Feadship marked the opening of the 2021 Monaco Yacht Show by unveiling its latest “Future Concept”. The 81.75m Pure has been made “fully future-compatible” in terms of likely developments over the next decade in propulsion and efficiency. The concept has
This year’s Monaco Yacht Show has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The next show – the 30th – is scheduled to take place in September 2021. The show organiser, Informa Markets, said in a statement: “Over recent weeks,
With the average price of superyachts at the Monaco Yacht Show estimated at €37.8 million, can you afford to take the cyber-security risk? It’s early September 2020. You are easing a superyacht into her narrow berth alongside the industry’s shiniest
Spanish yachting groups are urging the European Commission to challenge the country’s matriculation tax. Pictured is OneOcean Port Vell, Barcelona. The Spanish Superyachts Association (AEGY) and the Spanish Yachting Association (ANEN) are urging the European Commission to oblige Spain to
Should superyacht show organisers polish their act? Captain Iain Flockhart thinks so. With the yacht show season now in full swing and the daddy of them all underway in Monaco, as I pen this article, I want to take a
The billionaires club will have 800 more members by 2023. But how many will invest in superyachts remains unclear. “The rich are very different from you and me,” American novelist Scott Fitzgerald is reputed to have told fellow writer Ernest
The value of the Monaco superyacht fleet was put at at 3.9 billion euros. But will billionaires keep buying superyachts? Billionaires are prospering, particularly in China, the US and Germany, according to Dr Martin Mendes, partner and director, Boston Consulting
Yacht sales ordered by courts should be “free and unencumbered”, the Superyacht Finance Forum was told. Judicial yacht sales should be “free and unencumbered” by historic unpaid debt to avoid uncertainty and “the chaotic situation” that has beset some vessels,
This is the £3.45 billion view from atop the Yacht Club de Monaco, during the show this week. The world’s finest superyachts rode elegantly in harbour waters, while personal submarine craft floated under them. Above, yacht-capable helicopters whizzed through azure skies.
The Monaco Yacht Show featured 125 vessels; the event’s biggest ever superyacht fleet. The drive towards greener, more-sustainable, superyachts leads the list of four top trends characterising the luxury yachting sector, according to the organisers of the Monaco Yacht Show.
