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Tributes pour in for Nick Stratton
Yachting Monthly UK
|January 2026
Tributes are being paid to legendary yacht broker, Nick Stratton, following his death at the age of 83. Nick ran the successful boat sales company, Nick Stratton Yachts, for over 30 years, based at Rhu on the Gare Loch on the Firth of Clyde.
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Nick’s interest in sailing was sparked during his time in the Royal Air Force, where he won major sailing regattas. His passion for sailing took him away from the RAF in 1971, when he moved back to his childhood town of Bangor in Northern Ireland with his wife, Lucy, and young son, Miles. In 1975, during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the family relocated to Scotland, where he formed Nick Stratton Yachts at Arden Yachts’ premises on Helensburgh’s East King Street.
This story is from the January 2026 edition of Yachting Monthly UK.
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