Kevin Ralph
Yacht Consultant
Originally hailing from England, Kevin landed on these shores in 1985, having graduated as a Navigational Officer in the British Merchant Navy and working on various yachts and for Windjammer Cruises in the Caribbean.
With his professional background and a Diploma in Nautical Science he decided to enter the world of Yacht brokerage and has been a Yacht Broker since 1988 in Florida, but spends a couple of months a year in Europe visiting clients, shipyards and the major yacht shows out of Worth’s Monaco office.
Kevin has worked in various capacities in his tenure as a yacht broker, from opening Camper & Nicholsons Fort Lauderdale office in the 1990’s, to new boat sales and marketing Director at Cheoy Lee Shipyards, and starting his own companies – Regency Yachts and partner at Skywater Group.
Kevin has considerable new build experience, having been involved in over 30 new build projects on 3 continents. Since joining Worth he has been involved in the following high profile sales: 63m new build Rossinavi, 62m Benetti MINE GAMES, 172′ Palmer Johnson DB9, 142’ Richmond NATITA II, 140’ Benetti CHEERS 46, 125’ Cheoy Lee NAMOH, 120’ Benetti ANDIAMO and 120’ Palmer Johnson BW.
Kevin is an active member of IYBA and served on the board as Vice President, where he promoted educational programs, such as the New Construction seminar. He also has an on-line training course, “Essentials & Fundamentals of Yacht Brokerage”, through Yacht Broker Institute, for people wishing to enter the field of Yacht Brokerage.