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Team

A team of sailors at your service

Founded by delivery skippers, Boatway brings together inland and offshore professionals who have all logged tens of thousands of miles before advising you.

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Rigorous selection

Qualifications, insurance, references: every skipper in the network is vetted and rated after each job.

Transparency

A price broken down line by line, no hidden commission.

Safety first

No departure without a validated weather window and a seaworthy boat.

Claire Morvan

Founder & Head of Operations

A professional skipper for twenty years, Claire has delivered more than 300 yachts between Europe, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. Holding a French Master 200 and Yachtmaster Ocean, she founded Boatway to give owners what she wished existed: one point of contact, vetted skippers and a clear price.

  • Experience : 14 Atlantic crossings · 120,000 nm
  • Based in La Rochelle
  • Languages : FR · EN · ES

Jan de Vries

Head of River Deliveries

A former hotel-barge captain on the Rhine and the Danube, Jan knows every bridge, lock and regulation of the European inland network. He personally reviews routes for out-of-gauge boats and trains our inland skippers on Dutch and German specifics.

  • Experience : 25 years on inland waterways · 9,000 locks
  • Based in Rotterdam
  • Languages : NL · EN · DE · FR

Lukas Brandt

Motor Yacht Skipper

A specialist in 15–35 m motor yachts, Lukas has delivered new builds from Northern European yards to the Mediterranean. He handles technical deliveries: maiden voyages, engine running-in and post-refit handovers.

  • Experience : Master 500 · 60,000 nm
  • Based in Hamburg
  • Languages : DE · EN

Eleni Papadaki

Greece & Eastern Med Manager

Born on Syros, Eleni skippered charter yachts for twelve seasons before coordinating Boatway’s Greek deliveries. Meltemi, Cyclades harbours, TEPAI and transit log formalities: she plans everything so your boat arrives on time.

  • Experience : 12 Aegean seasons · 200 Corinth transits
  • Based in Lavrio
  • Languages : EL · EN · FR

Thomas Ravel

Technical, Transport & Winter Storage

A former boatyard manager, Thomas supervises mast lowering, road transport and winter storage. He checks boats before long deliveries and negotiates winter spaces with our partner yards.

  • Experience : Marine engineer · 18 years in boatyards
  • Based in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
  • Languages : FR · EN · IT

Maëlle Joseph

Caribbean & Provisioning Coordinator

Based in Le Marin, Maëlle welcomes boats arriving in the Caribbean and prepares those heading back to Europe. Ocean provisioning, formalities, last-minute repairs: she knows every supplier across the Antilles.

  • Experience : 5 ARC crossings · 8 years of yacht concierge
  • Based in Le Marin, Martinique
  • Languages : FR · EN · Créole

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