Super Yacht Americas 2026: Mare Forum’s Morning Think-Tank During FLIBS Week
The 7th Super Yacht Americas by Mare Forum lands Oct 28, 2026, at the Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Marina Hotel—executive dialogue on strategy, tech, and ops while FLIBS week brings decision-makers to town. Speakers TBA.
IBEX 2026 in Tampa: Where Builders Decide What Yachts Will Run
North America’s leading technical trade show for boatbuilders returns Oct 6–8, 2026 (pre-conference Oct 5) in Tampa—730+ exhibitors, Next-Gen Power & Performance, AI systems, and a Metstrade pathway into the U.S. market.
NMEA Conference & Expo 2026: Marine Electronics Week on Lake Ray Hubbard
The only major trade event 100% focused on marine electronics returns Sep 28–Oct 2, 2026, at Hilton Rockwall/Dallas Lakefront—installer certs, NMEA 2000/OneNet courses, and sessions on AI at the helm, lithium, and cloud convergence.
Fall Triton Expo 2026 at Bahia Mar: A Crew Guide to September 16
Fall Triton Expo returns to Bahia Mar on September 16, 2026. Get crew-focused networking tips, free registration, parking and the essential event details.
How to Give AI a Permanent Memory of Your Industry (Before It Puts Heels on Your Teak)
General-purpose AI is brilliant and knows nothing about your industry. Here is what “permanent memory” really means, the seven options compared, the method we used at ZipYacht after an embarrassing lesson, and why the same document gets you cited by AI search.
What an AI Yacht Operating System Actually Does
An AI yacht operating system is not a chatbot sitting on a work-order list. It is the operating layer for the boat: one login for maintenance, machinery, parts, projects, documents, money and crew, plus an AI that already lives in that vessel’s hours, history and spares. Most marine software was built as a database first. […]
Eight Weeks to Fort Lauderdale
FLIBS runs 28 October to 1 November. Three questions to answer in September, while the answers still change something.
What the Owners Club Is For
A members’ room for the people who sign the invoices. What is going into it, and what is staying out.
Contractors Were Just the Beginning
The directory started as a trade network. It is now the whole industry — and your listing is still free.
Every Specialist Now Has a Film on Their Page
You can now meet the entire ZipYacht bench without reading a word of copy.