Yacht management that follows the vessel,
anywhere in the world.
Cursorio was born in Le Cannet, fifteen minutes from the quays of Cannes, and has a branch office in Dubai. Between the two, three basins we know port by port: the French Riviera, Italy, the Gulf. Beyond them, every cruising ground our principals take their vessels to. This page is the map, not the limit.
A superyacht does not stay in her home port. She spends the summer in the Mediterranean, the winter in the Gulf or the Caribbean, crosses the Atlantic or heads down to the Indian Ocean when the owner decides. A yacht management firm that followed only the French Riviera would follow the vessel for only six months of the year. It is at the scale of the vessel, not of the office, that we describe our operating areas: what each stretch of water does for her, anchoring, boarding, provisioning, hauling out, wintering, and what we do for her there.
The firm was built on the French Riviera: head office in Le Cannet, on board within thirty minutes for an entry audit, at the yard in Antibes or La Ciotat within the day. That is where the firm decides, and where every mandate is run from. It also keeps a branch office in Dubai, two to three hours ahead of the Mediterranean, where part of the fleet spends the winter once our ports close their season: eyes and hands on the ground through the Gulf season, answering to the same house.
The rest of the world is not a footnote. Adriatic, Balearics, Greece, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea: the mandate does not stop at the last port on our pages, it sails with the vessel. What does not depend on distance is how the file is kept: a DPA reachable at any hour, an ISM file kept current, the same monthly reporting in Cursorio Manager, and a local agent chosen before arrival rather than found on the spot.
Le Cannet decides,
Dubai holds the Gulf season.
Le Cannet, French Riviera
Cannes in fifteen minutes, Antibes and Monaco within the hour, La Ciotat within the day.
The firm's head office and the heart of the Mediterranean season, from May to October. This is where we board for an entry audit, follow the yards of Antibes and La Ciotat, meet agents and suppliers from Cannes to Monaco. It is also where the winter is prepared, whichever ocean it takes place in. Ten pages describe the coast port by port, from Marseille to the Italian border.
Dubai
GMT+4, two to three hours ahead of the Mediterranean. A direct flight from Europe.
When the Mediterranean closes, the Gulf opens: from November to April, Dubai Harbour, Mina Rashid and Yas Marina take in the fleet. Our branch office on the ground follows the winter season, technical stops at Dubai Maritime City and the departures for the Maldives, the Seychelles and the Red Sea. The file itself stays the same as in Le Cannet.
Each basin has its use.
Each has its page.
French Riviera
The home port, from May to October, then the refit window.
Cannes, Monaco, Antibes, Saint-Tropez and the extended arc from Marseille to Beaulieu: one of the densest concentrations of private superyachts and the most tightly regulated anchoring in the Mediterranean, two shows in September, and the yard season from October to spring. Ten city pages, one per stretch of water.
Cannes · Monaco · Antibes · Saint-Tropez · Nice · Villefranche-sur-Mer · Beaulieu-sur-Mer · Golfe-Juan · La Ciotat · Marseille
Italy
The yard in winter, Sardinia in summer.
The only neighbour that reads in both directions of a mandate: Genoa and Viareggio for refit and new builds, the Strait of Bonifacio, La Maddalena and the Costa Smeralda for the season. Park permits, BONIFREP, temporary admission, Port State Control by the Guardia Costiera: the page details the four rules of the game.
Dubai and the Gulf
The winter season, from November to April, and the departures for the Indian Ocean.
The reverse of our own season: the Dubai Harbour marina and its show, the historic port of Mina Rashid, the technical hub of Dubai Maritime City, Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi; and beyond the Gulf, the gateway to the Maldives, the Seychelles and the Red Sea. Entry formalities in the Emirates, time zone, crew, insurance: one page, and a Cursorio branch office on the ground.
Where the vessel goes,
the mandate follows.
The basins below have no dedicated page: they are no less the ones where a superyacht spends part of the year. We do not keep an office there; we keep a method, the same everywhere, with a port agent chosen before arrival, the local framework checked before the first anchorage and a passage plan written before departure.
- —Western and eastern Mediterranean — Corsica, the Balearics, Greece, Turkey: the natural extension of the summer season. Since 1 May 2025 the whole Mediterranean has been an emission control area at 0.10% sulphur; bunkering is planned accordingly. Read: Sulphur: emission zones close in on yachting.
- —Adriatic — Croatia, Montenegro: the July and August migration. Calls outside the European Union, Montenegro for instance, are prepared with the captain before departure, not at the first harbour master's office. Ordinances, parks, mooring fields: local rules prevail over general ones, and local rules are what we go and find. Read: Unknown waters: anchoring and speed done right.
- —Caribbean — the Atlantic winter. The crossing is decided in summer and prepared after the September shows: insurers informed of the change of navigation area, agents identified at destination, crew completed before departure.
- —Indian Ocean — Maldives, Seychelles: from Dubai, where our branch office takes over. On these routes the DPA and the CSO are often the same person; they are in our case. Read: DPA onboard: setup, contact, and SSAS piracy alerts.
- —Red Sea — a coast opening up to yachting with the Saudi projects, still under development. We read it from Dubai, with a security watch built into the passage plan, from the Gulf of Aden to the Suez Canal.
Indicative list. Atlantic, Black Sea, Pacific: an operating area is not a limit. Tell us where the vessel is, and we will start from there.
What distance changes,
and what it does not.
Who carries the mandate — a named person: Capt. Jean Pousthomis, Master Mariner, founder and DPA of Cursorio. Every vessel in the portfolio remains under his personal responsibility, in Le Cannet as in Dubai, and the portfolio is deliberately kept small so that this stays true. Who we are.
Who comes on board — we do first, at the moments that count: entry audit, reviews, yard period, casualty. In between, in Dubai, our branch office on the ground; elsewhere, an agent or a surveyor we have chosen, briefed, and whose report we read through. Never invisible subcontracting: you know at all times who boarded and why.
What you receive — the same monthly financial recap, the same certificate matrix, the same access to Cursorio Manager for the owner, the captain and the family office, whether the vessel is in Antibes or in the Maldives. The navigation area feeds into the calculation of the fee; it creates no port-call or supplier commission.
What stays compliant — Paris MoU in the Mediterranean, other memoranda elsewhere: the inspectors change, the certificates and records are the same, and our ISM and ISPS audit prepares the vessel to be inspected where she is, not where we are. MLC 2006 compliance travels with the crew, rotations are planned around the air hubs along the route, and a change of ocean is declared to insurers before, not after: see Flag and insurance. The ISM Code does not require an office nearby; it requires a line that answers. Read: Outsourcing your DPA.
Is your vessel on none of these pages?
That is the case for most mandates. Tell us where she is, where she is going and under which flag: a one-hour conversation is enough to frame the area, the season and the scope. In Le Cannet, in Dubai, on board or by video call. Confidential, no commitment.
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