Alan Downs

Alan Downs was Technical Manager at Y.CO Yacht Management at the time of his Mare Forum appearances, and also held the DPA role there. By 2022 he was head of Y.CO Yacht Management for the USA, based in Fort Lauderdale.

He began his career as a deckhand on a 60-metre Feadship around 1990 and progressed to bosun and yacht manager, including a spell as Yacht Manager in Brighton before joining Y.CO. He also spent seven years in technical operations in Peru and Panama, handling hull and machinery claims and marine surveys, and holds an HND in Nautical Studies from Glasgow Nautical College.

He was a panellist at Mare Forum's 3rd Cayman Islands Shipping Summit (2015) and 5th Cayman Islands Shipping and Yachting Summit (2017).