TYHA Code of Practice Roadshow

Yesterday we joined TYHA — The Yacht Harbour Association — in London for the final stop of their 2026 Code of Practice Roadshow. The event was hosted at the Haven Knox-Johnston offices, a short walk from the iconic St Katharine Docks — a fitting backdrop for a day spent talking about the future of marina management.

The roadshow has been running since March. Eleven events across the UK and Ireland, bringing together marina operators, boatyard managers and marine businesses to work through the revised TYHA Code of Practice — the industry benchmark for marina planning, design and operations. We attended the London leg and came away with a lot to think about.

We went to listen as much as anything else. And the conversations didn’t disappoint.

What the industry is wrestling with

Marina and boatyard operators are under more pressure than most people realise. They’re responsible for the safety and condition of boats that don’t belong to them, managed by owners who are often absent for weeks at a time. When something goes wrong — a battery fails, a bilge pump runs continuously, a boat drags its mooring — the yard frequently knows last.

Security came up, of course. Boat theft is a real and growing concern, and it’s one we know well. But what resonated most in the room was something broader: the challenge of managing and monitoring assets — customer boats — proactively, not reactively.

Where SeaSight fits

SeaSight is often described as a marine security product. That’s true — but it’s only part of the picture.

At the owner level, it does everything you’d expect. GPS location, geofencing, real-time alerts, and our mooring sensor — which detects separation between boat and mooring before full detachment. Tenders, jet skis, inflatables — anything on the water.

But at the marina or boatyard level, it’s a fleet management platform. Battery condition, bilge activity, water ingress, movement — visible across every vessel under the yard’s care from a single dashboard. And beyond live monitoring, SeaSight can maintain a service log for each boat. Last antifoul, last hull clean, last engine service, winterisation records. A timestamped history tied to the vessel — not a clipboard in the yard office.

That’s the conversation that kept coming up yesterday. Not just “how do we protect boats” but “how do we actually know what’s happening with them, and prove we’re looking after them.”

An unexpected conversation

One exchange caught us off guard. The discussion touched on superyacht onboard systems monitoring — the appetite for the kind of vessel intelligence that SeaSight’s platform is capable of delivering at that scale. We’re not making any announcements, but it’s a conversation we’ll be continuing.

Thank you to TYHA

The TYHA roadshow is exactly the kind of initiative the industry needs. Getting operators in a room, sharing experience, raising standards together — that matters. Thanks to Hayley Cloke and Jon White for organising a genuinely worthwhile programme, and to everyone at Haven Knox-Johnston for hosting yesterday’s session.

If you’re a marina or boatyard operator and any of this resonates, we’d love to talk. Visit seasight.world/b2b or drop us a line at info@seasight.world.

We’ll see you at SIBS.