By the time you read this update, we will already have a much clearer vision of how the 36th America’s Cup will play out. With a completely new concept and class of boat, there will be significant disparities between the teams. The Christmas Race, wh

CHEF OR CHAUFFEUR? A chauffeur. I can cook myself SPEED OR STYLE? Style. I drive vintage cars and sailing boats. There’s not much speed in them! HOW MANY WATCHES? Twelve. The most special is an Audemars-Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in titanium

“I t’s always been my dream to be active in the yachting industry,” confesses Prince Bernhard van Oranje, founder of the Loosdrecht-based company Waterdream. The boatbuilding firm has just launched its second model: the 52’ California. “Perhaps given

Antiques can be beautiful; they are nostalgic pieces built to last, and they remind us of more glamorous times with a gentler pace of life. But their age can also make them inefficient, unreliable or in constant need of care. Not so in the case of 50

Look at these pictures and you either get SKAT or you don’t… but you won’t forget her. This yacht has been provoking discussion since her launch in 2002, and as Lürssen sales director Michael Breman notes, nearly 20 years on she is just as unforgetta

The Global Order Book was established in 1992 by ShowBoats International (now BOAT International US Edition) to provide a body of data, updated annually and systematically, that shows the scope of economic activity in the superyacht industry. As the

Wow!’ That’s the common reaction.” Elliot Dixon, from specialist marine integrator Smart, is describing the response to the IMAX cinema on board 93-metre Feadship Lady S, the first IMAX Private Theatre ever to be installed on a superyacht. With its s

Superficially, this year’s Global Order Book (GOB) paints the picture of an industry in robust health, with 821 superyacht projects in build or ordered globally, an increase on last year’s number of 807. However, a dig down into the detail reveals a

Yacht: Dunia Baru Length: 51m Year: 2014 Location: Bali Congratulations on buying Dunia Baru. How long were you looking for a yacht? The process was short. We made one trip up to Bali to look at the phinisis on sale but did not see anything we liked,

Presenting BOAT International’s exclusive edit of the experiences, places and charters to dive into in 2021, curated by Emma Bamford When the clock ticks past midnight on New Year’s Eve, we often harbour fantasies that the incoming year will be diffe

The Jordans are about to head en masse to the Caribbean. I can already smell the sweet Caribbean air and feel the sun on my back. I’ve had to charter another yacht to run alongside Blush because there are so many of us! So I’m incredibly lucky to be

The fifth-largest yacht ever to emerge from the works of German yard Lürssen, Nord started life as Project Redwood, then Opus. Everyone involved in her design and build is remaining tightlipped about the details, but build manager Rob Moran shared so

As the global economy plunges into its deepest recession since the Second World War, and the Covid-19 pandemic places unprecedented restrictions on how people and businesses can work, the superyacht industry has had to adapt rapidly. Second and even

LOA 140m GT 10,167 Builder Lürssen Naval architect Lürssen Exterior designer Espen Øino International Interior designer François Zuretti Marginally shorter, but wider in the beam than Nord, another Lürssen titan launched this year. Scheherazade offer

JEWELLERY SPECIAL Glorious gems and lustrous jewels to put some sparkle into the new year ■

Looking back over Fabio Salmi’s past, it’s as if the Italian designer was destined to become the yacht owner’s jeweller of choice. For one thing, he knows boats – and loves them too. “When I was growing up, my parents had a beautiful 1950s wooden sai

Not just Feadship’s biggest ever build, but the longest superyacht by waterline length to emerge from any Dutch yard, Moonrise features the typically understated and sharp lines of De Voogt. Combined with a generous 15.5-metre beam, she offers great