BOAT Briefing

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…     

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The 1980s heyday of Malcolm Forbes' The Highlander
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/owners-experiences/malcolm-forbes-and-the-highlander-heyday

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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


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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


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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


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In this special episode of BOAT Briefing, Stewart and Cecile reveal all the winners from the BOAT Design & Innovation Awards, which have just been held in Kitzbuhel, Austria. They chat through all the categories, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, won this year by Frank Mulder, founder of Mulder Design, who has more than 1,000 designs on the water. The pair also take a deeper dive into the five-time Neptune winner, the 59.7-metre Sarissa. Congratulations to all the Winners and Judges’ Commendations of the evening.

Winners of the BOAT Design & Innovation Awards - https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/design-and-innovation-awards
Young Designer of the Year - https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/young-designer-of-the-year-award/winner-2024
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner - https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/design-and-innovation-awards/frank-mulder-wins-lifetime-achievement-award-2024

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In this week's BOAT Briefing episode, Stewart is joined by Katia to discuss the headlines from the yachting world over the past week, including 136-metre Flying Fox rejoining the charter market and 58.5-metre Phi back in the hot seat at the Court of Appeal. Katia explains the backstory behind some of the best-known superstitions at sea, and Stewart gives Katia the low-down on Christina O's past life before she became a luxury yacht. In the data segment, charter stats are put in the spotlight.

BOAT Design and Innovation Awards: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/design-and-innovation-awards
SDF: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/superyacht-design-festival
Flying Fox back for charter: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/flying-fox-back-for-charter
Superstitions at Sea: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/yachting-boat-sailor-superstitions-sea


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In this week's Big BOAT Interview, Stewart sits down with Ian Howcroft, captain of the legendary Lurssen Phoenix 2, which is currently in Barcelona undergoing a refit. Ian talks about what it's like to command such a large yacht, how he got his start on superyachts, his secrets to keeping great crew and offers some tips on navigating the St Barths "parking lot" on New Year's Eve.

Phoenix 2 for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/phoenix-2-lurssen-2010

Phoenix 2 for charter: https://www.boatinternational.com/charter/luxury-yachts-for-charter/phoenix-2-lurssen-2010

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In this week's episode of BOAT Briefing, Stewart and Charlotte discuss some big names added to the roster of speakers at the Superyacht Design Festival, including Frederic Jousset, owner of the 46.5-metre ArtExplorer, and delve into the world of AI by designing some dream yachts using Midjourney. In the news is Wider Yachts' first multihull, the WiderCat 92, the crew of Alfa Nero finally getting paid and the sale of the first Deep Blue 115 from Cantiere delle Marche. Our data section, meanwhile, focusses on Taiwan, in light of a deep dive produced for our BOATPro subscribers on the state of the superyacht market in that country.

LINKS:

New SDF speakers: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/superyacht-design-festival/superyacht-design-festival-2024-speakers
Western Isles: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/ishikawajima-motor-yacht-western-isles-for-sale
State of Grace: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/state-of-grace-perini-navi-2013
WiderCat: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/first-widercat-92-catamaran-launch
Alfa Nero crew: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/nautilus-crew-alfa-nero-unpaid-wages
Deep Blue 115: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/35m-cdm-yacht-deep-blue-115-sold
Taiwan report: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/taiwan-global-order-book-report-2024


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In this first BOAT Briefing of 2024, Stewart and Katia talk panettone and Elton John, and look through what's coming up in the February issue of BOAT International. We pay tribute to the legendary Frits de Voogt, who sadly passed away just before Christmas, and look ahead to some of the big events on the superyacht calendar this year. In the news this week is Oceanco's Simply Custom collection, the first look at the new CdM Haze II and a tie-up between Sanlorenzo and Nautor Swan. Our data section, meanwhile, looks at which boats saw in the new year in St Barths.


2024 events: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/superyacht-event-calendar-2024
Valeria for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/feadship-classic-motor-yacht-valeria-for-sale
Attessa IV: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/wyg-motor-yacht-attessa-iv-for-sale
Oceanco Clarity: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oceanco-simply-custom-clarity-superyacht
Haze II: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/cdm-yacht-haze-ii
Sanlorenzo and Nautor Swan: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/sanlorenzo-nautor-swan-yacht-sign-mou


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In this week's BOAT Briefing, the last of 2023, Katia, Caroline and Stewart look back on 2023 and ahead to 2024. They reveal the winner of this year's brokerage guesstimate and dive into the latest Global Order Book to pick out some of the big stories from the report. The most-travelled superyachts of 2023 are also revealed, as well as the biggest news stories from boatinternational.com this year. Our data section looks at crew numbers, examining how many seafarers are currently working on the world's superyacht fleet and how many will be needed for all the yachts currently in build. With that, we wish you a very Merry Christmas from the podcast team!

Global Order Book: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/global-order-book/global-order-book-2024-report

Biggest stories of 2023: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/biggest-yacht-news-2023

Most-read yacht reports of 2023: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/most-read-yacht-reports-2023

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