Episodes
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In this week's podcast we look back on a busy year, with lots of events and travel – and plenty of highlights and lowlights. Just in time for Christmas, we examine the travels of the superyacht fleet and bring you the top five most travelled yachts in 2024. We also take a look at the fleet's migration, seeing where some of the world's most spectacular yachts are spending Christmas and New Year. Last but not least, we review the biggest stories of the year and try and solve the mystery of the stolen walrus.
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Superyacht Design Festival: https://boatint.com/91
Most travelled yachts: https://boatint.com/92
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In this week's podcast, Caroline and Georgia discuss Georgia’s trip to the Antigua Charter Yacht Show and visits onboard some of the most spectacular yachts in attendance. News this week reveals new details about 142-metre Lürssen Dragonfly, the keel laying of Heesen’s Project Grace and a mysterious press release from Abeking & Rasmussen. Data this week is a sneak peek at the eagerly anticipated Global Order Book – published in the January issue of BOAT International – a revealing shapshot of the industry, taking in all superyachts in-build or on order around the world.
LINKS:
The largest yachts attending the Antigua Charter Yacht Show 2024:
https://www.boatinternational.com/charter/luxury-yacht-charter-news/10-largest-yachts-attending-the-antigua-charter-yacht-show-2024?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=antiguayachtshow_news_dec24
Lürssen releases further details on 142m superyacht Dragonfly:
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/lurssen-yacht-dragonfly-project-ali-baba-delivery?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=projectalibaba_news_dec24
Heesen begins construction on first superyacht in "new 50m steel class":
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/heesen-yachts-grace-construction-begins-monaco-yacht-show?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=heesen_news_dec24
Abeking & Rasmussen begin construction on 80m yacht project:
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/abeking-and-rasmussen-hull-6516-new-yacht-project?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=abekingandrasmussen_news_dec24
Global Order Book:
https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/global-order-book/global-order-book-2025-report?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=globalorderbook_boatpro_dec24
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For this week’s episode of BOAT Briefing, we return to the fantastic speakers at BOAT International’s Explorer Yachts Summit in Monaco. From Chile’s rugged shores to the remote islands of Brazil, 73m Planet Nine has not shied away from the roads less trodden. In this conversation, captain Philip Atkinson tells our superyachts editor Katia Damborsky about an epic rescue in the mid-Atlantic and reveals some of Planet Nine’s most memorable moments at sea.
LINKS:
Highlights of the Explorer Yachts Summit 2024:
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/explorer-yachts-summit/highlights-2024?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=EYS_events_dec24
Planet Nine's many adventures, Hollywood included:
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/inside-planet-nine-superyacht-hollywood-film-tenet-rothschild?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=planetnine_features_dec24
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For this special episode of BOAT Briefing, we turn to the brilliant line-up of speakers at BOAT International’s recent Explorer Yachts Summit in Monaco. When REV Ocean was first announced back in 2017 it was big news. When delivered in 2026, this will be the world’s largest Research & Expedition Vessel, packed with scientific facilities, and featuring design by Espen Øino and H2 Yacht Design. REV Ocean’s CEO Nina Jensen tells us more about the project, including some exclusive updates.
LINKS:
Highlights of the Explorer Yachts Summit 2024:
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/explorer-yachts-summit/highlights-2024?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=eys_events_nov24
Exclusive: Owner not backing down on plans for world’s largest yacht REV Ocean:
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/rev-ocean-vessel-worlds-largest-yacht?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=revocean_news_nov24
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In this week's BOAT Briefing, we look back at the Explorer Yachts Summit in Monaco, bringing you some of the highlights from the fifth edition of this event, including sessions from explorer Monty Halls and Nina Jensen, CEO of REV Ocean. We also examine what the incoming Trump presidency might mean for brokerage sales and new builds. In the news is Feadship's hydrogen-powered Project 821, Numarine's 45XP and Westport's first W117. Data this week focusses on some of the big numbers behind the expedition yacht market.
LINKS:
Trump impacts: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/taxes-tariffs-trump-superyacht-industry
Infinity Nine for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/ava-yachts-motor-yacht-infinity-nine-for-sale
Project 821: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-project-821-fuel-cell--yacht-sea-trials
Numarine 45XP: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/first-interior-renderings--numarine-flagship-explorer-revealed
Westport W117: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/westport-117-first-yacht-launched
Bennett's new "Class" superyacht: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/benetti-44m-class-sold-launch-junos-7
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Stewart Campbell sits down with Captain Guy Booth to discuss Phi, the 58-metre Royal Huisman motor yacht that has been trapped in London since March 2022, when she was placed under a temporary detention order by the British government. This fully custom yacht now faces several looming deadlines. She is at risk of falling out of class and having her insurance revoked, and now presents an increasing danger to her crew and nearby residents. The yacht needs to be lifted out of the water urgently, but hopes of a solution are fading fast.
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/phi-detained--london-yacht
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This week Cecile and Katia look back on a very busy Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show during the last days of a long and hot US presidential campaign, from creative marketing by yacht King Benji to the press conferences there, including the introduction by Sunseeker of the company’s two new owners, the launch of a new Riva Residenze on Fort Lauderdale Beach and an unusual and much noticed boat show visitor, a Maine Coone cat named Romeo. Katia tells us why is looking forward to the upcoming Yacht Explorer Summit kicking off November 13 at the Monaco yacht club and highlights two speakers, TV personality Monty Hall and REV CEO Nina Jensen. The two also reveal their yacht brokerage picks of the week and review some of the week’s international yachting news.
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/explorer-yachts-summit/everything-you-need-to-know-2024
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/dunya-yachts-king-benji-superyacht
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/fort-lauderdale-international-boat-show
https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/sunseeker-yachts-sold-orienta-lionheart
https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/ferretti-riva-residendenze-project-flibs-2024
https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/pendennis-sailing-catamaran-hemisphere-for-sale
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/benetti-37m-byond-hybrid-yacht
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In this week's episode of BOAT Briefing, Katia reports back from an extraordinary birthday party on board 73m Titania with its owner John Caudwell, as well as a trip to Barcelona to sail on board the wallywind 110 with its designer Luca Bassani. Stewart, meanwhile, discusses an exciting new concept to transform a container ship into a superyacht and looks at the expanding fleet of yachts turning up in Sindalah for the grand opening of the Saudi giga project. In the news is Feadship's fuel-cell-powered Project 821, which is undergoing sea trials, and the acquisition of Holterman Shipyard by Steeler Yachts. Our data section focuses on the latest brokerage figures from September.
John Caudwell: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/owners-experiences/on-board-with-john-caudwell-owner-of-73m-superyacht-titania--38841
Oceanco concept: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oceanco-mario-biferali-yacht-container-ship-conversion-project-antos
Five Oceans for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/five-oceans-damen-yachting-yacht-for-sale
Tanzanite for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/westship-motor-yacht-tanzanite-for-sale
Project 821 sea trials: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-project-821-fuel-cell--yacht-sea-trials
Sanlorenzo's LIFE MYSTIC: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/sanlorenzo-life-mystic-sustainable-methanol-yacht
Holterman acquisition: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/steeler-yachts-holterman-shipyard-acquisition
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In this week's episode of BOAT Briefing, Stewart reports back from the Superyacht Charities golf event in Palma and the first few exciting days of America's Cup racing in Barcelona. Charlotte talks Toto Wolff and why he's been banned from freediving with Lewis Hamilton and picks her biggest superyacht bugbears after her first turn as co-chair of the BOAT International Design & Innovation Awards at the Monaco Yacht Show. In the news is Kingdom 5KR's crunching encounter with a dock in Tunisia and the uncertain fate of Dutch shipyard Holterman. Our data section, meanwhile, focusses on the boats attending the upcoming Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.
Toto Wolff: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/lifestyle/toto-wolff-formula-one-americas-cup-freediving-lewis-hamilton
Wedge Too: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/brokerage-boat-of-the-month-september-feadship-wedge-too-philippe-starck
Amaryllis: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/amaryllis-abeking-rasmussen-2011
Kingdom 5KR: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/benetti-kingdom-5kr-yacht-crash-tunisia
Holterman: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/holterman-shipyard-bankrupt-takeover
Codecasa delivery: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/gioia-codecasa-custom-yacht-delivery
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In this week's pod, Caroline and Georgia talk travel, including the potential of Madagascar as a superyacht destination, the true meaning of barefoot luxury and the upcoming opening of Sindalah Island in Saudi Arabia. They introduce two spectacular charter yachts, run through the latest news and delve into data on fleet movements this summer to see how Mediterranean hotspots are changing.
Links:
https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/neom-sindalah-interior-yacht-club-stefano-ricci
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/benetti-yachts-b-loft-new-range-monaco-yacht-show
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/ineos-britannia-win-louis-vuitton-cup-barcelona
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/superyachts-racing-barcelona-superyacht-regatta
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In this week's episode, Stewart and Gabrielle reflect on the Monaco Yacht Show, bringing you all the highlights from the event, from the boats to the parties (and the rain!). The pair also discuss which boats they managed to get on board and all the big breaking news from the show. Lastly, we open up the massive October issue of BOAT and discuss the story of one particularly scandalously named superyacht.
Heesen's Project Monte Carlo: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/heesen-62m-yacht-monte-carlo
Feadship concept: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-monaco-yacht-show-concept-c
Greenline's GX Superyachts: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/gx-new-hybrid-superyacht-line-greenline-yachts
New Riva flagship: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/riva-70m-hybrid-flagship-yacht
Benetti B.Yond: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/benetti-byond-yachts-monaco-yacht-show
Benetti B.Loft: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/benetti-yachts-b-loft-new-range-monaco-yacht-show
Sirena Yachts flagship: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/sirena-118-36m-flagship-yacht-monaco
Tankoa T520 Fenice: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/tankoa-t520-fenice-new-yacht-model
Mangusta 51-metre Oceano: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/mangusta-oceano-monaco-yacht-show
SaturaStudio concept: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/satura-studio-nami-yacht-concept
MY Tits: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/feadship-brunei-prince-jefri-tits-yacht
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In this week’s Big BOAT Interview, celebrated underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta talks to BOAT’s content director Lucy Dunn about his mission to unlock the mysteries of the ocean; taking the first photo of a coelacanth, a prehistoric fish that hides away in the world’s deepest underwater caves few humans can reach - and also about DONIA, his clever but simple-to-use app which helps captains and boat owners negotiate the fragile and endangered Posidonia seagrass meadows off the South of France.
LINKS:
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/ocean-talks/laurent-ballesta-ocean-talks-2024
https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/ocean-talks/highlights-2024
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In this week's BOAT Briefing, Stewart is joined by Gabby, BOAT's Business Editor, to discuss all the news from the Cannes Yachting Festival and look ahead to a bumper edition of the Monaco Yacht Show. More big boats will be packed into Port Hercules than ever before and we highlight some of the ones to put on your must-see list. Meanwhile, we bring you the latest news from the public hearing into the Titan submersible disaster and dig through the headlines, which this week include the biggest brokerage deal of the year – the sale of 90.1 metre Phoenix 2.
This episode of BOAT Briefing is sponsored by Amico & Co: www.amicoshipyard.com
Pendennis acquires Cockwells: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/pendennis-shipyard-acquisition-cockwells-tenders
Titan hearing: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oceangate-titan-disaster-implosion-lawsuit-latest-news-2023-submarine-submersible
Monaco preview: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/monaco-yacht-show-2024-largest-yachts
Ribelle for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/ribelle-vitters-2017
Sanam for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/expensive-yachts-for-sale-monaco-yacht-show-2024
Phoenix 2 sold: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/lurssen-motor-yacht-phoenix-2-sold
CdM RAW: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/cantiere-delle-marche-raw-new-yacht-model-cannes-yachting-festival
Doggersbank launches: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/vripack-doggersbank-90-105-new-explorer-yacht-line
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In this Big BOAT Interview, Caroline speaks to Sebastian about the sudden, violent weather event that sank the 56-metre Bayesian off Sicily. The tragedy is part of a broader story about longer storm seasons, freak weather and unpredictable winds – changing global weather patterns that are already having an impact on the marine industry. Sebastian explains the precision with which extreme weather can be predicted, and the kind of conditions that should raise alarm bells at sea.
Wache will speak at the BOAT International Explorer Yachts Summit on November 13.
LINKS:
The sinking of Bayesian: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/latest-updates-perini-navi-sailing-yacht-sinks-incident-sicily-palermo-mike-lynch
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In this week’s podcast Katia and Georgia dive into the racing world and outline everything you need to know to watch the Louis Vuitton 37th Americas Cup. Having begun out in Barcelona, Georgia outlines the format, tactics and technology deployed by each of the teams to make this one of the most exciting races there is. There is also the Barcelona Superyacht Regatta taking place alongside the Americas cup and the pair reveal how to get involved. Later in the podcast, Katia reflects on a yachting, beach based TedX and reveals her plans for show season. The data section looks at how superyachts are descending on Barcelona for the America’s Cup, who’s there and how it’s tilting the numbers.
LINKS:
Barcelona Superyacht Regatta: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/37th-americas-cup-superyacht-regatta-barcelona
33m Feadship motor yacht Santa Maria for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/feadship-classic-motor-yacht-santa-maria-for-sale
55m Amels motor yacht Amigos for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/55m-amels-motor-yacht-amigos-for-sale
90m Lurssen crashing into a Numarine: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/lurssen-superyacht-ice-collision
Rossinavi to premiere 43m Seawolf X at MYS: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/rossinavi--fully-electric-catamaran-seawolf-x-monaco-yacht-show-world-premiere
71m Lürssen superyacht Skat arrives at Oceanco for extensive refit: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/lurssen-yacht-skat-refit-at-oceanco
Stefano de Vivo resigns as Ferretti Group chief commercial officer: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/ferretti-group-stefano-de-vivo-resignation-cco
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In this week's podcast, Stewart and Charlotte reflect on the tragic sinking of the 56 metre Perini Bayesian and the news coverage it generated. They look at the way the mainstream media covered the sinking and what the real experts are saying about the incident, which claimed seven lives. Later in the podcast, we examine how the first half of the year shaped up from a brokerage point of view, and bring you details of the refit of 68 metre Aviva and the new 23.2 metre Solle One from Nautor Swan.
LINKS:
Stephen Edwards statement: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/08/27/former-bayesian-captain-offers-insight/
Emilio Azcarraga: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/owners-experiences/emilio-azcarraga-milmo-eco-superyacht
Koru for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/feadship-superyacht-koru-yacht-for-sale
Te Streep for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/te-streep-nv-scheepswerf-1985
Lovebug salvage: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/salvage-removal-lovebug-yacht-capsizes-sinks-chesapeake-bay-maryland-usa
Aviva refit: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/aviva-abeking-rasmussen-yacht-refit-at-palumbo
Solle One: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/nautor-swan-arrow-motor-yacht
H1 results: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/brokerage-yacht-report-h1-q2-2024
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In this special episode of the Big BOAT Interview, Katia speaks to insurance expert Michelle van der Merwe, to find out why 2024 has seen a record 12 superyachts destroyed. Michelle, who works as a superyacht account manager at Pantaenius Yacht Insurance, explains why we might be seeing more accidents and how extreme weather can play a role in the claims process. Touching on Bayesian, the pair discuss how it's usually a number of factors that lead to a yacht ultimately sinking, and Michelle draws on her experience with some high-profile yacht insurance cases in the past.
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/latest-updates-perini-navi-sailing-yacht-sinks-incident-sicily-palermo-mike-lynch
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This week, we sit down with Vassilis Fotilas and Popy Kaia from Fraser Greece to discuss the recent merger of Fraser Greece and Atalanta Golden Yachts, as well as the current state of the Greek charter and sales market. Vassilis and Popy also talk through some recent rule changes that make chartering in Greece easier for foreign-flagged yachts, and why the country is seeing an exponential rise in superyacht visits. The pair also pick out some of their island highlights and explain why Greek captains are the best.
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This week Caroline and Cecile look at a week rife with incidents, including a yacht fire off the coast of Sardinia that resulted in the yacht’s loss, the well publicised slow collision of Lady Moura and Venus, and the sinking of Lovebug in the Chasepeake Bay. They also discuss the recent wrongful-death lawsuit filing by the family of French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, which comes a bit more than a year after the June 2023 Titan submarine tragedy. On more positive news, they talk about Cecile’s recent trip to the Exumas and the strange history of Norman’s Cay, the debut of a secretive new 78-metre yacht by Admiral and Lobanov Design, and highlight a few of many interesting debuts at the Cannes Yachting Festival.
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/heesen-atina-yacht-fire-olbia-italy
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/venus-yacht-crash-naples-italy-lady-moura
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/salvage-removal-lovebug-yacht-capsizes-sinks-chesapeake-bay-maryland-usa
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oceangate-titan-disaster-implosion-lawsuit-latest-news-2023-submarine-submersible
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/admiral-superyacht-platinum-spotted-first-images
https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/yacht-debuts-2024-cannes-yachting-festival
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In this special episode of BOAT Briefing, Gabby Lazaridis, business editor of BOAT International, takes a deep dive into how the superyacht industry has reacted to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. She examines the impact on insurance premiums, the advice of security companies and how cruising patterns are shifting. The team also discuss Sanlorenzo's acquisition of Nautor Swan, and what this could mean for the company.
Sanlorenzo & Swan: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/sanlorenzo-nautor-swan-yacht-acquisition
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