BOAT Briefing

In this week's Big BOAT Interview, Stewart sits down with Canadian filmmaker James Cameron, the director of three of the highest-grossing films of all time: Titanic, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water. The pair discuss Cameron's love of exploration, why he decided to put his money where his mouth is by investing in Triton Submarines alongside hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio, and what it was like to see the wreck of the Titanic looming out of the deep for the very first time. In 2012, Cameron became the first person to make a solo dive to Challenger Deep, the deepest point in any ocean, and talks about what it was like to be more distant from the rest of humanity than anyone else on earth. The filmmaker has lots more to discover in the deep sea, especially around hydrothermal vents, which he says is like "going to another planet".

In this week's Big BOAT Interview, Stewart sits down with Mark Cavendish, CCO of Heesen Yachts. The pair discuss the recent launch of the yard's largest steel boat to date, 67m Sparta, and look back at some of the most famous ever Heesen boats, including 50-knot Octopussy. Mark also shares his reflections on the nascent superyacht industry he joined back in the 1980s (including communicating via Telex!), and how much the whole business has changed in the following four decades. Don't miss this wide-ranging discussion with one of the superyacht industry's best-known players. BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions Contact us: podcast@boatinternationalmedia.com

In this week's Big BOAT Interview, Caroline White speaks to three owners about their extraordinary experiences crossing the Atlantic: Nina Vibe Peterson, owner of 54-metre Perini Navi Parsifal Ill and 52m Alloy Q; as well as Ilia Riga and her daughter Nepheli, who own the 50-metre Perini Navi Almyra II. They explain why they did it, what they got out of it and what lessons they learned about how to do it right. BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions Contact us: podcast@boatinternationalmedia.com

In this week’s BOAT Briefing Stewart is fresh off an airplane from America, after hosting BOAT's inaugural Summer Party in the Hamptons. He is joined by Sophia to discuss his first visit to Shelter Island and why he is a fan of superyacht parties without jackets. The pair also look ahead to the provisional line up of new superyachts attending this year’s Monaco Yacht Show and talk about the High Court upholding the 2022 arrest of 58-metre Phi. In the news this week is Feadship new build Project 825, the auction of the contents of Sarafsa and a Palmer Johnson being scuttled to make an artificial reef. The data this week looks at the brokerage numbers from the first half 2023.   LINKS: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/new-yachts-monaco-yacht-show-2023 https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/superyacht-phi-arrest-rejected https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/76m-feadship-project-825 https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/82m-yacht-pure-contents-sold https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/palmer-johnson-yacht-time-scuttled https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/h1-q2-2023-superyacht-brokerage-report BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions Contact us: podcast@boatinternationalmedia.com

In his first public comments since the OceanGate sub implosion, which saw five people lose their lives on the descent to the Titanic, Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, reflects on what went wrong – and why he saw it coming. He is joined in the interview by Rob McCallum, co-founder of EYOS Expeditions, who spoke directly to Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate, about the dangers of diving in his Titan submersible. The pair remember their friend Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who lost his life in the incident, and discuss why the OceanGate submersible was an accident waiting to happen. Patrick and Rob also stress the importance of third-party certification, and why, when done right, exploring the deep sea is far safer than getting in your car each morning. BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions Contact us: podcast@boatinternationalmedia.com

In this week’s BOAT Briefing, Sophia is joined by Online Yachts Editor Katia Damborsky to discuss recent trips to Monaco. Sophia was in the Principality to host a roundtable event, in partnership with Cookson Adventures, while Katia was reporting on the engineering prowess of students at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge. In the news is an exclusive scoop by Katia on a new-build CRN 70-metre called Project Thunderball, as well as Gunboat’s red-hulled maxi-cat, Baltic’s futuristic foil-assisted Raven, and 111.8-metre Renaissance on sea trials. The data this week looks at June’s brokerage figures, which saw the market normalise after a record-breaking May. https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/monaco-energy-boat-challenge-10th-edition https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/70m-crn-superyacht-thunderball https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/gunboat-80-highland-fling-catamaran https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/baltic-111-raven-sailing-yacht https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/freire-nb274-explorer https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/brokerage-report-june-2023

In this week’s Big BOAT Interview, Lucy Dunn sits down with Bobby Genovese and his fiancée Dee Dee Taylor Eustace. Bobby and Dee Dee are both successful businesspeople in their own right: Bobby, a venture capitalist and Dee Dee, a trained architect and interior designer. Where they come together is their love of yacht design - which takes the form of the classic 48m Feadship BG Charade and 3 other boats in Bobby’s portfolio. But for a serial yacht owner passionate about the ocean are three yachts ever enough? We discuss what’s next on the shopping list for this ocean-loving power couple. Links BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro  Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions  Contact us: podcast@boatinternationalmedia.com

In this exclusive interview with BOAT International’s Sophia Wilson, which is available to be listened to in full through Apple podcasts and Spotify, Trowbridge and Keeling talk through their path to success and growth in the superyacht industry. In this exclusive interview with BOAT International’s Sophia Wilson, which is available to be listened to in full through Apple podcasts and Spotify, DKT’s Artwork's co-founders Sean Trowbridge and Steve Keeling talk through their path to success and growth in the superyacht industry. They also reveal why they have made the decision to transform the company into an Employee Ownership Trust. 

On this week's BOAT Briefing, Stewart is joined by online editor Holly Overton (reigning BOAT International table tennis champion). The pair look at the best travelled superyachts so far in 2023, five classics that are in dire need of rescue and why all aspiring yacht designers should take part in the Young Designer of the Year competition. In the news is the launch of 50-metre Danzante Bay, the new flagship from Crescent Custom Yachts, the latest in the ongoing Alfa Nero sale saga, and the delivery of 109-metre Oceanco Seven Seas. In our data story, and in honour of BOAT's 40th birthday, we wind the clock back and compare superyachts delivered in 1983 with those coming out of shipyards today. LINKS: Young Designer of the Year: https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/young-designer-of-the-year-award/feadship-official-sponsor-young-designer-of-the-year Dockwalk Salary Survey: https://www.dockwalk.com/jobs/salary-guide/2023-dockwalk-salary-survey-launches Best travelled boats: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/most-travelled-boats-of-2023 Yachts in need of rescue: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/yachts-in-need-of-rescue Danzante Bay: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/danzante-bay-crescent-yacht-flagship Alfa Nero update: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/alfa-nero-yacht-antigua-auction-delayed Seven Seas delivered: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/oceanco-seven-seas-delivered BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions Contact us: podcast@boatinternationalmedia.com

In this week's episode of BOAT Briefing, Stewart is joined by Katia Damborsky, aka theyachtwriter, to discuss residential ship The World, the impact of the OceanGate disaster on the world of deep sea exploration, and the miraculous rescue of a man lost at sea by the Feadship W. In the news is the launch of the 47.5 metre Sanlorenzo Para Bellum, the sea trials of Feadship's 84.2 metre Obsidian and the new fastest superyacht in the world, the Bolide 80. The Bolide also inspires our data section, where we look at the speediest superyachts on the waves. W rescue: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/w-yacht-rescue-malaga Dockwalk Salary Survey:https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/dockwalk-salary-survey-2023 Melody for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/42m-sailing-yacht-melody-listed-for-sale Kamalaya for sale: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/kamalaya-amels-2013 Obsidian: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-710-superyacht-obsidian Para Bellum: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/sanlorenzo-500exp-para-bellum-launch Bolide 80: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/bolide-80-victory-design BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions Contact us: podcast@boatinternationalmedia.com