BOAT Briefing

In this week’s Big BOAT Interview, Lucy Dunn sits down with Bobby Genovese and his fiancée Dee Dee Taylor Eustace. Bobby and Dee Dee are both successful businesspeople in their own right: Bobby, a venture capitalist and Dee Dee, a trained architect and interior designer. Where they come together is their love of yacht design - which takes the form of the classic 48m Feadship BG Charade and 3 other boats in Bobby’s portfolio. But for a serial yacht owner passionate about the ocean are three yachts ever enough? We discuss what’s next on the shopping list for this ocean-loving power couple.


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In this exclusive interview with BOAT International’s Sophia Wilson, which is available to be listened to in full through Apple podcasts and Spotify, Trowbridge and Keeling talk through their path to success and growth in the superyacht industry.

In this exclusive interview with BOAT International’s Sophia Wilson, which is available to be listened to in full through Apple podcasts and Spotify, DKT’s Artwork's co-founders Sean Trowbridge and Steve Keeling talk through their path to success and growth in the superyacht industry. They also reveal why they have made the decision to transform the company into an Employee Ownership Trust. 

On this week's BOAT Briefing, Stewart is joined by online editor Holly Overton (reigning BOAT International table tennis champion). The pair look at the best travelled superyachts so far in 2023, five classics that are in dire need of rescue and why all aspiring yacht designers should take part in the Young Designer of the Year competition. In the news is the launch of 50-metre Danzante Bay, the new flagship from Crescent Custom Yachts, the latest in the ongoing Alfa Nero sale saga, and the delivery of 109-metre Oceanco Seven Seas. In our data story, and in honour of BOAT's 40th birthday, we wind the clock back and compare superyachts delivered in 1983 with those coming out of shipyards today.

LINKS:
Young Designer of the Year: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/young-designer-of-the-year-award/feadship-official-sponsor-young-designer-of-the-year
Dockwalk Salary Survey: https://www.dockwalk.com/jobs/salary-guide/2023-dockwalk-salary-survey-launches
Best travelled boats: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/most-travelled-boats-of-2023
Yachts in need of rescue: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/yachts-in-need-of-rescue
Danzante Bay: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/danzante-bay-crescent-yacht-flagship
Alfa Nero update: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/alfa-nero-yacht-antigua-auction-delayed
Seven Seas delivered: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oceanco-seven-seas-delivered


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In this week's episode of BOAT Briefing, Stewart is joined by Katia Damborsky, aka theyachtwriter, to discuss residential ship The World, the impact of the OceanGate disaster on the world of deep sea exploration, and the miraculous rescue of a man lost at sea by the Feadship W. In the news is the launch of the 47.5 metre Sanlorenzo Para Bellum, the sea trials of Feadship's 84.2 metre Obsidian and the new fastest superyacht in the world, the Bolide 80. The Bolide also inspires our data section, where we look at the speediest superyachts on the waves.


W rescue: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/w-yacht-rescue-malaga
Dockwalk Salary Survey:https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/dockwalk-salary-survey-2023
Melody for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/42m-sailing-yacht-melody-listed-for-sale
Kamalaya for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/kamalaya-amels-2013
Obsidian: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-710-superyacht-obsidian
Para Bellum: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/sanlorenzo-500exp-para-bellum-launch
Bolide 80: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/bolide-80-victory-design


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In this Big BOAT Interview, Stewart sits down with Andrew Bush from satellite and mobile connectivity specialist KVH. The pair discuss the birth of onboard connectivity, the potential of Elon Musk's Starlink, and what the future holds for domes on superyachts. Founded in 1982, KVH is a global leader in mobile connectivity. The firm is based in Middletown, Rhode Island, with research, development, and manufacturing operations in Middletown and sales, service, and engineering offices around the globe.


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In this week’s podcast Stewart has returned victorious from the inaugural Bermuda Captains’ Golf Retreat. He also talks with Sophia about his weekend celebrating Benetti’s 150th birthday in Viareggio, which included an opera singer on an elevator and 150 identically-sized waiters. The pair discuss the auction of “abandoned” Alfa Nero, which saw the 81.3-metre Oceanco sell to Eric Schmidt for the curious asking price of $67,000,677. In news this week are updates on Amels’ future flagship, Heesen’s Sparta and TISG’s 73-metre Admiral GC-Force and Vision F’s eye-catching pink catamaran.  

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/mayan-queen-migrant-rescue

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/stewardess-dies-fall-goose-nice

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/alfa-nero-yacht-antigua-auction

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/amels-120m-flagship

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/heesen-project-sparta

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/italian-sea-group-73m-gc-force

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/visionf-pink-superyacht


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With Stewart away in Bermuda, Caroline and Sophia take the helm of this week’s podcast. They talk about their highlights from last week’s Ocean Talks and announce the preliminary line up for this year’s Explorer Yacht Summit.
In the news this week is the Rossinavi explorer Akula, Oceanco’s 111 metre Y722 and the sale of Benetti’s flagship B.NOW model. The data meanwhile looks at the sailing yacht sector, and whether there is an increased demand for sailing yachts with Koru leading the trend for a younger generation of owners.

LINKS:

https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/ocean-talks

https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/explorer-yachts-summit

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/rossinavi-explorer-yacht-akula

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oceanco-y722-superyacht

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/benetti-bnow-72-sold

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In this week’s podcast Stewart and Sophia are back from respective trips to Italy. Stewart recounts his first experience of the Venice Boat Show, while Sophia talks about her trip to Tuscany with Heesen and Luca Dini. They also look at some of the best classic Feadships on the market, and the value that they offer based on the gross tonnage. In the news this week is a Sunreef launch, two new custom projects from Van der Valk and a €20 million price drop on Kismet. They also look at the monthly brokerage figures for May, where the sale of Ahpo has resulted in a record month.

Links:
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/wallywhy150-debut-venice-boat-show-2023

https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/classic-feadship-yachts-for-sale

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/sunreef-80-power-eco

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/van-der-valk-signs-order-two-custom-yachts

https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/lurssen-kismet-motor-yacht-for-sale

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This week Caroline and Cecile take an extensive into Turkish yards after Cecile’s trip there visiting builder from Istanbul to Antalya. In addition to new builds, such as an 24m pink catamaran by Vision F, the red-hulled 80m Bilgin Leona, a 48m catamaran at Dunya, 87m project Vento at Turquoise and many more, the two chat about spotting the newly relaunched Lürssen V2V, which is the new reincarnation of the famous and admired Bannenberg-designed 70m The One (Carinthia VI). They talk about the launch of the new Damen Yacht Support Vessel Bad Company, the new SeaXplorer. Pink Shadow and a newly announced 70 meter spec project by Feadship before diving into their brokerage picks of the week.

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/grace-iii--93929

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/visionf-100-catamaran-flagship-sold

https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/fire-damaged-lurssen-motor-yacht-the-one-sold--37811

https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/third-hull-of-mengi-yay-virtus-motor-yacht-series-sold

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/magnolia-2-model

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/turquoise-yachts-87m-concept-vento

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/akyacht-to-build-100m-superyacht

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/bilgin-yachts-leona-launch

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/damen-seaxplorer-58-yacht-sea-trials

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/alia-sea-club-explorer-yacht

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/bad-company-support-14406

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-70m-speculation-superyacht-sakura

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/alex-dreyfoos-dies-at-91

https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/royal-huisman-sailing-yacht-borkumriff

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/a-place-in-the-sun-broward-1992

This week’s podcast is a World Superyacht Awards bonanza. Stewart and Sophia are fresh back from the celebrations in Istanbul and reveal who picked up this year’s prestigious Neptune trophies. They also discuss highlights from the weekend, including boat tours on the Bosphorus and an after-after-after party. They also find time to discuss the sale of three new-build Admiral 70-metre superyachts by IYC and an 84-year-old yacht that faces being scrapped in France. In the news this week is the sale of Tankoa Yacht’s first TX450 explorer and a trio of launches – Golden Yachts’ 78-metre O'Rea, Arksen’s Project Pelagos, Vanquish Yachts’ flagship VQ115 Veloce.

Links:

https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/world-superyacht-awards/2023-winners

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/admiral-flagship-yacht-kensho

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/dunkirk-little-ship-conidaw-for-sale

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/victorious-akyacht-2021

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/three-admiral-superyachts-sold-iyc

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/tankoa-tx450-explorer-sold

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/golden-yachts-launches-78m-orea

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/second-hull-arksen-85-project-pelagos

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/vanquish-yachts-vq115-launch

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