Sales Manager
Having grown up in and around the water, Nick spent many years competitively racing an assortment of dinghies and yachts around UK and European waters. Following university Nick joined Ancasta and spent a number of years successfully running the busy Lymington office before taking the reins of the Prestige Motor Yacht brand for Ancasta. During his tenure, the Ancasta / Prestige dealership won a succession of awards for both sales and service whilst successfully growing the brand into one of the top three most popular motorboat brands in the UK. Now heading up Sanlorenzo UK, Nick is excited to be introducing this exclusive brand to the UK audience.
Sales Broker – London
Having been brought up surrounded by the sea on his native Jersey, James was sailing from an early age be it a Laser dingy, the families ketch rigged cruiser or friends motor yachts. Beginning his career in Investment Banking as an Equities trader he took a sabbatical in 2002 which turned into four years of adventure sailing and instructing. When the time came to return to a desk, Yacht Brokerage was the natural progression to remain where his passion lay. This provided opportunities to spend four years working in Hong Kong followed by seven years with Camper and Nicholsons’ in the South of France. During this time James specialised in the sale of yachts in excess of 24m and was responsible for the sale and purchase of many pedigree large yachts representing clients from across the globe. When James was approached to become a Sanlorenzo representative he jumped
Sales Manager
Charles has grown up in the Solent and New Forest which has allowed him to enjoy being on the water early age. After college he joined Wight Link as a deckhand and decided to broaden his horizons by moving to Antibes, South of France to work on Superyachts. He spent a few months working on power and sailing yachts before being employed full time as sole deckhand on a 40m sailing yacht. He sailed across the Mediterranean visiting marinas in Corsica, Italy, Antibes, Mallorca, Ibiza along with amazing anchorages. He came back to Lymington in 2016 and joined the Ancasta Lymington team which begun his career as a Yacht Broker where he has excelled in both new and brokerage sales. When the opportunity arose to focus on the Bluegame part of the business it was an easy decision for Charles, he will be based from the Sanlorenzo & Bluegame office in Swanwick.
