BOAT Briefing

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By: BOAT International

BOAT International's Editor-in-Chief presents the latest news from the world of superyachts with exclusive interviews, breaking stories and behind-the-scenes access.

BOAT Briefing: winners of the World Superyacht Awards revealed!
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Join Katia and Stewart are 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


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Big BOAT Interview: Dan Mundy on the launch of Ocean Alexander’s new series Puro
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04/30/2024

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.


BOAT Briefing: Adventures in Australia, New Zealand, St Barths, Poland – and the North West Passage!
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04/25/2024

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.<...


Big BOAT Interview: The man creating work-of-art wood carvings for superyachts
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04/19/2024

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... 


The Big BOAT Interview - The man creating work-of-art wood carvings for superyachts
#206
04/19/2024

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...

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Big BOAT Interview: A shocking murder, a wildlife sanctuary and a superyacht on a mission
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04/12/2024

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. 

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BOAT Briefing: The most expensive yachts on the market, the joy of involved owners and a whirlwind trip to Italy
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04/05/2024

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...


BOAT Briefing: The most expensive yachts on the market, the joy of involved owners and a whirlwind trip to Italy
#204
04/05/2024


BOAT Briefing: The boats that caught our eye at the Palm Beach show and St Barths Bucket, plus an exciting $30million shipyard expansion
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04/01/2024

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.


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BOAT Briefing: Stars of the St Barths Bucket, Werner Herzog-inspired interiors and the Palm Beach show in numbers
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03/21/2024

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.

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