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boatinternational.com/podcasts You would expect, walking onto a 46.5-metre catamaran packing a 17-metre beam, for the master cabin to be a vast, sweeping space, occupying the forward third of the main deck, with hand-knotted silk carpet for days and a bathroom you could dance around. Not so ArtExplorer. The world's largest sailing catamaran's premier suite is modest; largesse was left at the dock. Every spare cubic centimetre has been dedicated to a vast, sweeping main saloon instead, which doubles as the world's coolest exhibition space. I first learned of this superyacht-cum-gallery project a few years ago. Its owner, Frédéric Jousset, earnestly told me he wanted to redefine the cultural experience for communities all over the globe. It was quite a pitch, but one he's followed through on with aplomb. At its…

Marble marvel Lürssen has kept the new Kismet close to its chest, but as this 122-metre joins the charter market, she's revealing her spectacular interior Expectations for the interior of the new Kismet (ex- Project Jag) were high – if her 95-metre predecessor (formerly Kismet, now Whisper) was anything to go by, the new yacht would be dramatic. Reymond Langton Design was brought back into go even bigger, and the result is a marble-clad lobby flanked by fireplaces, a cinema suite with box seats that looks out over the Ocean and a Balinese-inspired spa with a waterfall shower and chromotherapy bathtub. There's even a juiie bar where guests can cool down after a sauna session. All of this is available for €3,000,000 per week via Cecil Wright. Her delivery is…

Bentley Home Cleverly crafted from paper pulp with a finish that perfectly replicates gleaming black marble, Federico Peri's Thames coffee table is created from “paper marble” for Bentley Home, in collaboration with innovative Italian company Paper Factor. The quintessential car marque's interiors collection is overseen by creative director Monique Zappalà, with strong lines, curves and contoured shapes paying homage to the iconic vehicles themselves. luxurylivinggroup.com Mono Skincare Inspired by the fact that 75 per cent of consumers don't finish cosmetic bottles, Mono's idea of “fill, use, repeat” offers a unique science-backed routine where you add a tablet to water into a refillable bottle to create the ideal formula to cleanse, tone and moisturise. All ingredients are natural, organic and clean – and rather than shipping water-based products all over the…

R24.5 MILLION Set on a private estate near Knysna on South Africa's Western Cape, this four-bedroom home is powered by a combination of wind and solar power, and also has a heat pump. The property is set between the Outeniqua Mountains and the coast, and its swimming pool in the garden is also solar powered, savills.com POA This off-grid Caribbean house is powered by solar panels and a generator, and water is supplied by underground water tanks. The villa overlooks St Barth's Petit Cul de Sac beach, perfect for snorkelling, and the sixbedroom home also has a pool within its 5,600m2 gardens. sibarthrealestate.com €6 MILLION A dramatic grand design of a house set on the rugged Howth Peninsula, just north of Dublin Ireland, with panoramic views of Lambay Island and…

OWNERS’ CLUB ON BOARD WITH Today, La Perla owner Luka Bubalo is a man of many interests. He loves cycling, basketball, running, skiing, surfing, Nordic walking… and if all that sounds implausibly healthy, he's also got a soft spot for an exceptional bottle of red. It wasn't always thus. At one stage, “I was a very boring guy!” he laughs, in his typical self-effacing manner. While his university friends were out flirting, drinking and partying, “all I wanted to do was talk about yachts”, he recalls. “Whenever I had a gap between exams I was down at the marina.” Bubalo grewup in the historic town of Split, the largest coastal city in Croatia, whose centre is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site. Living so close to the country's famously beautiful waters,…

Craig Lamm, owner of 12 classic yachts I bought my first boat, a 19614.9-metre runabout (pictured below) with my $800 bar mitzvah money. My second boat, at 15, was a 5.5-metre with a cuddy cabin. In those days all sons of boat owners washed boats for cash -1 built up a business with 75 customers. All I ever wanted in life was to have a Burger; I was raised to believe that Burger was the Rolls-Royce of US-made boats. I was in my early fifties when I bought my first – a 1986 26.5metre custom houseboat-style – it signified to me I had made it. My next was a 1974 23-metre with the same silhouette that I pined over when I was 17 (pictured below). I'm told I am the…

Two years ago, BOAT International published an article predicting the dawn of the mega multihull age. A wealth of ambitious concepts and a fattening order book at the smaller end of the market made it look as if a new wave was coming. Back then, we counted 29 in-build multihulls over 24 metres. That wave still hasn't quite broken, with the largest of those projects not yet delivered, but today there are 72 big multis on the order books. “As designers, we naturally spot trends very early on,” says Tim Ulrich of beiderbeck designs, which is emerging as an expert on large multihulls. “For three or four years, large catamarans have been making up a significant part of new inquiries, or are at least being discussed as an alternative.” Superyacht…

The multihull market is booming – or so we keep being told – but it's not often you see a conventional sport boat builder re-evaluate its decades-old approach to business and put a second hull on a new model. Actually, that may be underselling Prestige Yachts, because the M8 is so thoughtfully designed, you'd swear the yard was a pedigree catamaran builder. The design team went into the preliminary sketches with a motto in mind. “The king of the boat is always the owner,” says Camillo Garroni of Garroni Design, which has long collaborated with Groupe Beneteau, Prestige's parent company. He looks at the boat he designed as a luxury toy that should be able to comfortably compete with an owner's bells-and-whistles shoreside residence. Translating that ethos into a slender…

WINNER Christopher M Free OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, FOR AN INITIATIVE TO PREVENT HUMPBACK WHALES FROM BECOMING ENTANGLED IN FISHING GEAR What was the problem? Pot- or trap-caught Dungeness crabs are not just a delicacy in the US, but comparatively abundant along the Pacific Coast. In Washington state, $64.6 million-worth (£52.4m) were landing during the 2022/2023 season. And they account for more than a quarter of revenues in California's $200 million commercial fishing industry. But increasingly, humpback whales and sea turtles are becoming entangled in the fishing gear used to catch them, specifically the lines that connect traps on the ocean bed with buoys on the surface. This has led to calls for new regulations and even the closure of fishing zones, which would…

Best by Boat Simon Ward basks in Ionian splendour away from the madding crowds at Porto Zante Villas & Spa,Zakynthos The island of Zakynthos may have become Greece's premier party destination under its nom de guerre of Zante, but this enclave carved into the cliffs is a different world from the foam parties taking place a couple of miles along the road. Down an unsignposted path among the olive groves, Porto Zante is a boutique paradise offering a high-luxury home away from home. It opened its doors 20 years ago as a single-property premises and now spans nine villas, unobtrusively tucked away amid lush grounds. The residences offer all the comforts one could wish for: Armani/Casa furniture, Bang & Olufsen televisions and speakers, Ralph Lauren robes and fridges stocked with…

VOYAGE Keys to Mexico Mexican hotel brand Namron has unveiled Bespoke, a collection of 22 new luxury residences on the golden beach of Tankah Bay, 16 kilometres north of Tulum on the Riviera Maya. Blending its barefoot beach hotel concept with private homes, the properties (with one to four bedrooms) are surrounded by lush jungle and connected to a beach club, restaurant and spa. thebespoke.com Secrets of the Cyclades Perched on the cliffs of Folegandros, the dramatic Cycladic Island next to Santorini, the Gundari Hotel has opened its doors. Spread across 32 hectares of untouched land, the elegant property embodies the island's rustic aesthetic, gundari.com Exclusively online Dreaming of Santorini? Discover how to avoid the crowds with our definitive guide to navigating Santorini by superyacht: boatinternational.com/charter Dive in The mother/daughter…

Claire Wrathall Based in London, Claire writes for the Financial Times among other publications. She has been interviewing the winners of the Ocean Awards since their inception nine years ago (page 115). Which winner stood out to you? The Colombian research scientist Diego Cardenosa. He's developed a quick and easy PCR test that can identify shark species from a tiny fragment of dried cartilage. He stands to make a real difference in enabling law enforcers to crack down on the trade in meat from endangered sharks What surprised you the most about this year's awards? The great initiatives that didn't make the final cut. The Great Bubble Barrier, for example, is a Dutch invention that pumps air into waterways to create screens of bubbles that guide plastic waste into a…

MUCHOS MAS $24,499,000 Designed by Jonathan Quinn Barnett, this 44m 491GT Crescent Custom Yacht features naval architecture by Jack Sarin. Price has been dropped by $4,000,000 by Burgess. PREDATOR €69,000,000 Designed and engineered by Feadship De Voogt, this reverse-bow 73m contains a Bannenberg & Rowell interior. She is in Turkey with €10,000,000 knocked off by SuperYachtsMonaco. SEA HUNTRESS €26,750,000 Delivered by Feadship in 1997 and refitted in 2020, this 55m Terence Disdale design has been reduced by €3,000,000 by Camper & Nicholsons. A soon-tobe classic. SEAGULL MRD €27,900,000 A €1,100,000 price drop was made by IYC on this 50m Benetti, delivered in 2020 to in-house designs. The 499GT yacht has a top speed of 16 knots and a colourful interior. RUYA €15,750,000 Burgess has taken €2,245,000 off the price of…

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BOAT LIFE South Africa is home to some of the world's most luxurious and exclusive safari lodges – so much so, that you might think you've see it all. Enter the newly refurbished Phinda Forest Lodge front experiential enterprise &Beyond, which thoughtfully integrates luxurious surroundings within the heart of the forests and plains of KwaZulu-Natal. A four-hour drive north front Durban, Phinda Private Game Reserve is the setting for the Phinda Forest Lodge. Sitting on the eastern side of the municipality of Zululand, on the 30,000 hectares of the Munyawana Conservancy, it has a unique “sand forest” ecosystem that can be found only here, in parts of the Amazon basin and in Malaysia. It's believed to have been formed front fragments of coastal dunes that were separated front the ocean…

MAY DAVID MORRIS Heading to the South of France this summer? Now's the time to update your jewellery collection, and David Morris's newly launched Riviera offering is just the ticket. Check out the full range in boutiques in London, Paris and Dubai. davidmorris.com 14 - 25 MAY THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL As always, the summer season in the South of France kicks off at Cannes, where much anticipated films from the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and David Cronenberg will première. Not to be missed is the AmfAR Gala on the 23rd, with a live auction by Simon de Pury, a fashion show curated by Carine Roitfeld and an appearance by Cher. festival-cannes.com 20 MAY-9 JUNE THE FRENCH OPEN, PARIS Tennis greats and younger upstarts will take to the courts…

The island: Vis “I love the atmosphere here. Everywhere you go you can smell the citrus scent of lemon trees and the salty sea air, and the area is famous for its excellent fishermen, so you can eat delicious fresh seafood, but still dress down in a casual white shirt and jeans – that's enough here.” The restaurant: LD Restaurant, Korčula “This is a beautiful Michelinstarred place with tables overlooking the sea. You need to book because it's not so big but you'll find excellent wines and olive oil here. It's very romantic and has a lot of charm.” The store: Karla, Split “This is one of my wife's stores, but it's a great place to shop for women's shoes and handbags. They have stock from all over the world,…

BOAT|ACA Artistry & Craft Awards Superyachts are beacons of innovation, pushing the boundaries of design and engineering as we know it. But just as importandy, they're also shining examples of exceptional and meticulous artisanship; work often masterminded at small studios and workshops by talented craftspeople working behind the scenes. Our Artistry and Craft Awards (BACA) aims to showcase this incredible work. Entries can be anything big or small, standalone or integrated, as long as they are handcrafted and bespoke to the yacht: from vases, artworks and sculptures to furniture, wall panels, door treatments, staircases, and more. If you have worked on, or have commissioned something for a yacht that you believe is worthy of an accolade, enter below. Winners will be announced at the Superyacht Design Festival, 2-4 February 2025,…

LOA 1OOm Beam 32m Power 4MW diesel / methanol Top speed 20 knots Guests 16 + 36 crew bd249 In the race to launch the world's first truly giga-scale multihull, Germany's Beiderbeck has emerged with a mind-boggling concept for an experienced owner. It measures up at the 100-metre mark, making it one of the biggest ever imagined, and was on the cusp of build before the owner pulled out. The concept has five main accommodation decks and an outdoor acreage you could play team sports on. She has been designed to sail using three big free-standing Dynarig masts, whose 2,760 square metres of sail can be set and furled at the touch of a button. A whopping 4MW of diesel/methanol propulsion could shift the yacht at 20 knots. At a…

CATAMARAN SPECIAL Khalilah Recently refitted, this Palmer Johnson is a real head-turner, with her trimaran hull form and carbon fibre build giving her a top speed of 24 knots. LOA 49.5m Beam 10.8m Power 2 X 2,600hp MTU Price €22,9m fraseryachts.com This Is It There's a second chance now to become the owner of this astonishing Tecnomar catamaran, which looks like nothing else out there. She puts her great volume to fantastic use, with a huge master suite and 600 square metres of glazing. She's also for charter. LOA 43.5m Beam 14.5m Power 2 x MTU 16V 2000 Price POA Charter from €450,000p/w iyc.com Serenity 72 Up to 21 knots under power, with five cabins and lots of space inside and out. She's engineered and ready to go for delivery…

“DNA is the ultimate forensic evidence. Such an easy protocol can really help us combat wildlife crimes” WINNER Diego Cardeñosa OF FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY'S GLOBAL FORENSIC AND JUSTICE CENTER, FOR HIS WORK IN USING DNA ANALYSIS TO COMBAT THE TRADE IN PROTECTED SHARK FINS How big is the trade in shark fins? According to the Shark Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, up to 100 million sharks are killed annually for their fins. And just how serious a threat to sharks is that? “It's the ultimate threat” to the existence of some species, says Diego Cardeñosa, a researcher and post-doctoral associate at Florida International University in Miami. What's being done about it? Since 2014, more than 140 species of sharks and rays have been included in Appendix II of the…

GLOBAL WINNER Solomon Pili Kaho'ohalahala LĀNA'I, HAWAII Who is he? A former councillor and member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, Solomon Pili Kaho'ohalahala, 73, is descended from seven generations of Polynesian ocean voyagers and has dedicated his life to protecting what has long been his family's – and homeland's – lifeblood. A former chair of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, he is currently the Native Hawaiian Elder representative on the advisory council of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. And what's that? An area of more than 1.5 million square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean, encompassing 10 islands and atolls in the north-western Hawaiian islands that was originally granted national-monument status by President George W Bush in 2006. Uncle Sol, as Kaho'ohalahala is widely known,…

On a sunny Saturday morning in July 2019, Marnix Hoekstra arrived at the Yacht Club de Monaco with little idea why he was actually there. “Come and meet a group of people,” Dennis Frederiksen from Fraser had told the co-creative director at Dutch studio Vripack.“You won't regret it.” Frederiksen, a broker who has sold £1 billion of boats in a 40-year career, is a meeting worth taking for any superyacht designer, no matter how cryptic the brief. The group Hoekstra would see was Foundation Zero, a set of impact investors whose headline ambition was to create the world's first fossil-fuel-free superyacht: no combustion engine, no fuel tanks. But it would be as much about the journey to get there as the finished project: outside-the-box solutions; brave experiments; new (and expensive)…

VOYAGE As the traditional noren curtains slide over my shoulders and I step onto the padded floors of Harijyu, a small restaurant hidden in bustling Dōtonbori in Osaka – Japan's food-obsessed city – it strikes me that I have no idea what to do next. I look to the maître d', who hands me a pair of leather slippers before leading us to a private room with a low-set table stacked with unfamiliar vegetables. For years, I've prided myself on an ability to navigate restaurant scenes around the world with an air of confidence, but here, in a small restaurant in Japan, I've been rumbled. I look to the maître d', who hands me a pair of leather slippers before leading us to a private room with a low table…

Day One Start your journey oil board 60 -metre Formosa in the harbour of St George's, a town whose historic significance has earned it the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spend the afternoon getting acquainted with the yacht and kick off your trip by watching chief stew Nicole Temblett create the yacht's signature cocktail, the Formosa Margarita. Day Two Cruise over to the Castle Harbour and soak up the breathtaking views of the surrounding fortifications. Its sheltered, crystalline waters, immaculate beaches and craggy coves make it an ideal spot for getting out the Seabobs to explore the vibrant coral reefs and colourful marine life. The sheltered, calm waters make it an ideal spot for getting out the Seabobs Day Three For keen anglers, a trip seven nautical miles…

NEW SECRET €109,000,000 This 74m Tim Heywood design was built in 2017 by Amels with an interior by Winch Design. Her 1,790GT volume boasts a full-beam spa and a 180m2 aft deck. For sale with Burgess. GLOBAL €79,000,000 This 74m Lürssen, designed by Espen ∅ino with interiors by Reymond Langton, is for sale with IYC. Built in 2007 and refitted in 2024, she has a helicopter deck and an expansive beach club. DAR €208,000,000 Designed by Luiz De Basto, this 2018 90m Oceanco is listed with Large Yacht Corp. Her 2,962GT interior is by Nuvolari Lenard and a six-person lift serves all decks, one for the owner. FRIENDSHIP €14,750,000 Delivered by Oceanco in 2000, this 53m is for sale with Merle Wood & Associates and Camberley International. Refitted in 2022,…

“The party was magical — a very special evening. This is one of our favourite events of the year” HELEN PORTER With special thanks to Bermuda Tourism Authority, ABASK, Carla Guilhem Design and Ocean Alexander…

Deborah Pocock LVO, CEO of QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) Deborah Pocock is passionate about ensuring opportunity and access to craft skilis training, regardless of circumstance. QEST champions excellence in British craftsmanship by funding the education of aspiring artisans. Since 1990, it has awarded almost £5.5 million to 700 makers working in a range of craft skills. QEST also provides its alumni with business skills development and opportunities for exhibitions, collaborations and commissions through its extensive network. Adrian Sassoon, art dealer, art collector and writer Adrian Sassoon is the leading UK dealer in contemporary works of art – ceramics, glass, silver, gold, lacquer and hardstone objects. His other field is French 18th-century works of art, primarily in the royal porcelain factory of Vincennes and Sdvres, and he has a deep…

NEW LAGOON 8X ON THE WAY There is water-cooler talk at Lagoon of plans to launch a new flagship inthe24m range this summer. There is already a 20-metrE and a 23-metre in the catamaran builder's Premium segment. Perhaps a 26-metre is the next logical step? SHADOWCAT'S SUPPORT SOLUTION Support catamaran builder Shadcwcat is planning to launch a new sub-500GT solution informally dubbed “toybox 2.0”. The concept has been developed with A-Z equipment supplier National Marine Suppliers. BLUEGAME TAKES TO THE AIR Luca Santella,the inquiring mind behind Sanlorenzo's innovative Bluegame brand, has revealed plans to build a new foiling catamaran line based on America's Cup technology. These “BGF” boats will be fast, open and efficient. ECHO YACHTS BREAKS RECORD Australian builder Echo Yachts has announced a contract to build the world's…

WINNER Kura Paul-Burke PROFESSOR OF MARINE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO, NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE SHELLFISH POPULATION, OHIWA HARBOUR What was the issue? “In 2007, there were 112 million baby kuku (mussels) in a continuous two-kilometre reef,” says Kura Paul-Burke. Twelve years on, there were fewer than 80,000 in the entire harbour. “Something was eating them out of existence.” How did she discover this catastrophe? Diving in Ōhiwa Harbour one day she spotted a patch of brilliant orange on the otherwise murky ocean floor and swam towards it. Up close, she saw it was composed of tens of thousands of 11-armed pātangaroa (reef stars), a predatory species of starfish. Around them lay the empty shells of green-lipped mussels. “In a healthy, balanced ecosystem, you'd expect to…

WINNER Oceanósfera FOR ENCOURAGING A NEW GENERATION OF MARINE ENTHUSIASTS AND PROTECTORS IN CHILE What is it? A not-for-profit outreach organisation “with a mission to educate and inspire people to care for the ocean and its biodiversity”, says Carolina J. Zagal, one of the three co-founders, along with Carla Christie and Consuelo Hermosilla. “We firmly believe that education and contact with nature is the way to generate change.” And what does it do? It teaches young people, particularly in rural coastal communities, about Chile's 6,435-kilometre-long Pacific coastline, the ocean and marine biodiversity. “We want today's kids to enjoy nature and have access to information about the sea life they observe,” Zagal says. “Children can be our greatest teachers and they are the future decision-makers.” Where did the idea come from?…

WINNERS FOR THE BAN ON THE FISHING OF SAND EELS IN THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH WATERS OF THE NORTH SEA Why do sand eels need protecting? Sand eels, which aren't eels at all and are properly known as sand lances, are an important food source for seabirds, specially puffins, kittiwakes, guillemots, shags and Arctic terns, as well as for marine mammals such as harbour porpoises, seals and minke whales and fish such as haddock and whiting. Do we eat them too? No. They're plankton feeders with substantial fat reserves, which makes them pretty unpalatable. But that didn't stop us fishing them. In 2021, for example, 446,765 tonnes – about 11 billion individual sand eels – were caught in British waters. What for? Pet foods, fertiliser and livestock and salmon feed,…