celebyachts.comThe maritime broadsheet of public waters · Register current through 27 Jul 2026
celebyachts is independent maritime journalism. We report on the world’s most notable pleasure craft — who owns them, what they cost, and where they go — using nothing but information vessels and their owners already make public.
Everything we publish comes from AIS broadcasts and open records — never private data, trackers, or anything a vessel didn't already transmit itself.
Ownership that is reported but not documented is labelled exactly that. Every claim carries a source and a confidence rating.
We publish patterns over time, never a live pin that could put a person in danger. No real-time personal location, ever.
The same dataset that powers this broadsheet is available through our API — for researchers, insurers and other journalists.
Under international maritime law (SOLAS), large vessels continuously transmit identity, position, speed and heading over AIS — an open radio protocol anyone can receive. We listen to that public signal. We don't plant trackers or access anything private.
Each vessel has a public MMSI and IMO number. We maintain a curated register of the most notable pleasure craft and their reported owners, built from open records and reporting.
Builder, length, flag, value estimates and photography are compiled from public maritime databases and open sightings, then fact-checked before publication.
Our stories are about patterns over time — seasonal migrations, favorite anchorages, ownership structures. We avoid presenting information in a way that could help anyone physically locate a specific person in the moment.
Reporting goes to the Journal; the underlying dataset is available through our API for researchers, insurers and other journalists.
If you’re an owner, representative or subject and believe something is inaccurate, write to the editor. We log corrections transparently and amend material shown to be wrong.
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