Oceaneria was founded by Glen and Monique Smale with a vision to build a more connected, informed, and accessible future for yacht professionals and the wider yachting industry.

Combining decades of experience across technology, telecommunications, software development, business growth, recruitment, operations, and client engagement, we recognised an opportunity to bring modern thinking, better communication, and stronger industry connections into a sector filled with exceptional people and businesses.

Our connection to yachting began through family.

Over the years, members of our family built careers throughout the industry as captains, engineers, and maritime professionals.

Through their experiences, we gained a close understanding of the opportunities, challenges, and realities faced by both professionals and employers across the sector.

What became clear was that while the industry continues to attract talented people and world class businesses, many of the systems supporting those relationships have struggled to keep pace with the expectations of a modern, connected world.

Oceaneria was created to help bridge that gap.

Today, we support yacht professionals, employers, management companies, shipyards, refit projects, service providers, and shore based businesses through recruitment, professional representation, industry insights, and career support.

But our vision extends beyond recruitment.

We believe the future of the yacht industry will be built on stronger communication, better access to information, greater transparency, continuous learning, and meaningful professional relationships.

That is why Oceaneria is evolving into more than a staffing and recruitment platform.

We are building a growing network designed to support yacht professionals throughout their careers while helping employers connect with qualified people more efficiently.

Through our industry resources, career guidance, technical insights, salary information, certification pathways, training recommendations, and industry news coverage, our goal is to help professionals make better decisions and progress with confidence.

At the same time, we continue to invest in modern technology, improved communication systems, and more effective ways for people and businesses to connect across the many touchpoints that exist throughout the yachting ecosystem.

Looking ahead, our ambitions include expanding our contribution to professional development, training, hospitality, technical education, and industry support services that help individuals and organisations continue learning, growing, and succeeding.

Oceaneria supports opportunities and relationships across the wider yachting ecosystem, including yacht crew, captains, officers, engineers, interior professionals, technical specialists, management companies, refit projects, shipyards, service providers, and shore based professionals.

At its core, Oceaneria is about people.

We believe great careers are built through guidance, knowledge, relationships, and opportunity.

We believe great businesses are built through trust, communication, and access to the right people.

And we believe the yachting industry deserves modern tools, stronger connections, and a platform designed to help move the industry forward.

Our mission is simple.

Help professionals build successful careers.

Help employers find the right people.

Help the industry share knowledge that moves everyone forward.