words on what has shifted in the quarter at the structural level. The May 2026 issue led with the captain-transition pattern at the 70m-plus charter band, the August 2025 issue led with the asking-to-selling price gap widening on 50-to-70m brokerage inventory, and the February 2026 issue led with the Caribbean repositioning weeks calendar.
The charter section is roughly 600 words covering new inventory we have added to the index, yachts we have moved out of recommended, captain transitions on yachts where the captain has been the load-bearing reason to charter the yacht, refit slips that affect summer availability, and shoulder-season rate movement worth knowing about.
The brokerage section is roughly 600 words covering material asking-price reductions on listed inventory, central-listing changes (a yacht moving from one brokerage to another is usually a soft pricing signal), known closed transactions where the final number can be verified or reasonably inferred, and new-build delivery windows.
The day-charter section is roughly 300 words on operator changes in the cities we cover, summer rate movements in Mykonos, Ibiza, Cannes, and Saint Tropez, and platform notes on GetMyBoat, Click and Boat, and Sailo.
The "changed our minds" section is roughly 200 words on pages where we have moved a yacht, broker, or builder up or down the rankings since the previous briefing, with the reason. This is the section most readers tell us is the load-bearing reason they stay on the list.
The closing note is 300 words on something that does not fit elsewhere. A regulatory note on a flag-state change, a market-structure observation, a captain we have spoken to, or a piece of editorial that is too short for its own page.
What does not go in the briefing
The briefing is not a list of all the pages we have published in the quarter. The site sitemap and the homepage do that. The briefing is editorial commentary on what has changed and what to do about it.
The briefing does not include sponsored content. The site occasionally accepts sponsored content on the pillar pages, clearly labeled as such, but the briefing is sponsor-free as a structural commitment. The financial implication of that decision is documented on the how we make money page.
The briefing does not push affiliate or referral links inside the editorial body. The footer of each issue carries a small reminder that affiliate and referral relationships fund the site and that pages with such links are individually disclosed, but the editorial body does not contain commission-bearing links.
The briefing does not include inventory listings or yacht-of-the-month placements. The whole purpose of the editorial site is to rank inventory by independent criteria and not to push yachts that have paid for placement. We hold the briefing to the same standard.
Who reads it
The list is 8,200 readers as of 2026-Q2, of which roughly 60 percent are charter clients (one major week per year or every other year at $200K-plus), 25 percent are buyers (active or considering a $5M-to-$50M purchase in the next 24 months), and 15 percent are industry (brokers, builders, surveyors, lawyers, fleet managers, family-office staff). The industry-side readership is structurally useful: it is the part of the list that sends us corrections, off-market notes, and the early signal on transactions and captain transitions that does not yet show in the trade press.
The list is small by industry standards and intentionally so. The signal-to-noise ratio at 8,200 readers, 51 percent open rate, and a 4 percent click rate to deep editorial pages tells us the list is functioning as a serious-reader briefing rather than a marketing channel.
Privacy and unsubscribe
The newsletter is operated through ConvertKit. The list is not sold, rented, or shared with any third party. Unsubscribe is a one-click link in every email and works immediately. Reader email addresses are held for the duration of the subscription and deleted within 30 days of unsubscribe. The full handling is on the privacy page.
Sample issues
Three recent issues are archived in full for prospective subscribers to read before subscribing. The 2026-Q2 issue covers the captain-transition pattern at the 70m-plus charter band, the 2026-Q1 issue covers the Caribbean repositioning calendar and the December-January rate window, and the 2025-Q4 issue covers the asking-to-selling price gap at the 50-to-70m brokerage band [VERIFY: archive URLs to be set on launch].
The archive is open access. The current issue is restricted to subscribers for the 90 days following send, then released into the archive. This is the only restriction on the editorial.
How to subscribe
The signup form is below. We ask for an email address only. There is no segmentation by net worth, charter band, or buyer status. The list is not segmented at all. Every subscriber receives the same briefing on the same day, four times a year.
If the form is not loading, email subscribe@yachtsforkings.com with the subject "Briefing" and we add the address manually within 24 hours.
What we do if you write back
Reply-to on every issue is editor@yachtsforkings.com and reader replies are read by the editor. We respond to factual corrections within 5 working days, to off-market signal within 48 hours where the signal is fresh enough to act on, and to general feedback within 14 days. We do not respond to pitches for paid placement in the briefing because, as documented above, the briefing does not carry paid placement.
The 5-day correction reply target is the same as the editorial standard documented on the methodology page. Reader corrections that lead to a page change are logged in the editorial change log and credited in aggregate (without naming the reader) in the next quarter's briefing.