Specialists in bespoke sale, purchase and charter of yachts, Idea Yachting has been setting the standard in luxury yacht brokerage since 2014. Operating from the Grand Harbour Marina’s waterfront on the Island of Malta, the Idea Yachting team has more than 30 years yachting industry intelligence that will ensures that your vision and requirements will be seamlessly fulfilled.
Marco’s love affair with the sea started when he was 8 years old. Together with a childhood friend he explored the Ligurian coast on a little 10m traditional Ligurian sailing boat. A few years later the two were permitted to borrow a family friend’s custom design and build, 13m wooden ketch called Barabba. Once on board Barabba, the two friends cruised the length and breadth of the Mediterranean Sea. This is when the passion for the sea led Marco to potter around on boats and eventually earn a living through this passion. In 2005, Marco met Cesare Casarola, owner of Nautica Casarola, a name synonymous with Riva. It was here that his brokerage career really took off. Today he has represented buyers and sellers in more than 400 yacht sales. He is our Senior Broker and founding member, fluent in Italian, English and French. He operates from Idea Yachting’s Monaco office.
Tel: :+33 640623795 (Monaco)
E-mail: marco@ideayachting.com
David entered the yachting industry at the tender age of 16, working as a mechanic at the Cummins office in the Cote D’Azur. Following this he enrolled in the Naval School in Israel where he read a Masters in Mechanical engineering. Upon his return to France, he started to work in the Genmar group. In 1997 he officially started his yacht broker career working as a commercial technician for Pershing-Ferretti and Sanlorenzo in St Tropez. Between 2003 - 2013 he collaborated with Sunseeker France and the Rodriguez Group. Before joining the Idea Yachting team in 2020 he was a broker for the Sanlorenzo France dealership. David is fluent in French, Italian and English and has basics knowledge of Spanish, Jewish and German.
Tel: +33 6 18 57 01 68 (France)
E-mail: david@ideayachting.com
Gabriele has been enjoying the sea since he was a child, gaining his nautical experience navigating in his father’s yacht off the Tuscan coast in Italy. In 2012 he relocated to the United States, and he became a sales executive for Sanlorenzo Americas in 2019. He joined the Idea Yachting team in 2022, operating from Miami, he is developing Idea Yachting’s ever growing American clientele. Gabriele is fluent in Italian, English and Spanish.
Tel: +1 (941) 726-0542 (USA)
E-mail: gabriele@ideayachting.com
Born in the Dominican Republic, Manoela moved to Italy when she was 17 years old to read a Degree in financial economics, which she then followed by a Masters in banking and insurance. After a short spell in London to perfect her English in 2011, she moved back to Italy seeking a position in the Nautical industry in La Spezia. It is here where she met Marco and quickly learnt the ropes from him. She has been with Idea Yachting from the start. Today, Manoela is a self-employed colleague offering consultancy services to the Idea Yachting team. Manoela is based in Italy and is fluent in Italian, English and Spanish.
Tel: +39 338 857 7772 (Italy)
E-mail: manoela@ideayachting.com