He advises owners not to enter a multi-week contract but instead to do multiple single week contracts. “This way, if it does not go well the first week, you don’t have to sign for the next,” he says. He has two boats, the other being a 28 metre Horizon he used to keep in California but which he has recently moved to Florida, closer to his Benetti Classic and his new home. Although involved in the running of the charter programme, he mostly leaves it to his charter manager, Vicky Holmes of Fraser – who brings him more than 90 per cent of the clients – and his award-winning chef, who holds an MBA and “keeps an eye on things”. Plassmeyer has been gratified with experiences as diverse as his Horizon being selected as a location for an episode of the crime television show NCIS and his Benetti as the honeymoon getaway for a huge star hoping to avoid paparazzi.