Tim Morley, founder of Morley Yachts, started his yachting career on board the motor yacht LEANDER, where he worked as a crew between 1997 and 2000. At the time LEANDER was considered, without doubt, to be the best charter yacht in the world.
Coming ashore in 2000, Morley worked for two well established yacht brokerage firms before founding Morley Yachts in 2005. Our first office was next to the port of Antibes, the yachting capital of the world at that time.
From the beginnings of Morley Yachts in 2005, we brought people together on board yachts, recognising that the business was about relationship building and partnerships.
The Morley Yachts team participated in events like the Cannes Yachting Festival, offering yachts for sale and for charter. We also built a reputation as experts in marinas, and marina developments.
Morley Yachts is equally adept at charter and sales of both sailing yachts and motor yachts. Here are just a few examples of yachts we have arranged charters on (the tally is now well over 100 large yacht charters).
Morley has become an expert in many things yachting related, but we never stop learning. This constant process of acquiring knowledge and understanding allows us to offer advice and guidance. Our objective is to ensure people make the right choice when it comes to a yacht.
We also understand that the crew are in many ways more important than the yacht itself. The Morley Yachts team spent a great deal of time over the years meeting the crew. We try to get to know them, to be able to match the right crew with the guests.…Read More
We travel great distances, at our own expense, to inspect yachts for our clients. On one occasion Morley even went as far as Bora Bora to inspect a yacht and then flew to Hawaii to present his findings to the client. We literally travel the world to find yachts and…Read More
Morley Yachts has never been afraid to respond to opportunities as they arise and “think outside the box”. The most notable examples of this were the opening of an office in Tunisia in 2009 and the creation of Morley Group and Morley Asset Management for the purpose of marketing Marina…Read More
Tim Morley’s wife, Nathalie, was one of the founders of Fashion TV. We arranged charters for them and managed their F DIAMOND party ship for charter. An original looking vessel that could host 1,000 people for a party and did just that. The ship cruised the Mediterranean and as far…Read More
In 2011 Morley Yachts opened its new head office in Monaco. For three years we had a shop window on the prestigious boulevard Des Moulins in Monte-Carlo.
In 2013 Morley Yachts organised the largest and most notable auction of yachts ever held. No less than 36 yachts were in the catalogue, including the historic Steam Ship DELPHINE and the iconic 77m LONE RANGER (sold at the auction). Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr was the auctioneer and the…Read More
David Jakabovic joined the company in 2014 and has become an extremely effective broker. His approach has always been to understand the needs of his clients fully to enable him to provide the advice on which yachts to charter or buy. The success of this strategy is evident, as he…Read More
Morley Yachts was equally determined to submit a bid when the town of Antibes launched an invitation to tender for the management of Port Vauban and its iconic IYCA or ‘Quai des Milliardaires’ and adjacent shipyard. This was a significant project and Morley is proud to have put together one…Read More
In 2014 Morley started to learn about yacht new construction, with a large ‘fully custom’ yacht construction project of over 100m in length. Putting together the right team, and developing the project was a great challenge, and we enjoyed working with the client to put together a ‘bid package’ to…Read More
Morley Yachts has enjoyed considerable success with the charter and sales of yachts. We have brokered some of the most important deals in the last 15 years, including many of the largest charters of yachts and cruise ships, and some of the larger yachts sold such as GLOBAL and ST…Read More
Morley Yachts is now the Central Agent for the charter of three of the world’s finest yachts. CHRISTINA O, ANNA I and ST DAVID are marketed for charter by us and we are proud to have been involved in the development of their branding and marketing communication. The success of…Read More
CHRISTINA O was successful in getting a Greek charter license, which makes her very attractive for charters in the country from which Aristotle Onassis originated and her days of playing host to glamour and pioneering business people.
Organising charters in unique parts of the world is something we do more and more. As well as charters in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Mediterranean, we have arranged charters in Thailand, Myanmar, the Maldives, Cuba, and now the incredible destination of Antarctica. We have visited Chile to understand what is…Read More
Morley Yachts continues to organise event charters every year, including cruise ship charters for TAG Heuer at the Monaco Grand Prix, a project where we undertake the role of event planning and execution as well as the brokerage of the vessel charter.
Morley Yachts remains a privately owned and operated business with a healthy balance sheet, zero borrowing, no investors and complete independence. We look forward to offering clients the benefit of our experience, and our hard work for many years to come.