Hugh Rayner
Hugh grew up in a boat-mad house where the family Mirror dinghy spent weeks being “titivated” in the hall—resin smells and all. He raced dinghies from a young age, later instructing through summers (“one of the greatest jobs ever”) before seasons split between the Med and the Alps. A chance encounter on a pontoon led him into yacht brokerage—stuffing envelopes, scrubbing decks, showing boats, and then selling a few. After starting in Lymington with Ancasta, Hugh joined Berthon International in 2009, first handling Linssen Yachts and later moving into motor yacht brokerage. Over the years he’s overseen both brokerage and new motor yacht sales, including Windy and Pearl, before returning to his broker roots in 2021. Today he focuses on motor yachts but still spends much of his time afloat with his family on Content, their Contest yacht, or Paper Moon, their bright yellow Cornish Shrimper—cover stars of PBO.