BOAT Briefing

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


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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.


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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


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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

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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

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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


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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.

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