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Katya Hall and the Launch of Hot Yachts Miami

Meet Katya Hall, a seasoned engineer turned superyacht broker with over 15 years of experience in the industry. With a stellar track record and numerous accolades to her name, Katya has established herself as one of the few successful female brokers in the business. Her expertise and passion for yachts have allowed her to accomplish remarkable feats throughout her career.

Katya's journey in the superyacht industry began as a yacht management and new construction specialist. She showcased her skills by overseeing the construction of a magnificent 72m Feadship PREDATOR. This early success paved the way for her future accomplishments.

Katya explains that throughout her career at IYC (International Yacht Company), she achieved remarkable sales and facilitated numerous million-dollar charters on iconic yachts like ANASTASIA/WHEELS, ALFA NERO, DREAM, and many more. Her notable sales include the 55m Hessen M/Y SERENITY, 55m Turquoise M/Y TURQOIUSE, 50m Christensen M/Y SILVER LINING, 46m Baltic Yachts S/Y PINK GIN and 40m CHIQUI among many others. Her expertise in the industry has earned her multiple IYC Broker of the Year Awards, solidifying her reputation as a trusted and successful broker.

Joining Ahoy Club and the Paramount Connection with Hot Yachts Miami

Katya's decision to join Ahoy Club was driven by the company's exceptional culture and commitment to innovation. It was during her first encounter with Ahoy Club at the Monaco Yacht Show in 2022 that she noticed their standout qualities. Impressed by their team spirit, innovation, and unmatched customer service, Katya knew that Ahoy Club was a place where she belonged.

Furthermore, the connection between Ahoy Club and Paramount+ added another layer of excitement to her decision. Ahoy Club graciously allowed the Hot Yachts Miami/Paramount+ production team to film the series' first episode onboard the impressive 73m (238ft) Lürssen, CORAL OCEAN during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. This fortunate collaboration not only showcased CORAL OCEAN as the largest yacht at the show but also highlighted Ahoy Club's gracious hospitality and accommodating nature.

Future Vision and Influence

Katya is thrilled about the future at Ahoy Club. Filming Season 2 of Hot Yachts Miami at Ahoy Club's brand-new Miami office alongside her beloved team members is a source of immense excitement. The palpable energy and camaraderie within the team are infectious, and Katya eagerly anticipates sharing this dynamic experience with viewers.

At Ahoy Club, the vision is clear - to become the most forward-thinking, modern, and tech-savvy yacht brokerage worldwide. To achieve this, CEO Ellie Malouf has brought together a group of exceptional individuals who possess not only brilliant minds but also unique personalities. Working alongside these like-minded colleagues, Katya is excited to contribute her expertise and passion to elevate Ahoy Club's brand and services.

Exciting Ventures Ahead

One of the most thrilling prospects for Katya is the opening of Ahoy Club's first US office in Miami. As a resident of South Florida and having filmed Hot Yachts Miami there, she is eager to capitalize on the city's booming tech industry and introduce potential clients to the exhilarating world of superyachts.

Katya's decision to join Ahoy Club was influenced by their exceptional culture, innovation, and the exciting connection with Paramount+. Her passion for yachts, coupled with Ahoy Club's dynamic vision, positions her to make a lasting impact on the superyacht industry. With the upcoming opening of Ahoy Club's Miami office and the prospect of filming Hot Yachts Miami Season 2, Katya is well-positioned to contribute her expertise and shape the future of Ahoy Club's success.

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Katya Hall Bio, Age, Net Worth, Family, Hot Yachts: Miami

A new reality show called  Hot Yachts Miami dropped on Paramount+ on 3 August 2023 and introduced to viewers a whole bunch of party-loving, glamorous people. Katya Hall, whom we are going to discuss now, was also one among them. Katya is presented on the show as one who is at the top of her game when it comes to selling superyachts. So, on this show, they are showing just that about her, her amid eye-watering sales figures and also her getting involved in all the drama and romance.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the writing, we are going to tell you all that is worth knowing about her.

Katya Hall On Hot Yachts: Miami

Katya Hall, just like her Nick Cardoza , AKA Mr. Yachts, is at the center of the eight-part series  Hot Yachts: Miami .

While Nick is known to be “the guy celebrities go to for yachts”, Katya is the ice queen. She is a top broker at the international yacht agency IYC. Her clients are the likes of Prince Albert of Monaco. The boats she markets can go for £200 million.

So, in that manner, Kayta is presented to the audience. It is said she having worked her way up the ladder, is desperate to stay there.

Another cast member, i.e., Viktoriya Avramchuk , known as Vika, is introduced as Katya’s “protégée”. Both immigrants, Katya gave the other job as a favor to her mother Zhanna. So, at the time, their story played out on Hot Yachts: Miami , Vika had been working for Katya for 18 months and was yet to make a sale. Naturally very good at flirting with clients, when she turned her attention to the afore-mentioned Nick, Katya furiously warned Vika that he may not be all he seems.

Conversing with Metro.co.uk ahead of their show’s UK release, the cast including Katya gave away some of the wildest demands of their customers, and just how luxurious their industry really is.

When asked whether they had a similar reaction from their industry colleagues regarding Hot Yachts: Miami , Katya said Fotis and she has got mixed reviews. She said they had the vast majority of people tell them they found it to be a funny show. Yet, they also had a couple of people telling them they are a lot more serious and a lot more corporate than it was shown on the show.

As for Katya herself, she always liked the idea of shedding some light on what they do. She always thought some exposure, some PR is good for them.

How Much Is Katya Hall’s Net Worth?

Often referred to as the “Queen of Super Yachts”, Katya Hall reportedly had above $25 million net worth as of 2023.

When it comes to her secret of what it takes to become a top broker, Katya once joked it takes to “being a psychologist, a mind reader, and a combination of a poker player and a chess player.”

Now, a top broker at an exclusive, luxury international yachting firm, she loves to tell people she is not a yacht broker but a “SUPER YACHT broker”.

Katya Hall Age

In 2022, Katya Hall turned 39 years old.

Katya Hall Family

Here are rare few things known about Katya’s family. Her brother is Pavel Kalashnikov. He is married and currently based in Moscow, Russia working as a commercial director at Snabway . Back in 20005, he graduated from MISIS University. To Katya especially he is one very special childhood friend, a voice of wisdom in her life for over three decades, and so much more.

Katya’s mom is Irina Plyusnina. On 1 February 2019, Katya wished her “forever young mama” on her 60th birthday. Katya says she is always grateful for those rocking genetics that he mom gave to her.

Is Katya Hall Married?

Katya Hall is married to an attorney and tech founder named Issa Addae Hall . On his Instagram @ issa.hall, Katya mentions being the founder of the sports brand  JRZY , a ttorney, and sports tech.

Together with him, Katya lives in a penthouse overlooking Fort Lauderdale beach, so that she can keep an eye on the yachts coming in and out of the harbor.

Their wedding happened in South Beach Miami back in February 2021 exactly on their 6 months anniversary. “Barefoot, Pregnant, at Sunrise in South Beach I married a man who started calling me Queen Katya after our first date then Baby Mama after our second date…”, this is how Katya had announced it the same on social media.

Later, on 21 August 21, Katya and Issa welcomed “Mr. Zane Vova Hall”, their first baby, a boy.

Katya alone also has a daughter from her previous relationship (with Milo Jaimes). She is Elena Jaimes and she is expecting to graduate from the University of Maryland in 2027. On 5 September 2022, when Elena turned 17, Katya took to her IG to gush about the world being a much better place with her daughter in it.

Katya Hall Height

As stunning as in the picture, Katya Hall stands above 5’7” in height.

Katya also is known to have a wardrobe to rival the Kardashians and a friends list including the cast of The Real Housewives .

Related FAQs

Where is katya hall from.

Katya Hall was born in Siberia, and now is living the American Dream. As of 2023, she seemed to be calling West Palm Beach, Florida home. Within the United States, she has also lived in places like New Orleans, Louisiana, and New York, New York.

When Is Katya Hall’s Birthday?

Katya Hall has been caught celebrating her birthdays on different dates like October 18th, 20th, and 21st, in different years,

Is Katya Hall On Instagram And Facebook?

Yes. Katya Hall can be found on Instagram and Facebook. As of 8 August 2023, her IG @yacht_setter included 892 posts and 5,933 followers and she also showed beautiful glimpses of her life on ‘Katya Hall’ Facebook .

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Hot Yachts: Miami cast open up on glamorous world of multimillion-dollar boat brokers – from chartering plane just for bread to Below Deck comparisons

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If you’ve got a hole in your TV schedule where Selling Sunset used to be, and you’re all caught up on the latest Below Deck drama, Hot Yachts: Miami might be the show for you.

The new reality series is setting sail on Paramount+, taking passengers into the seriously glamorous world of super-yacht brokering.

Of course, there will be some choppy waters ahead as agents do battle to get their customers the biggest boats in the marina, and will stop at nothing to make them happy.

Even if that means chartering a plane just for one loaf of bread.

Yes, seriously.

Chatting to Metro.co.uk ahead of the UK release, the cast – including Katya Hall, Vika Avramchuk and Fotis Geranios – lifted the lid on some of the wildest requests they have been given, and just how luxurious the industry really is.

Spilling the beans on demands from customers, Katya, aka the ‘queen of super yachts’, told us: ‘We all have plenty… From having to fly provisions to chartering a plane to put a loaf of bread on it and fly it to the Caribbean…

‘I had a client calling me saying, “I’m heading to an airport – when I land I expect a 70m yacht and I want to charter it for three weeks, ready to go.” 

‘We’re talking about a multimillion-dollar charter and he said, “I’m going to be unavailable for 10 hours as I’m flying. When I land, I sure hope you have a yacht for me to go on.” Things like this do happen, this is real, and we manage. 

‘We get it done every time. Sometimes it seems like a miracle, but we pull them off.’

Katya sounds like someone we need to have on speed dial immediately.

Many have dubbed Hot Yachts: Miami a mix of Selling Sunset and Below Deck, with the latter showing the inner workings – and scandals – of the crew as they aim to please very rich charter guests.

Kaile Justine, who worked on boats herself for years before making the switch to brokering, shared how the programs are lifting the curtain on very different subjects.

‘People who work on the boats, they’re more like a family,’ she said. ‘It’s not drama like that. 

‘But being able to put lines on the boat, really stressful situations, when you have wind hitting you and the people on deck don’t know what they’re doing. Of course, that is definitely realistic, because I’ve seen it. 

‘We see boats crash in Miami Beach Marina all the time, so definitely that’s realistic.’

‘I think the idea has been around for such a long time to do a TV show on the world of super yacht brokers,’ Katya continued. ‘Obviously [it’s] very glamorous, especially on the outside. 

‘Sometimes [there are] dirty engine rooms and loud noisy shipyards on the inside, but it appears very bright and shiny from the outside, and that’s what we aim to do.

‘We want our clients to only have bright and shiny experiences and we’ll deal with the noisy, dirty shipyards on our end.’

The Below Deck cast have been vocal about the negative reaction they got from their fellow yachting colleagues before joining the show, with Captain Lee Rosbach admitting that he was told his ‘career was over’ for taking part .

After the program – and the spin-offs – grew in popularity, many changed their tune and jumped to get in on the action.

When asked about whether they had a similar reaction from their industry colleagues regarding Hot Yachts: Miami, Katya added: ‘Fotis and I have got mixed reviews, the vast majority of people love it, they think it’s a funny show. 

’It is good to shed some some light on what we do, and when we introduce more people to yachting. Statistics say that only 5% of people that can afford to buy a charter yacht actually do. So for us, exposure is good, PR is good. 

‘Then we had a couple of people saying, “We’re a lot more serious and we’re a lot more corporate than it looks”.

‘Sure, that’s true. But do we want to film boardroom meetings and sitting in front of a computer writing long emails? Of course not. It’s a juggling act.’

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Paramount+ has a new show premiering August 3, Hot Yachts: Miami which follows yacht brokers in the city as they deal with drama and occasionally celebrity clients

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The cast of the new Paramount+ show, Hot Yachts: Miami, opened up on what it's like to work with the rich and famous.

Due to privacy reasons, they couldn't disclose the specific celebrities they work with but did share their experiences. Speaking to the Mirror US, stars Katya, Vika, Kaile, and Fotis admitted they tend to work more with the rich but not-so-famous. "Primarily my clients are high profile in terms of dollar value but low profile in times of being known. Multibillionaires but under the radar," said Katya. But the ones she has worked with, range in likability.

"Celebrities - they want things for free a lot, and I don't want to generalize, I know they're a few great ones," the Russian-born broker said, "They think that maybe they're doing the yacht a favor by showing up on board."

Vika said: "It is common that a lot of people don't want to charter celebrities because they can get a little bit entitled and rowdy." But Kalie disagrees, saying she's only worked with "respectful" celebrities. "I've had really good experiences with them," she said.

Fotis explained that "sometimes you don't work directly with celebrities you work with their PA's or their family members." Celebrities also typically charter over owning, leaving the brokers with less commission from the deal.

The cast is also very excited for their "lavish" show to premiere and for viewers to see not only the ins and outs of the industry but of the cast's lives as well. "I think we're all pretty cool characters, everyone is so unique and different," Katya said. The cast is ethnically diverse as well, as Katya is from Russia, Fotis is from Greece, Vika is from Ukraine, and Kalie is from Arizona but has a Mexican linage. "We have different backgrounds," Fotis explained.

The new reality show follows yacht brokers in the Florida hotspot, which is described as "not just a millionaire's playground...it's a BILLIONAIRE'S playground" in the show's press release. "People know what a yacht looks like but don't know what goes on behind the scenes," said the newest broker of the bunch, Vika.

"The outside is very lavish but when you dive in deep we put in a lot of hard work, so it's not as easy as it looks," said Kalie, "Every one of us has a hustler mentality and that's what I'm excited for the viewers to see, that it's not all butterflies and rainbows, you know, we put in a lot of hard work."

Hot Yachts: Miami is available to stream from August 3rd on Paramount+.

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Love and business collide in the world of Miami's yacht brokers. Vika is charmed by Nick despite mentor Katya's warnings; rival broker Kaile confronts Vika about her dirty tactics; loyalties are tested in the fight to the top.

Miami's yacht brokers are still reeling from Vika and Kalie's war of words; tensions spill over in a beach bonding session.

Champagne and drama flow at Katya's birthday party on a luxury yacht; Nick is pressured to prove his critics wrong but wonders if a blast from his past can put the brakes on his and Vika's blossoming romance.

Nick stirs up turbulence in his romantic affairs. As he prepares for a major event to promote his online channel, the entire yachting industry witnesses his brand of drama and chaos.

Mixing love and business rarely yields favourable results in Mr Yachts' life, especially when his ex, Tori, unexpectedly appears at his networking event; Dr Toby makes a definitive choice regarding whom he should entrust with his business.

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HOT YACHTS MIAMI: PARAMOUNT+ ANNOUNCES NEW REALITY SERIES

Paramount+ announces the launch of a brand new 8 x 60 minute reality TV series, following an elite group of good looking, party loving Super-Yacht Brokers, ruthlessly competing to take home eye watering commissions on eye watering vessels.

Soak up the glamour and romance, together with and a good dose of bitching, backstabbing and drama as some of the biggest characters in Miami’s luxury yachting scene go to any lengths to make the biggest deals!

Miami’s not just a millionaires’ playground… it’s a BILLIONAIRE’S playground! If you’ve got the mansion, the super car and the private jet already - there’s only one thing you need… a Super Yacht - and Miami is the best place to snap one up!

Born in Siberia, Katya is now living the American Dream. One of the top brokers at an exclusive, luxury international yachting firm she says she’s not a yacht broker but a SUPER YACHT broker. She is often referred to as the ‘Queen of Super Yachts’. The boats she sells can go for up to $100,000,000, with her client base including celebs and royals!

Vika is a socialite and ex-model. Although she doesn’t have her brokerage license yet, she is working under Katya as an associate, a position she managed to get due to her connections and personality (Katya knows Vika’s mother also). Vika is learning from the best in the business but although she knows a lot of potential wealthy clients, she has yet to make a sale.

Sassy, beautiful and highly driven, Kaile has been in the yachting world for the last four years and has high ambitions to become the most successful female yacht broker in Florida.

Known as ‘Mr Yachts’ in the industry, a name he has trademarked for himself, Nick is both the most loved and hated yacht broker in Florida. Everyone knows him. His larger-than-life personality, good looks and charm are in equal measure to his arrogance and desire to win. N

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Liliana is of Cuban descent but is Miami born and bred! Boating has been her lifelong passion, which is why she chose to make a career out of it. And she’s made a huge success of working on the charter side of the yacht business, currently managing fifteen active yachts, with an annual charter sales revenue of around $16million.

Jack is an under-30 entrepreneur who runs his own luxury concierge business, Coppola Concierge. As a formally trained butler, at The British Butler Institute in London, Jack has the highest level of service expertise that he uses to create bespoke experiences for each of his clients.

Juno is a well-known broker in Florida and has a high sales success rate. Known in the industry as ‘Juno The Boat Guy,’ he is a regular on the south Florida yachting and night life scene and says his favourite day of the week is ‘The Day I Close A Deal’. Juno says he’s one of the few Black yacht brokers working in the industry and is proud of his Haitian heritage. He admits the industry is male dominated and would love to see more women as yacht brokers.

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Hot Yachts Miami goes on board the world's most luxurious boats, featuring glamorous yacht brokers in a cutthroat industry. The series kicks off at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, get ready for big characters, big deals, and even bigger boats!

S01E02 Episode 2

Love and business collide in the world of Miami's yacht brokers. Vika's charmed by Nick, despite mentor Katya's warnings. Rival broker Kaile's furious about Vika's dirty tactics, leading to confrontation. Loyalties are tested in the fight to the top.

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Miami's yacht brokers are still reeling from Vika and Kalie's 'war' of words. Meanwhile tensions spill over in a beach bonding session. Brace yourself for a thrilling ride of ambition, love and ruthless competition in Hot Yachts Miami.

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Katya's birthday party - held on a luxury yacht of course - sees the champagne and drama flowing! Nick is under pressure to prove his critics wrong but could a blast from his past put the brakes on his and Vika's blossoming romance?

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Nick causes waves in his love life. And with a big industry event to throw to promote his online channel, it's not long before the whole of the yachting industry are bystanders to Nick's brand of drama and chaos.

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Mixing love and business doesn't work out too well for Mr Yachts, when his ex Tori turns up to his networking event. Dr. Toby finally decides who he wants to trust with his business, but has Vika's hustling paid off?

S01E07 Episode 7

Vika's new man needs a day charter: it's against company rules but she can't refuse. Boss Katya finds out and is horrified. Juno hosts a dinner to showcase his latest listing but with so much tension between the brokers, it is sure to end in tears.

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Jack supports Nick after his confrontation with Juno. Katya reveals Vika's deceit to her husband, leaving her conflicted. Amidst turmoil, Vika's absence jeopardizes Katya's swimwear launch.

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Being called a prostitute,  stealing millions of dollars worth of commissions and flirting with clients and captains is just part of the day to day of a super yacht broker - according to a new TV show.     

The incredibly glamorous - and extremely bitchy - world of super yachts has been unveiled in Hot Yachts Miami, which launched this weekend on Paramount Plus.

A perfect combination of excessive wealth and petty backstabbing has got viewers hooked with many saying they've binged the whole series in a weekend.

Many viewers have been particularly intrigue by yachting newbie Vika, a former socialite and model, who goes toe-to-toe with veteran broker Kaile after the pair fight over a client.      

In episode one, Kalie was seen showing a group of clients around a yacht.

Many viewers have been particularly intrigue by yachting newbie Vika (pictured), a former socialite and model, who goes toe-to-toe with veteran broker Kaile after the pair fight over a client

Noticing one, Dr Toby, was unattended, Vika swooped in and offered to help him.

This however didn't sit right with Kalie, who then unleashed her wrath on Vika.     

'I'm looking for Toby and I come around the corner and what do I see? Vika' Kalie told the cameras.

'And I'm thinking, wow, "do they really allow escorts into this venue?"'

'The fact this girl is here trying to do business is just embarrassing for her. Like what are you, the bootlegged Bonnie and Clyde? You guys look ridiculous'.

She added that there are 'unsaid rules' that every broker knows. 

'I'm nice but once you f*** with me it's bad. No one in this industry will work with you,' she went on. 

Kalie  (pictured) went on to take Vika's card off Dr Toby and rip it up, but like didn't stop the two from connecting

Kalie went on to take Vika's card off Dr Toby and rip it up, but it didn't stop the two from connecting.

Later, after discovering Vika was talking to Dr Toby through another broker she went on to call her a 'cockroach'. 

Confused by the interaction, rookie Vika branded Kalie 'unprofessional' and 'acting like she's in high school'. 

Later, comforting Kalie, fellow broker Paul told her that he's lost more than $2.3million by other brokers 'stealing his commissions'.

'It's the sunshine state with the shadiest people,' he added.  

From left, Vika, Katya, Fotis, Kaile, Nick,Jack, Liliana and Juno. The brokers sell super yachts to billionaires

A perfect combination of excessive wealth and petty backstabbing has got viewers hooked with many saying they've binged the whole series in a weekend 

Later, meeting at a party Kalie unleashed her wrath on Vika again.

'You made yourself look like some escort,' she said.

'I know you're young, baby. But you don't have to project yourself.

'You look like a hooker on a boat, is your mum your madam?

'I could never trust you,' she added.

Dubbed ' Selling Sunset meets Below Deck' the programme shows off the extreme wealth of the Florida  billionaire's playground where everyone looks like a supermodel and tensions run high.

Katya sells boats for $100,000,000, with her client base including celebs and royals

Against a backdrop of swanky parties, sumptuous dinners and beachside penthouses, the brokers will stop at nothing as they compete to sell superyachts to the super-rich.

But they always want more – more money, more sex, more power – and their showdowns are often spectacular.

The stakes are incredibly high. One sale could make the brokers millionaires themselves thanks to commissions of up to ten per cent, and one deal organising a yacht's charter for $1 million (£775,000) a week could make them more than most people make in a year.

The eight-part series on Paramount+ introduces us to some memorable characters whose job it is to sell the super-rich their dream of sailing off into the sunset. At the centre of it are rivals Nick Cardoza and Katya Hall.

Kaile, Vika and Katya are among the yacht brokers in Miami's cutthroat scene

Charming and handsome, Nick calls himself 'Mr Yachts'. Forbes magazine called him 'The guy celebrities go to for yachts', and he likes to play as hard as he works – his hobbies seem to be partying and womanising.

By comparison, Siberian-born Katya is the ice queen; she's a top broker at international yacht agency IYC, her clients include Prince Albert of Monaco, and the boats she sells can go for £200 million.

Katya says she 'won't get out of bed for less than £10 million'.

She's added that she's rented boats out for £2.5million for 24 weeks for one client.

But having worked her way up the ladder, Katya is desperate to stay there. The one chink in her armour is her protégée Viktoriya Avramchuk, known as Vika. An impossibly leggy former model, like Katya she's an immigrant.

Liliana (pictured) made a huge success of working on the charter side of the yacht business, currently managing fifteen active yachts, with an annual charter sales revenue of around $16million

Born in Kyiv, she moved to Prague when she was 14 and then on to the US at 16.

 Katya gave her the job as a favour to Vika's mother Zhanna, who's very good at getting her own way.

Vika's been with Katya for 18 months and is yet to make a sale – though she's very good at flirting with clients. When she turns her attention to Nick, however, Katya is furious and warns Vika that he may not be all he seems.

She says that the secret to success is understanding, to the core, what the client desires and needs and promptly meeting those needs. 

Truly glamourous, she's neighbours in Miami with the Beckhams, and has been on Leonardo DiCaprio's yacht 

Meanwhile, a third broker, Kaile, also has reason to be furious with both Vika and her mother. While she's showing two clients around some yachts, Vika swoops in and tries to steal one of them away.

Kaile isn't impressed to find a flirtatious Vika and Zhanna drinking champagne with her client, who seems to be revelling in having two brokers fighting over him.

Charming and handsome, Nick calls himself 'Mr Yachts'. Forbes magazine called him 'The guy celebrities go to for yachts'

Enjoying all this drama is Vika's camp colleague Fotis, who believes trying to steal a client from under a rival's nose is bad behaviour and is determined to bring Vika and Kaile together so he can watch the fur fly.

MEET THE CAST … 

Born in Siberia, Katya is now living the American Dream. One of the top brokers at an exclusive, luxury international yachting firm she says she's not a yacht broker but a SUPER YACHT broker

Born in Siberia, Katya is now living the American Dream. One of the top brokers at an exclusive, luxury international yachting firm she says she's not a yacht broker but a SUPER YACHT broker. 

She is often referred to as the 'Queen of Super Yachts'.

The boats she sells can go for up to $100,000,000, with her client base including celebs and royals.

Katya is married to an attorney and tech founder and lives in a penthouse overlooking Fort Lauderdale beach, so she can keep an eye on the yachts coming in and out of the harbour. 

She has a wardrobe to rival the Kardashians and a friends list that includes the cast of The Real Housewives!

Vika is learning from the best in the business but although she knows a lot of potential wealthy clients, she has yet to make a sale

Vika is a socialite and ex-model. 

Although she doesn't have her brokerage license yet, she is working under Katya as an associate, a position she managed to get due to her connections and personality (Katya knows Vika's mother also). 

Vika is learning from the best in the business but although she knows a lot of potential wealthy clients, she has yet to make a sale.

Vika's social circle is varied as she likes to befriend interesting people who lead colourful lives.

 She has a lot of friends who are art dealers, yacht brokers, lawyers, models and actors and knows Leonardo DiCaprio, having spent many years traveling to St Tropez to his gala and to his house in Malibu.

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Sassy, beautiful and highly driven, Kaile has been in the yachting world for the last four years and has high ambitions to become the most successful female yacht broker in Florida.

Kaile is aware that she is still relatively new to the industry but she hustles hard and her work on the dock pays off.

Kaile makes a lot of her connections by word of mouth, social media and networking. This is where she has met most of her clients.

Kaile gets frustrated when clients go with a cheaper option and then are left disappointed. She tries to tell her clients that going cheap isn't always best.

Known as 'Mr Yachts' in the industry, a name he has trademarked for himself, Nick is both the most loved and hated yacht broker in Florida. 

Everyone knows him. His larger-than-life personality, good looks and charm are in equal measure to his arrogance and desire to win. 

Never one to turn down an opportunity to network or party hard, Nick is ready to go 24/7.

Forbes magazine cited Nick as 'THE guy celebrities go to for yachts'. Nick is currently an independent yacht broker and is planning to launch his own yacht booking app.

Liliana, 42

Liliana is of Cuban descent but is Miami born and bred! Boating has been her lifelong passion, which is why she chose to make a career out of it

Liliana is of Cuban descent but is Miami born and bred! Boating has been her lifelong passion, which is why she chose to make a career out of it.

 And she's made a huge success of working on the charter side of the yacht business, currently managing fifteen active yachts, with an annual charter sales revenue of around $16million. 

Her clients are the yacht owners and she represents them in the charter market as the gatekeeper to their yachts. Liliana's clients are all similar - very successful business people who enjoy the fine things in life.

Jack is adamant when he says he only deals with people who fall into these three categories; 'The Millies, The Billies and The Trillies'.

Jack is an under-30 entrepreneur who runs his own luxury concierge business, Coppola Concierge. 

As a formally trained butler, at The British Butler Institute in London, Jack has the highest level of service expertise that he uses to create bespoke experiences for each of his clients.

 He dreams of retiring by the age of 30 so he can live on a yacht and travel the world while he manages his well-equipped and trusted team back at home. Jack is witty, smart, super competitive and he never takes 'no' for an answer. 

He is forever fashionable, Jack dresses impeccably and he loves his Louboutin shoes, Hermes belts and always enjoys a dinner of champagne and caviar. His one-liners are not only hilarious, but 100 per cent honest.

Juno says he's one of the few Black yacht brokers working in the industry and is proud of his Haitian heritage.

Juno is a well-known broker in Florida and has a high sales success rate. Known in the industry as 'Juno The Boat Guy,' he is a regular on the south Florida yachting and night life scene and says his favourite day of the week is 'The Day I Close A Deal'. 

Juno says he's one of the few Black yacht brokers working in the industry and is proud of his Haitian heritage. 

He admits the industry is male dominated and would love to see more women as yacht brokers.

Fotis loves his job and is driven by success. He charters roughly 80 yachts a year, and the money he makes annually is enough to purchase a house AND a car

Fun loving and party going Fotis has been in yacht sales since 2007. Mainly chartering yachts, Fotis has experienced insane demands from the crazy rich but he enjoys being challenged and always delivers.

 Fotis doesn’t shy away from confrontation and enjoys a gossip with his fellow yacht brokers, even if that means causing controversy.

Fotis loves his job and is driven by success. He charters roughly 80 yachts a year, and the money he makes annually is enough to purchase a house AND a car.

 He has travelled the globe, either discovering new destinations or visiting his all-time favourite ones. For Fotis, every little corner of the world has a potential for chartering.

All his clients are wealthy and he finds that the best place to close a deal is on a night out, when potential clients loosen up.

 He loves to close deals with a glass of champagne in his hand and generally remains friends with the fun clients, who then take him on trips on their newly purchased boats.

When Fotis closes a deal he often celebrates with his friends by going to a fun destination like Mykonos and ordering lots of delicious food and expensive alcohol. Fotis also often receives expensive gifts from his clients, which is a big perk of the job.

Fotis admits it’s a cut-throat industry, where brokers steal clients from each other. 

However, he would never steal clients from Katya, who he’s good friends with. Together they love hanging out at boat shows and partying.

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