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Following his appearance at this year's Ocean Talks, in this episode Caroline speaks with Swiss filmmaker Matthieu Rytz about his documentary Deep Rising.Narrated by Jason Momoa and premiered to much fanfare at the 2023 Sundance film festival, it investigates the subject of deep sea mining, with engaging characters locked in a dramatic narrative and some spectacular underwater photography. He tells Caroline why and how he made it.
This week’s episode is sponsored by KVH, the service which creates innovative connectivity solutions for customers on sea, land, and air around the globe. To find out more, visit www.kvh.com.
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In the latest episode of BOAT Briefing, we examine whether there could soon be a mega-merger in the world of boat sales, and we also preview the big exclusive cover boat of the July issue, 112-metre Renaissance. The 64m Royal Hakvoort Scout has been on the Thames, but are numbers of visiting superyachts to the UK's capital going up or down? In our brokerage picks, we discuss the attraction of superyacht "upcycling", and our data this week concerns superyacht activity in South East Asia: when is a boom not a boom?
Links:
Planet Nine: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/admiral-motor-yacht-planet-nine-for-sale
Scintilla Maris: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/on-board-46m-damen-maaskant-shipyard-yacht
OneWater & MarineMax: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/onewater-marinemax-acquisition-rumour
Hanuman refit: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/hanuman-yacht-refit-j-class
Project Thunderball: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/70m-crn-superyacht-thunderball
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week's episode of the Big BOAT Interview, Charlotte catches up with yacht owner Debra Reuben. They chat about her yacht - 73.5m Siren - as well as some of the others she’s had a hand in designing and selling - 68m Triple Seven, 73.51m Sapphire, 73.55m Graffiti, and 73.51m Mogambo. Debra also shares some of her favourite cruising spots, what she does when she’s not onboard, and why she loves Siren above all others...
This week’s episode is sponsored by KVH, the service which creates innovative connectivity solutions for customers on sea, land, and air around the globe. To find out more, visit www.kvh.com.
Links:
Siren: https://www.boatinternational.com/charter/luxury-yachts-for-charter/siren-nobiskrug-2008
Triple Seven: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/triple-seven--58513
Graffiti: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/superyacht-graffiti-launched-by-nobiskrug--9611
Sapphire: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/superyacht-sapphire-launched-by-nobiskrug--6817
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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Charlotte and Georgia mark the beginning of boat show season and reflect on all that went on at the recent MYBA and MEDYS charter shows. Travel antics continue as Charlotte’s off to Antiparos for the Cyclades cup and gearing up for Ocean Talks at the Serpentine in London next week. Our data section takes a look at the numbers coming from this year's Venice Boat Show which kicked off on Wednesday, and some of the yachts making their debut in the lagoon over the next few days.
This week’s episode is sponsored by KVH, the service which creates innovative connectivity solutions for customers on sea, land, and air around the globe. To find out more, visit www.kvh.com.
Larry Connor’s mission to the Titanic https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/triton-ceo-patrick-lahey-titanic-wreck-dive-after-oceangate-sub-disaster-larry-connor
Moonshine https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/moonen-martinique-moonshine-yacht
Baltic 80 https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/pink-sailing-yacht-baltic-yachts-80-launched
Metamorphosis https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/admiral-the-italian-sea-group-giorgio-armani-yacht-sold
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week's episode, Stewart reports back after events in Washington DC and Spain, while Katia has been travelling throughout Europe attending events with the Ferretti Group and Sanlorenzo. We preview the upcoming Ocean Talks event in London on 6 June and learn why Eddie Jordan has been back in the headlines. The "Queen of the J Class" Shamrock V is back in the water after an extensive rebuild. We look back at her incredible history and debate whether having an artwork by a famous pig makes a brokerage yacht more valuable. Our data section looks at all the big numbers coming out of the superyacht industry in the first quarter.
Links:
Ocean Talks: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/ocean-talks/everything-you-need-to-know
YOTS Foundation: https://www.yots-foundation.org/
Adrian Newey's Oyster 885: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oyster-yachts-adrian-newey-resigns-sailing-yacht
Shamrock V is back: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/shamrock-v-sailing-yacht-relaunched
Sea Class auction: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/abeking-and-rasmussen-motor-yacht-sea-class-for-sale
Red Dragon: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/alloy-sailing-yacht-red-dragon-for-sale
Feadship 821: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-project-821-fuel-cell--yacht-launch
Seawolf X: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/rossinavi-launches-fully-electric-catamaran-seawolf-x
Sanlorenzo Almax: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/sanlorenzo-yacht-fuel-cell-yacht-50-steel
Q1 brokerage report: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/q1-2024-brokerage-yacht-sales-report
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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Join Katia and Stewart as they discuss each of the winners of this year's WSAs, which were held in Venice. To read more about this year's winners, head to boatinternational.com
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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If you haven’t had a chance to step on board Ocean Alexander’s brand-new 35P, which debuted at the Palm Beach International Boat Show 2024, you can hear all about the shipyard’s new model and series in this week’s Big BOAT Interview, which was created for Ocean Alexander. The yard’s head of global operations Dan Mundy tells BOAT’s commercial content editor Hannah Rankine about the series’ inception and some of the cool features on board. Stay tuned until the end to hear a sneak peek into what’s coming next in Ocean Alexander’s Puro series.
In this week's episode of BOAT Briefing, Stewart returns after six weeks on the road without a tan but with a few stories to tell, while Katia reports back from a bustling road trip visiting six shipyards and 14 superyachts. We look ahead to a busy run of events, including the much anticipated World Superyacht Awards, and a brand new regatta in Antiparos, Greece. We also take a deep dive into the history of the North West Passage, while in the news is the upcoming auction of the big Feadship Royal Romance, and a special report about the Sunreef catamaran SOL.
This week’s episode is sponsored by KVH, the service which creates innovative connectivity solutions for customers on sea, land, and air around the globe. To find out more, visit www.kvh.com.
The Big BOAT Management Survey: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-presents/big-boat-yacht-management-survey
Tommy Belle: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/lubeck-motor-yacht-tommy-belle-for-sale
Cupani: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/royal-denship--yacht-cupani-for-sale
Royal Romance: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/royal-romance-yacht-auction
Athena: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/athena-refit-at-lurssen-yacht
Sunreef SOL: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/sunreef-yachts-sol-catamaran
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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With Milan’s Salone del Mobile furniture fair in full swing, this week we’re turning our attention to exceptional craft. Earlier this year, Charlotte Hogarth-Jones spoke to Artistry and Craft Awards winner, Paul Jewby. A wood carver for over 40 years, he most recently created several beautiful hand-carved wooden panels for Winch Design's 70m Amoa. In this podcast he shares how he got into superyachts, talks about the death of the antiques industry in London following 9/11 and explains just quite how much work goes into some of the intricate pieces he's made for onboard...
With Milan’s Salone del Mobile furniture fair in full swing, this week we’re turning our attention to exceptional craft. Earlier this year, Charlotte Hogarth-Jones spoke to Artistry and Craft Awards winner, Paul Jewby. A wood carver for over 40 years, he most recently created several beautiful hand-carved wooden panels for Winch Design's 70m Amoa. In this podcast he shares how he got into superyachts, talks about the death of the antiques industry in London following 9/11 and explains just quite how much work goes into some of the intricate pieces he's made for onboard...
This week’s episode is sponsored by KVH, the service which creates innovative connectivity solutions for customers on sea, land, and air around the globe. To find out more, visit www.kvh.com.
Protecting the oceans is a dangerous business in Latin America - it can mean murder. In this week’s Big Boat Interview Max Bello, international policy expert for Mission Blue and Alexei Mikhailov, founder of Bering Yachts, tell BOAT’s content director Lucy Dunn the story of how they met on a superyacht in a remote marine sanctuary, and about the tragedy that brought them there.
This week’s episode is sponsored by KVH, the service which creates innovative connectivity solutions for customers on sea, land, and air around the globe. To find out more, visit www.kvh.com.
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week's BOAT Briefing, Caroline and Katia run through the most expensive superyachts currently listed for sale and spot a pattern in the yachts that consistently carry the highest price tags. Katia reflects on a trip to Milan and Ancona and Caroline looks ahead to the World Superyacht Awards in Venice. In keeping with the Italian theme, this week's data segment is a closer look at the shipyard's in the Marche region, with Ferretti Group, Cantiere delle Marche and Palumbo Group in the spotlight. Finally, the pair talk about refreshingly involved superyacht owners Bob Book, the man behind the 50-metre Heesen Book Ends, and Anthony Ward, the owner of the 27-metre Oyster Babiana.
This week’s episode is sponsored by KVH, the service which creates innovative connectivity solutions for customers on sea, land, and air around the globe. To find out more, visit www.kvh.com.
LINKS:
https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/most-expensive-yachts-for-sale
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/world-superyacht-awards/everything-you-need-to-know-2024
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/oyster-885gt-sailing-yacht-babiana
https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/y-yachts-sailing-yacht-peregrin-for-sale
https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/camper-and-nicholsons-classic-motor-yacht-midnight-sun-for-sale
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/heesen-yacht-ultra-g-delivered
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/isa-yachts-project-unica
https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/burgess-yachts-south-america
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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This week, the team is back from a (rainy) Palm Beach International Boat Show and a (much sunnier) St Barths Bucket. Lucy and Cecile discuss the buzzworthy boats at PBIBS including the first in the Ocean Alexander 35m Puro series, and round up the headlines, starting with Azimut’s 44m Grande flagship and Damen Yachting’s XPlorer 80 concept. Over at the Bucket, the limelight was on first-timers Nilaya and Gelliceaux. Finally, Cecile reports back from her whirlwind trip to Taiwan to hear about Horizon Yacht’s $30million shipyard expansion.
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/st-barths-bucket-superyachts-2024
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/58m-damen-seaxplorer-pink-shadow-first-look
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/maltese-falcon-refitted-interiors
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/conrad-c144s-superyacht-extra-time
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week's BOAT Briefing, Katia and Caroline examine an illustrious line-up of sailing superstars for the St Barths Bucket, from single-masted behemoth M5, to new 59m Vitters Maxiumus. They unveil the April issue cover star Pink Shadow, and her interior inspired by Werner Herzog’s eccentric Amazonian epic Fitzcarraldo. News this week features the newly revealed interior refit of Maltese Falcon and a spectacular launch at Conrad, while for this week’s brokerage picks a classic and a 1980s gem go head-to-head. Data is a dive into the numbers behind the Palm Beach International Boat Show.
LINKS:
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/st-barths-bucket-superyachts-2024
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/58m-damen-seaxplorer-pink-shadow-first-look
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/maltese-falcon-refitted-interiors
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/conrad-c144s-superyacht-extra-time
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week's BOAT Briefing, features director Charlotte Hogarth-Jones is joined by travel and charter editor Georgia Boscawen to dive into all things charter. The pair look at how the market fared in 2023 in collaboration with MYBA, while revealing the demographics that charter the most superyachts in the fleet. Georgia, meanwhile, recalls her epic adventure to Antarctica on board the Hanse Explorer with EYOS and Charlotte looks at how design is reflecting the charter client of today. In the news is Feadship’s new 118-metre flagship, the new 122-metre Kismet for charter and the owner of 73-metre Titania’s generous donation of a week-long charter in aid of the Caudwell Children charity.
The state of charter BOATPro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/myba-charter-yachting-report-2024
On board the Hanse Explorer: https://www.boatinternational.com/charter/luxury-yacht-charter-news/charter-yacht-of-the-week-hanse-explorer
The new Kismet available for charter: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/lurssen-superyacht-kismet-ex-project-jag
Infinite Jest in Antarctica: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/infinite-jest-superyacht-in-antarctica
Feadship's new flagship: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-1010-superyacht--launchpad
Titania's charity auction: https://www.boatinternational.com/charter/luxury-yacht-charter-news/titania-yacht-charter-charity-auction
Solstice for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/solstice-custom-2025
Santandrea for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/solimano-tug-boat-santandrea-for-sale
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week’s Big BOAT Interview, we talk to Nicolò Favaretto Rubelli, CEO of the famous Venetian weavers, as he arrives in London to unveil his latest collection Gardens. Rubelli’s fabrics can be found on many superyachts and in many boat owners homes, not to mention in historic palaces including Buckingham Palace and the Presidential Palace in Rome; flagship stores of fashion brands from Valentino to Armani; even on screen in Game of Thrones and on actress Grace Kelly’s handbag. He joins Charlotte Hogarth-Jones to discuss everything from sustainability to making unpopular decisions, ahead of our Interiors Book launch in June.
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week’s Big BOAT Interview, we talk to writer Daniel Pembrey who recently unearthed some fascinating new insight into two of history’s most famous and enigmatic yachts, Christina O and Highlander. His research took him around the world where he met some extraordinary characters including Christina O’s Costas Carabelas, Tim Morley of Morley yachts as well as Forbes’ son Kip, who opened up the family archive. As Pembrey soon discovered, the story behind the story is often a story in itself…
LINKS:
The 1980s heyday of Malcolm Forbes' The Highlander
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/owners-experiences/malcolm-forbes-and-the-highlander-heyday
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week's BOAT Briefing, Stewart and Katia look back at the Superyacht Design Festival and some of their favourite sessions. The pair pay tribute to naval architect and designer Don Shead and superyacht owner Lang Walker, and pull out the big numbers from the financial results of the Ferretti Group, Sanlorenzo and The Italian Sea Group. Katia, meanwhile, looks forward to taking part in the Benetti Yachtmaster event in Budapest and Stewart previews the inaugural Barcelona Golf Invitational presented by BOAT and Voly Group. In the news is the potential auction of 106.1 metre Amadea, Feadship's new 65-metre Promise.D and the news that a yacht once used by Winston Churchill will be fully rebuilt at Pendennis.
LINKS:
Don Shead: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/naval-architect-donovan-shead-dead
Lang Walker: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/lang-walker-dies-at-78
Golf Invitational: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/golf-invitational
Ice Cricket: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/people-parties/st-moritz-ice-cricket
Ferretti Group results: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/ferretti-group-2023-financial-results
Sanlorenzo results: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/financial-results-sanlorenzo-2023
The Italian Sea Group results: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/the-italian-sea-group-2023-financial-results
Amadea latest: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/amadea-yacht-civil-forfeiture
Khalilah for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/khalilah-yacht-price-drop
Francesca for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/cerri-cantieri-navali-motor-yacht-francesca-for-sale
Promise.D: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-superyacht-capri-promise-d
Amazone rebuild: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/winston-churchill-yacht-restored-amazone
Rossinavi Nolimits: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/rossinavi-no-limits-yacht-brand
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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For this week's BOAT Briefing, we return to the stellar line-up of speakers at the recent Superyacht Design Festival in Kitzbuhel, Austria. On day two of the event, Simon Schofield, CTO of BAR Technologies took to the stage to reveal his company’s cutting-edge, tech-led approach to design, which was born in the America’s Cup. He tells us how their outside-the box developments can be applied to the wider marine industry, and why the design process is "no longer restrained by human thought".
Superyacht Design Festival Highlights: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/superyacht-design-festival/sdf-kitzbuhel-summary-2024
Wild Water: Test driving the custom Spirit BARTech electric foiler: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/12-24/spirit-yachts-electric-foiler
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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In this week's BOAT Briefing, we're rewinding the clock slightly to the recent Superyacht Design Festival in Kitzbuhel, Austria. In the closing session of the first day at the event, Stewart was joined on stage by Frédéric Jousset, owner of 46.5-metre Art Explorer, the world's largest sailing catamaran, which made its worldwide debut at the 2023 Monaco Yacht Show. In this conversation, Frédéric discusses his motivations for building Art Explorer, and how he intends to use the yacht to spread art and culture around the world - starting very soon in Venice during the Biennale.
Suepryacht Design Festival Highlights: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/superyacht-design-festival/sdf-kitzbuhel-summary-2024
Follow Art Explorer: https://www.artexplora.org/en/festival/the-museum-boat
BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro
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