60 engineers from 7 countries — the first shared offsite after two mergers. Croatia, 8 yachts, 3 days of regatta plus a strategy session under NDA.
Retention up 22% in the 12 months after the trip.
IT
Corporate yachting for IT and tech companies
Strong product and engineering teams head to the water to reset their leadership dynamic between releases. Less Zoom fatigue, more honest decisions — we run the trip like a sprint review: clear goals, a retro-style debrief, and none of the corporate theatre.
- 40+· tech offsites over three years
- NPS 9.2· average post-event NPS
- +18%· senior-engineer retention in the year after an offsite
- €1,400+· per person · 3 days
Pains and objectives
Why this industry chooses corporate sailing
- 01
The retention battle
Senior engineers leave for competitors offering +25%. One well-run offsite moves retention 12-18 months further out — better than any RSU refresh.
- 02
On-site fatigue
Hybrid teams gather once a quarter at the office and lose the day to traffic and meeting rooms. On the water you get 72 hours of focus with no distractions.
- 03
Stitching cultures after M&A
Post-acquisition culture stitch: 60 people from two countries have to become one team. Sailing together does this faster than any Slack channel.
- 04
Launching a product or a round
A major release or a Series B is the right moment to bring the whole team together physically. A regatta reads as a celebration far better than office drinks.
- 05
A measurable result
Your CFO wants numbers, not 'it was great'. We deliver pre/post NPS, engagement metrics, and a closing report 30 days after the trip.
What we do
An industry-specific programme · IT teams
We work with engineering organisations from Series-A startups to public tech companies. The most common brief sounds like this: 'we need an offsite that doesn't collapse into an Excel itinerary the week before departure'. So every day is structured like a working release: a morning sync, a daytime workstream, an evening review. The team leaves with concrete decisions, not just photographs.
Technology teams value transparent planning. Every itinerary lives in a shared workspace with edit history, the project has one Slack channel and one person on our side from kick-off to the closing dinner. Procurement sees an invoice in EUR / USD / GBP with no surprises, your travel manager gets a CSV of passengers for API, and your CISO gets a DPA and a GDPR checklist on day one.
The content of the offsite is tuned to the maturity of the team. For Series-B product groups we run a half-day strategy session at the mooring (a whiteboard on the pier, an OKR review) plus a full regatta with scoring and a closing dinner. For mature scale-ups we run closed leadership sessions with an experienced facilitator, a review of past projects, and pair-sailing between teams that rarely overlap.
We don't sell 'the magic of sea air'. We sell an operationally polished B2B product that happens to take place on a yacht. Skippers go through a technical briefing, crews speak English, and every group carries a medical kit and an evacuation plan. When your team chat has engineers from six countries, a single operational frame matters more than pretty pictures — and we understand that.
Metrics
Industry-specific numbers
- tech offsites over three years
- 40+
- average post-event NPS
- NPS 9.2
- senior-engineer retention in the year after an offsite
- +18%
- per person · 3 days
- €1,400+
Case studies
Two anonymised projects · IT teams
A product-engineering retreat for 35 people. A half-day OKR sprint on the pier, a full regatta across the Aegean, a closing dinner on an island.
Q4 velocity up 14 story points per week after the return.
Formats for this industry
Key corporate-yachting formats for IT teams. Each one is detailed against the client brief.
Corporate offsite for an IT company
An offsite run as a working session: a morning sync, a daytime workstream, an evening review. 40+ tech offsites, NPS 9.2.
Strategy session for a tech team on a yacht
A half-day strategy session at the mooring (a whiteboard on the pier, an OKR review) plus a full regatta.
Founder retreat for an IT startup
A closed format for 12-30 people: half a day of OKR work on the pier, half a day of sailing with a learning component.
Offsite team building for developers
We synchronise distributed teams from 4-6 airports to within two hours. DPA, crew NDA, GDPR checklist.
Team building abroad for IT companies
A regatta for IT companies across a fleet of 3-5 yachts. From €1,400 per person for 3 days, EUR/USD/GBP invoicing, paid 50/50 net-30.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does the format work for a distributed team?
Yes — that's its main use case. Most of our tech clients are 100% remote. We gather the team in one marina, arrange transfers from 4-6 different airports, and synchronise arrivals to within two hours.
Can it be combined with an engineering programme?
Of course. A typical day: 09:00-12:30 a working session ashore (whiteboards, retros, planning poker), 14:00-19:00 sailing with a learning component, 20:00 dinner and informal exchange. We can provide a facilitator with a tech background if needed.
What about NDA and confidentiality?
The standard package includes a DPA, an NDA for the crew, a GDPR checklist, and optional route confidentiality. For top-tier clients we work under a separate contract with no mention of the company in our materials.
What is the minimum team size?
12 people fit one yacht. From 30 people up, the flotilla format begins (3-5 yachts) and behaves like a full regatta. The maximum at once is 200 people across 15 yachts.
How much does it cost and how is the invoice structured?
From €1,400 per person for 3 days (yacht, crew, base-level catering, marina fees included). The invoice is in EUR / USD / GBP, paid 50/50 net-30. A SaaS PO with VAT is no problem.
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