Expertise
Hawk Yachts was founded to challenge the yachting industry status quo by providing high value yachts with the capability to extend the potential usage to 52 weeks.
In turn this creates the opportunity for a profitable return on yacht investment.
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The specialists
Alongside our partners Swiss Ocean, Sea Chefs, Partn’air, Scottt Dunn, Vickers Studio and Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, we have the expertise to create functional yachts that are not just designed to meet specifications, but that can fulfill the specific requirements of the crew and the guests when visiting extreme locations.
Managment & Concept
Capt. Matthias Bosse
A born adventurer, Matthias Bosse has covered over 1,000,000 sea miles over the last 3 decades and sailed all of the seven oceans, including numerous cruises to Antarctica, the Arctic Ocean, the Northwest Passage and the Amazon River.
He has been at the helm of large yachts and expedition cruise ships for more than 20 years, serving as the master of prestigious private yachts such as Carinthia and Lady Moura.
With his years of experience in mind, Matthias cultivated his own vision of the perfect yacht, and as a result, Sea Hawk and the Hawk Series of Yachts were born.
Nick Lockett
Nick launched his career with Saatchi & Saatchi in the 70's and 80's, achieving a board director position at 26. There he worked on many famous campaigns, including British Airways, the launch of The Independent Newspaper, and three successful Conservative elections.
In 1990 Nick launched his own Media Company, BLM, and was founder and Chairman of the independent media network, Columbus Media. BLM became the largest independent media company in the UK and was sold to Havas in 2008. More recently Nick has been involved in the yacht business, joining Hawk Yachts Ltd in October 2014.
We push to the very
edge of the known world,
where the only guides available are hand drawn charts and personal experience.
Design & naval
architects
Laurent Giles is a dynamic firm of Naval Architects and Yacht Designers continuing to push the boundaries of design. They provide professional independent services to clients, designers and shipyards throughout the world.
Joint naval architects and designers ensure concept designs being developed meet all statutory, class & flag requirements.
David Lewis
David became a design engineer/naval architect at Southampton Yacht Services for 5 years before joining Laurent Giles, becoming a Director in 2007 and MD in 2009. He has been responsible for all the major Superyacht projects undertaken by the company since then.
Interior design &
fulfilment
Beiderbeck Designs specialise in the realisation of superyacht interiors from first sketch to fitment. An experienced team of designers strive to create the ambience that the customer feels comfortable with.
With each project being different, great care is given to the style of the project in order to implement the wishes of a client, creating a tailor-made interior using carefully selected materials.
Ship management
A superyacht is the ultimate luxury. It also needs to be managed responsibly and efficiently. Swiss Ocean brings commercial rigour and exemplary service to the world of superyachts. From the specifications of the yacht, through the build and recruitment, all the way through to maintenance and voyage planning.
Swiss Ocean tailor their service to individual clients, backed up by international scale, through partnership with Columbia Shipmanagement. Founded in 1978, they are one of the biggest and most respected ship management companies in the world—as well as owning and managing exclusive resorts, hotels and Michelin-starred restaurants.
Norman Schmiedl
Norman started sailing at the age of 5 and has had a connection to the sea ever since. He has 15 years' experience in commercial ship management with a strong focus on HR and client relationship management. He serves in the board of directors of the United Hospitality Institute and is an advisor in various training centers around the globe.
Superyacht build experts
Ensuring the very best superyacht standards Hawk Yachts has contracted the very best independent build experts both in general management and paint coating and finish. The involvement of this team will achieve the Hawk objective of building robust superyachts of great beauty with a commercial heart.
Ensuring the very best superyacht standards Hawk Yachts has contracted the very best independent build experts both in general management and paint coating and finish. The involvement of this team will achieve the Hawk objective of building robust superyachts of great beauty with a commercial heart.
Sigfried Helm
Sigfried studied as a master craftsman and then mechanical engineer at the University of Applied Science. In 1993 he joined Lürssen as production engineer and rose to become head of production. Since 2016 he has been a senior consultant at G.Con and project manager on many superyacht projects including Plan P, Follow Me V and Lady Moura.
Tom Holger Grucza
Tom qualified as a certified coating inspector before studying industrial business management and boat building. As CEO of G.Con, Tom has been responsible for finish and refit on many superyachts including Eclipse 163m, Al Mirqab 133m, Lady Moura 103m, Palladium 96m, Mayan Queen 94m, Nahlin 91m, Ecstasea 86m and Graceful 82m.
Superyacht build experience
Operations & sales
David Fletcher
David Fletcher is a true explorer, and has travelled extensively throughout the polar regions for nearly 40 years, encountering four Antarctic winters and 36 summers. He has spent fifteen years as a base commander and field operations manager for the British Antarctic survey, where he was awarded the Fuchs Medal, and is a fellow of Royal Geographic Society, where he was awarded the prestigious Polar Medal.
Antje Bosse
Antje has 25 years of experience in the cruise and luxury cruise industry. She believes that her job was to provide unique experiences for her guests that they would remember for the rest of their lives. She became a shore excursion manager and then an operational cruise director on S/Y ‘Sea Cloud’, the ‘Europa’ and the ‘Hanseatic’, all 5-star cruise ships.
Sonja Altmann
Sonja has 15 years' experience in the luxury industry and has travelled around the world on luxury cruise ships. Sonja was part of launching two new cruise lines: Viking Cruise lines in 2015 and Scenic Cruises in 2018. She is part of the launch team for Scenic Eclipse.
Alexander Thurein
Alexander has more than 20 years’ experience in the cruise industry. He started as an airplane pilot in the executive segment, performing as a pilot as well as cruise director on board several cruise ships. From 2008-2015 he has been on board MS Europa and since 2016 on board Scenic river cruise vessels in Europe as a cruise director. He is part of the launch team for Scenic Eclipse.
Business & finance
Caspar Andri Largiadèr
Andri has over 20 years' experience managing shipping and yachting projects. He has held various technical management positions for companies such as Blohm+Voss and Columbia Shipmanagement and headed the ship finance division at Hannover Leasing.
He holds Master's degrees in Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering and Ocean Systems Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, and a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zürich in Switzerland.
Martin Redmayne
Martin Redmayne is the chairman and editor-in-chief of the Superyacht Group, the premier source of information on the superyacht industry.
Martin has interviewed owners, shipyards, brokers and designers. He has stepped aboard over 1,000 superyachts in the past 20 years and his understanding of the industry is legendary.
Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn founded Scott Dunn, Conde Nast Traveller’s favourite specialist tour operator for the last 8 years. The company is one of the market-leaders in luxury travel holidays offering a broad range of holidays from skiing and catered villa holidays to tailor-made journeys and bespoke experiences around the world.
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