Testimonials

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quicker by helping others to succeed”

-- Napoleon Hill

Mark Stothard, Director of Echo Yachts. WA

“This book has a very good overall message in that building a superyacht, or any major project, should be a pleasant experience for everyone involved and the only way that can happen is for everyone to be ‘preaching from the same hymn book’! Fairness is the essence of a successful project and even if an aggressive client thinks he has won by screwing a yard over, he has not. The negative energy flows from the management to the floor and no additional niceties are done to add to the finishing touches.”

Alan Warwick, WYD, Auckland, New Zealand

This AMAZING book should become compulsory reading for all clients, designers, project managers and yacht-builders. A true manual. The author has excelled with outstanding quotations by other notables.”

Allen Jones, Former CEO of NZ Yachts, NZ

The process of building Spirit required all that Tomek references in this delightful and long overdue dissertation on what to do, what not to do, what to watch out for and what to expect. It’s all there in the cake mix of building a superyacht. This is the pocket book that by the end of the build will need to be replaced, for it will be tattered, written on, thrown against the wall and perhaps even jumped on, but it will carry those intending to embark on the journey of building a new superyacht through the storm out into calm seas and beyond.

Butch Dalrymple-Smith, Naval Architect, France

“The success of a build or refit project is in the hands of the project manager and yet there is nothing else published that tells a project manager how to do his job properly. This book should be a must-read for yard managers, brokers, yacht managers and even designers because success is virtually assured if you put into practice all the wisdom within these pages.”

Ted Fontaine, Fontaine Design Group, Newport, USA

“Interesting and educational.”

Ken Freivokh Design, UK

“I have not seen anything written along such lines – it will certainly be of interest and a talking point in the industry, and the very easy, non-pompous, and relaxed style may appeal to lay people as well! Very good!”

Michele Discepola, Lawyer at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Singapore

“Tomek has hands-on, on-the-ground industry experience in planning and executing on superyacht projects like few others and is one of the few who can speak to this subject with any credibility. Before sinking any funds into any superyacht project, this book and a consultation with Tomek is a must.”

Mark Masciarotte, Marine Industry Consultant, Vancouver

“Very good, straightforward and concise book with valuable information that is easy and entertaining to read. More important, it is a valuable resource much needed in the industry. This book goes a long way to explain what people should think about when getting involved in a project.”

Richard Williams, Marine Consultant, formerly Oceanfast Yachts

“I enjoyed reading this book very much. It shows a great understanding of the subject and I found myself nodding and smiling many times. It is a useful document.” —

Marsha Cook Woodbury, PhD, Lecturer and Business Owner

“The book is clear and positive, a roadmap for success rather than a trip through misery lane. You need to read this book before you make your first phone call!”

Nick Gladwell, CEng, BSC(Hons), BA, FIMarEST, Former Director, Cayman Island Shipping Register

“Enjoyable, enlightening and impressing. If only it had been available years ago, then perhaps some owners and shipyards that I know would have benefitted from these words of wisdom instead of falling out and not getting the perfect ‘win-win situation’ that this book gives advice on achieving. It is required reading before starting a project, and then rereading during and after a project! A good piece of work based on a lifetime of knowledge and experience.”

David Chalmers, Director of IMED Ltd, Auckland

“This is a great book in that it clearly outlines the complete management process of any superyacht project. It demonstrates how common sense and good planning is essential to any successful project – how to start, how to proceed and how to finish. It offers practical advice and instruction and is easy to follow. It asks the reader to always consider ‘what, why and how’ in their planning processes. I think that anyone reading this book will instantly recognise where they may have in the past gone wrong and how to improve on their project management in the future; or, if they are new to it, then this book sets some great guidelines for how they should do it.”