RIPPLE Yacht for Sale

Veteran yacht broker Rob Newton is a well know name within the yachting industry, with more than three decades of experience in the brokerage sector. Newton has a huge wealth of knowledge, specializing in new build and brokerage sales of luxury yachts.

Rob has had a life-long relationship with the yachting industry, having grown up working at the Grand Banks shipyard, which was founded by his father. After gaining a degree in business management he went into business with his father, building custom boats. As his career progressed he worked at several of the world’s best known brokerage companies before later founding Koch, Newton & Partners in 1996. He also co-founded Superyacht Sales and Charter.

IYC clients will benefit from Rob’s unrivalled knowledge of the superyacht industry and expert business knowledge.

Michael grew up on and around yachts in San Diego, California and began his yachting career at a young age by working at his family’s boatyard on Shelter Island. A junior sailor through SDYC since the age of nine, and spending many summers cruising on his family’s yachts, from the Thousand Islands on the East Coast, to Catalina, San Joaquin Delta, and the Pacific Northwest. Michael spent years extensively refitting his personal yacht a 1962 55’ Stephens Flush deck motor yacht along with several others after and continues his boating lifestyle with his two children Jace and Mia. His professional career began in the real estate industry, before he combined his interest in sales with his passion for boating by taking a position with a major yacht brokerage firm. Michael has also founded and ran his own brokerage houses and over two decades within the brokerage community before joining IYC in 2022.

His professional expertise serves all aspects of yachting with focus on the large yacht segment of the industry.