Tristan Rutherford

Tristan Rutherford learned to sail in a Finn class dinghy off Abaco in The Bahamas, where his father was an English teacher. In hindsight, the ability to beach a sailboat on a deserted sandbar was a million-dollar experience. Lunch was equally simple — fresh lobsters pulled up from the seabed, then grilled on the beach. When Tristan moved back home to rainy Britain, his window on the world was vintage National Geographic magazines purchased from thrift stores. Destinations like Papua New Guinea and Tahiti looked more carefree than London. Tristan's sole career choice was to become a travel writer. After college, he called every journal in Britain, eventually wrangling his first commission with British Airways magazine to Marrakech, Morocco. To make his Sterling payments go further, he moved to a derelict studio in the old quarter of Nice, France. Tristan's love of sailing and proximity to the epicenter of the superyacht industry propelled him to become an award-winning yacht writer. His maritime journalism appears in Boat International, Robb Report and Camper & Nicholsons magazine. He continues to write envy-inducing travel stories from the 80 countries he has visited, mostly for The Times, The Telegraph and the BBC. He is the proud father of three young boys, who believe that staying in a Four Seasons suite with unlimited room service is entirely normal.