Asking a Superyacht Owner ANYTHING! 

We built two yachts for Chris, his Lazzara 80 and 116'. He is first class. Brilliant interview with great questions and answers! Nice job Jared!

Humble people with money are the best people with money

Great interview. It’s refreshing to see a person that appreciates and rewards his employees. I bet the returns are tenfold.

This is obviously one of the best videos about yachting, business, human relations, etc.

My first boat was bought with the help of Ms Lyra Holt Dean. Sailing is thousands of years old and we continue this long-lasting, intriguing and at the same time dangerous tradition! Throughout history sailing has helped various civilizations to develop and prosper as people sailed accross oceans to settle in new undiscovered areas. Each time we set a sail it’s as if you could feel the same excitement, uncertainty and craving for adventure as it used to be thousands of years ago. In a way sailing is like a bridge connecting us with times long lost.

Wow... 5% of charter income and a bonus!?! This is the type of person who makes you WANT to work for them; not HAVE to work for them. Great guy!

Wow, I am really impressed by the owner! I have never had the pleasure of working for someone with such morale values, appreciation of his captain and crew. He deserves all that he has acquired and will acquire because of the type of person he is. He could teach many business owners how to do the right things and prosper and have a crew that will work so much harder for a man of his stature and beliefs. Awesome video Jared! Thanks for bringing this Q & A to us.

Where is the crew to give Chris a refilll?

This owner is sooooo humble; sho!! God bless his heart, staff and family.

His family invented aerosol, oh he got money money 😂

Keeping the wealth beyond the third generation speaks volumes about how hard and smart this guy works. Lots of lessons to learn here

This guy knows the basics. Take care of your crew and they will take care of you. This is the key to success in all business and life! Nice to see there are still some people with character left in this world.

That was a great interview. Well done. What he says about mutual respect goes a long way in all facets of life as well, not just as a boat owner or business owner, just treating people anywhere with mutual respect. Very nice of him to do this interview with you. Thank you both.

Well Jared what a fantastic interview. As a tradie I found it best working with long term crew. They are lucky to have an owner like him. Great stuff. Realy enjoying you work. Thanks.

Excellent. Most informative, helped by an engaging and open owner. The interviewer was reasonably at ease too.

All the respect to the owner for stressing the importance of staying humble and sharing your blessings with others! Hats off to you! From a Tampa boater on a much smaller scale!

good to see an owner do something like this, he understands its a benefit for him in terms of getting people to view his yacht and hes also helping out old Jared

Very, very interesting. That's very difficult to have an owner giving answers on camera. I can't imagine a better way to sell a yacht. Great video. Now we want to see the yacht!

This was an AMAZING interview!!! What a great opportunity and what a great humble down to earth man he is!! Thank you so much for doing this Jared! I really enjoy your videos!

Awesome Interview Jared! Chris is an amazing person, very humble, love the part when he treats his crew as family. Its very rare to see owners like these. Great content Jared! Keep up the good work! God speed!

fabulous interview with Chris, owner of Yacht, very informative and his crew is important to him. Awesome interview by Jared

This was an awesome video. Chris was ridiculously humble and seems to appreciate the opportunity he was given. Great Q&A session. And as someone else pointed out, Chris needed a refill!

Love the concept of being able to interview an “owner”! Think it was hugely successful.

ah great interview! Refreshing to hear a guy with so much money be so humble. I love that he really treats his crew well!

Amazing interview, Jared! Chris seems like such a cool down-to-earth guy, appreciate this insight 🙌🏽

Super amazing video!!! Chris is a cool guy for sharing this info with the world! His open spirit contributes to his success!!

What has kept this guy humble is hard work and the products which he sells.

Speaking as an 80 year old former business owner, I see the truth in what this man says. There are many routes to wealth and many pitfalls. During my years in business I found that I really didn't want to work enough to be rich; I just wanted to make enough and I enjoyed helping my customers.

Been binge watching your videos recently. Cannot get enough. Keep it up mate!

Hi Jared, I enjoyed watching the video. Chris seems like a very down to earth guy. He was obviously given a leg up in life, but definitely appreciates everything he's been given and instead of settling for what he had has worked hard to maintain and grow his lifestyle. He really seems to appreciate not only his family and friends, but also the people that work for him. I see a lot of those same qualities in you. I see how far you have come in a short period of time. You have a strong work ethic and the respect you give to everyone around you whether a yacht owner or one of your viewers just starting out will serve you well. As Wilson Mizner said, "Be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet them on the way down". I have no doubt I will be watching someone interviewing you someday to find out the secret of your success. Keep up the good work. Love ya brother.

Excellent interview and video Jared, as a younger guy who owns a successful contracting business on a much smaller scale than being able to purchase a yacht I agree 100%. Much of success is hard work, determination, and never giving up or excepting no as an answer. The rest is being in the right place at the right time and creating the right contacts .

This guy is amazing, i mean the way he's open n humble. I would love to work for this guy

Wonderful vid and interview. Really enjoyed it!! Keep the good work

Excellent job! Hope you get to do more interviews like this, you have a knack for it. Very nice of the owner to give you that kind of access/answers. Really seems like a grounded guy (family and employees) in a world where that is not the majority.

Someone else who follows Richard Branson's ethos 'Take care of your staff and your staff will take care of your business' So very true.

Honest open interview and fascinating ,thank you both.

Thank you, Chris! I’m sure viewers with visions of crewing or owning learned a lot. And it was fun! Well done, Jared!

Thanks Jared, you’re the only one I’ve seen do such a video. Very interesting to here from an owner! Wow, I never thought I would get that chance.

Super interesting for sure - just gives you a different perspective - when I first started watching your channel it was behind the scenes day to day about you and now you get to see so many different views. Excellent interview - can’t wait for the tour and what’s next !! Almost to 50k bro !!!

Well now I want to work for this man! He sounds so down to earth, experienced and seems to be treating his crew with such great respect.

Sooooooo freaking awesome!!! This is a first time a Mega yacht owner speaks on camera 😀

Very down to earth conversation you both are very sincere my hat is off to Chris for even doing the interview and being so open great guy in my opinion rich but not higher than any one else

Great job man, you have that confident, well thought-out, upfront respect and charisma that is unique to South Africans (you know what I mean). This made it a really good interview, and not one which panders to the owner. Coupled with the owner's ubuntu, this made this a treat to watch. Well played sir. Well played.

This man appears to be awesome. Good to his crew/employees and willing to answer these questions. Great interview for sure.

Great video! That’s awesome that he took the time to answer your questions.

Inspiring :) can't wait to build my first yacht. I love how respectful and appreciative he is of his crew ❤️

Great interview, interesting questions and enjoyed Chris' candor. Pro-tip/suggestion for (hopefully) future AASYOA, improve the audio (perhaps lav mics? less echo) and find an equally nice interviewee. The latter may be the toughest part. ;)

Awesome, authentic and highly informative interview. Well done Jared!

Chris is a cool guy. It doesn't just apply to yachting but to all aspects of business that employers should value and appreciate the staff they employ and I try to do that in all of my busnesses. We have had the same crew on our yacht for the last 5 years and they are on full time contracts where they are paid even out of season. So many other yachts struggle to keep good crew for extended periods. You cannot keep people on what amount to temporary contracts and expect them to remain on standby for you, they have lives of their own to live. Great video

Nurturing the crew is number one in any business... It’s the way I have always operated with great success and longevity. Thanks Jared!

Great interview, and and even greater client. Nice to see the humility with this guy.

"I haven't read any of them myself" .... "There were some interesting ones, a couple of them asked.."

Great info Great questions Great inside scoop on family, business, very HUMBLE yacht owner - MUCH MUCH respect for that !!! Now fill that wine glass up !!! and bring on the ladies !!

Bru, you were very calm cool and collected with some good questions. Well done! I know talking to these people can be very nerve wrecking sometimes.

Great job scoring this interview! Keep up the great work Jared!

Great interview , and the best part when he says he doesn't micro-manage , I'm not into boats , I'm into airplanes but it's kinda the same when your boss micro-manages the thing and then things keep going wrong

Love it, it brings another perspective, love the music

Really great interview... Seems like such a grounded, normal owner... And as you said, very nice for him to be so considerate of the crew! Maybe it was the service side of me, but that empty glass he was holding for 20 minutes was killing me... I was desperate to top it up with something! :D

Owners seems honest and open. Love your channel. Cool he did the interview!

Once again goolly good show! What a brilliant interview and look into the mind of a yacht owner! great work! " Wife...… Walk naked around yacht at sea not at the dock!" EPIC quote! Enjoying your work in Richahstan USA!!!! aka Palm Beach Such a sad story about Lazzara Yachts in Tampa.....In college my neighbor did modeling for that Yacht co.. great yachts until the economic downturn took them down the tubes.. Really too bad. They were a awesome American Yacht builders and a terrific family from Tampa!

💯 percent props to the owner being so real, thank you so much

He seems very down to earth nd really quite nice to hang out with.

A big thanks to Chris for his time and great info

That was very useful interview. I had assumed that chartering merely offset the owner's costs. Chris had good insights on the value of a good crew and the role of the capitain. I liked his approach of treating his crew like his extended family.

Chris seems like such a down to earth guy. Love the interview. Good stuff there

This is a really good interview. You can tell this owner is a good dude, and doesn't let money become his life.

Great video Jared - super interesting as crew to get the owners' perspective. Looks like an awesome guy to work for!

Fantastic video! Great info for those of us who live vicariously through these clips and plan to be yacht owners after we win mega-millions!

The owner of the luxury yacht looks very honest and it is seen that he has achieved his goals with effort and to get ahead I believe that dreams are pursued and achieved but thanks for the words of a person like the one who helps a lot to have goals and achieve them it's never too late congratulations

the best time on my boat was when i was alone and not having to entertain or clean up after anyone

You know you are suave when you just hold an empty wine glass for an interview.

This owner is amazing! Listing ro him say that he takes in consideration the rest time of the crew and the fact they have families...my owner is the exact opposite

In 1949, Edward H. Seymour, of Sycamore, added paint to existing spray can technology at his wife Bonnie's suggestion. It was initially designed to demonstrate an aluminum paint he developed.His patent was awarded in 1951

Chris, first rate, you are the kind of person I would love to work for. I wish you and your family the best.

That guy seems hella cool. He operates his life like I do. Respect and pay your employees/ crew well and everyone can have a great life. Can't wait to buy my first super yacht in about 15 years.

Well done young man great interview it’s nice to see the other side of things for change cheers

Great interview. I see your happiness. For everyone reading this. Read law of attraction. I am an eighth grade dropout. I am an ex felon. Totally changed my life years ago and own several businesses now. You can do and have whatever you want in life. I don’t care if you are sweeping floors. Start your own business, if you are good at it and take pride in what you do , you will be successful. I’m telling you , it’s not as hard as everyone thinks it is. You just have to do it. If everyone reading this , put just twenty hours a week into their own business, they would make ten times what they make now. If you don’t believe me , try it for 6 months. You just have to do it. It’s not that hard. Trust me. Thanks for the vid. Keep it up. Thank you.

Awesome video & Interview thank you both!

Great interview! It’s nice to see the mindset of the owner and how he/she thinks. 👏

Great questions and what a opportunity to have an owner to interview. Awesome!

Wow! Great interview! Great questions & seems like the owner is a super bloke - very decent. Best wishes to him, his family & the crew 👏👏👍🇮🇪

Realy realy great interview Jared. Chris sounds like a down to earth person and seems very Nice.. Thanks for all the informatie.

Well done, very interesting and thanks to Chris for sharing .

My slogan is, live the dream ... It has changed to, live your dream, Great video...

The owner is Chris he owns Seymour of sycamore paints $35million a year turn over

A yacht with a “man cave” where cigar smoking commences! Nice! 😊

Brilliant interview with great questions and answers! Nice job

Well done. Thanks to the owner for being so open.

Most people would find success if they came from where he does but he does seem down to earth . Good for him.

you asked very good questions. Very inspirational talk you initiated. A very cool interviewee as well. Bless up, man.

I love the saying about working hard for your dream not to make someone’ else’s dream come true.

Thank you for this video. Please, continued success.

Great interview! The owner was really honest and honorable. Thanks

Chris is the owner. Not the captain. Some of you aren’t getting that.

Brought me to tears when Chris talked about humility, beautiful man & hope he and his family have plenty more beautiful memories on that wonderful yacht.

Great interview! fun to hear the owners prespectiv

Very good interview! Chris, the owner seems to be the type of person you would hope most wealthy people are. Usually, wealthy people are thrown into a group that people vilify for no good reason, but in reality they make the world turn.

Thanks Chris', Thanks Jared, One really useful insightful interview = big win for many :)

You know what fair play to the guy, he’s not arrogant and fairly humble... lucky SHIT!!!!

For a man coming from wealth (no offense) he is very down to earth, has some great advice but also was asked the right questions, btw have subbed to your channel, great video content & beautiful video quality, cheers from down under.