Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2025 i Boat International US Edition

boatinternational.com/podcasts boatinternational @boatint @boatinternational boatinternational @boatinternational boatinternational BOAT International Media Predictions (or forecasts) are fraught with risk, yet we don't seem to be able to resist them. With a new year and a new presidential cycle in the US (with global implications), in this issue we examine the state of the yachting industry. Of late, I have found in my inbox messages from brokerage houses seeking to draw attention to their listings by taunting "price reduction," "major price reduction," "strong price reduction," and the more optimistically worded "price improvement." These messages disappeared several months into the Covid-19 pandemic. There was no need for price cuts; builders and brokers could not keep them. The years following a peak of activity and price increases outside of any norms have seen a market…

SEA BIKE The full-carbon frame is manufactured by a carbon bike maker, giving lightweight strength, while two drop-stitch inflatable sponsons balance it out. Steering is via a rudder controlled with the handlebars, and the drivetrain is in robust aluminum. The Sea Bike folds down easily for stowage and weighs 53 pounds. $3,980, seabike-international.com KAICYCLES MAX This Spanish startup aims to convert people to emissions-free mobility on the water. Its Max model is built on two inflatable PVC sponsons and weighs 73 pounds all-in. Speeds of 6mph are possible using pedal power, or more with an optional 1.3kW electric waterjet capsule. $4,288, kaicycles.com JETCYCLE MAX Foil clear of the water at speeds up to 12mph with the Jetcycle, which puts you in a laid-back and ergonomically satisfying seating position. The propeller…

The re-election of Donald Trump is expected to boost the global superyacht industry after a slowdown in 2024. Trump returns to the White House in 2025 with strong mandates for tax cuts and deregulation, although there are serious concerns over the impact of his planned tariff hikes on the global economy. “With the election finally over and with Trump returning to office, we have already seen a shift in the financial markets. I have had multiple clients reach out to me explaining they are confident moving forward in the sales process,” Denison yacht broker Alex Clarke says. “The US Federal Reserve will most likely continue to cut interest rates through 2025, which will be an added boost, so I’m confident that the coming year will see a major increase in…

LONDON, £39.5 MILLION A penthouse at The Whiteley, a new conversion of a historic department store in Bayswater, this five-bedroom apartment has a 4,400-square-foot terrace, thought to be the largest in London. The on-site Six Senses hotel provides everything from pet care to wellness treatments, savills.co.uk NEW YORK CITY, $105 MILLION This six-bedroom penthouse is one of the most expensive ever listed in the Big Apple and is the crowning glory of a 1,394ft skyscraper at 432 Park Avenue. The 96th-f loor home measures 8,256 square feet, comes with a library and has spectacular views over Manhattan, elliman.com HONG KONG, HKD600 MILLION Set on a hillside at The Peak, this helical building was designed by architect Frank Gehry. The openplan five-bedrocm penthouse measures 5,382 square feet, and the 1,507-square-foot roof…

For more information about joining our exclusive community of owners, email ownersclub@boatinternationalmedia.com THIS MONTH: from shipping to superyachting with Nikolas Pateras / sustainability efforts on Seahawk / Cheryl Drury’s life under sail Official partner of the Owners’ Club…

LOA 336' 7" GROSS TONNAGE 2.999GT BUILDER Feadship EXTERIOR & INTERIOR DESIGN Sinet Yacht Architecture & Design Glass is always a dominant part of Feadship yacht designs, but Ulysses takes the material to new heights. Its top three decks seem to float on walls of glass, accounting for a large part of the nearly 12,000 square feet used in the exterior alone. Feadship says this includes no fewer than 20 sliding doors and 12 windbreak panels. Other superlatives associated with Ulysses include its four exterior hot tubs and eight hull doors, one of which spans almost 50ft — the largest ever installed on a Feadship. The pool fills the entire height of the main deck and is accessible from the dedicated pool deck above. There is a touch-and-go helideck on…

YOU’RE GREETED WITH A GENTLE SYMPHONY OF DELICATE COLORS, EARTHY MATERIALS AND SOFT LIGHT There's nothing too crazy about a Custom Line. When the market demanded a 164ft model built in metal, Custom Line took a long look at what the competition was doing and determined that whipping out flashy new features and piling on the latest trends wasn’t the way to go. In fact, the Ferretti Group brand went the opposite way. “What’s the one feature that nobody else has on a yacht of this size?” the sales team asked. The designers answered with a fulldeck owner’s apartment complete with its own terrace, which is privately accessed and not overlooked. Other features, such as an expansive yet well-organized sundeck, juiced-up crew quarters and an efficiency-optimized hull have come together…

As you walk down the waterfront of Genoa's Marina Porto Antico, the ornate facade of Palazzo Durazzo may not be obvious. The yellow building is knitted inconspicuously into Genoa’s 17th-century cityscape, yet it was once one of the most important buildings on the waterfront. As you step through the vast iron doors into a great hall, with its high ceilings and crimsoncarpeted stone steps, its significance becomes obvious. The Palazzo Durazzo was commissioned four centuries ago by the powerful Durazzo family to serve as an official guest house of the Genoese state. It has reopened as a hotel following a seven-year restoration by the same family. Palazzo Durazzo’s magnificently restored splendor reveals itself in 12 suites with frescoed ceilings, antique and contemporary furniture and original architectural features, including a gilded…

Rebecca Baldridge Rebecca has spent more than 20 years in finance, but also writes about investing, luxury travel, polo and other upmarket topics. For this issue, she educates us on the what, where and when of polo (page 52). How did you get into polo? I began playing polo at the Moscow Polo Club in Russia 15 years ago when I worked in emerging markets banking. Despite living in Russia, I learned to play with Argentine professionals Do you have a favorite team? I have favorite players, since professional players may not always play for the same team every season. Naturally, I love Adolfo Cambiaso, generally considered the greatest player in the history of the game, as well as Facundo Pieres and Hilario Ulloa If you hadn’t gone into finance…

G3 €14,750,000 Omega Architects designed the 144ft Heesen, built in 2008 and refitted in 2022. Burgess points out that her formal dining area was moved to open onto the aft deck. ONE €172,500,000 The 246ft Feadship by Studio De Voogt is due for delivery in early 2025 and listed with Edmiston and Feadship Resale. The Gilles & Boissier interior has two master suites. AXIS $17,500,000 The 2016 180ft Damen support vessel sports a helicopter hangar and submarine garage (Triton submarine not included). Edmiston says she is half the cost of a new build. HEMISPHERE €46,000,000 Michael Leach Design created the interior of this 145ft Pendennis multihull, designed by VPLP. Burgess enthuses about her deck space and views from her flybridge Jacuzzi. CARPE DIEM $32,500,000 The 2011 191ft Trinity is on…

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Nikolas Pateras begins our interview with an apology. "I'm sorry, I came straight from the yacht, so I haven't shaved for two weeks. I look like a pirate!" he laughs. I wouldn't have expected anything less from the Greek shipping magnate and serial superyacht owner, who currently owns 214ft motor yacht Adamas V and 107ft sailing yacht Wally B. Pateras has owned no fewer than eight superyachts in the past and has a penchant for one-of-a-kind boats. Adamas V was originally built as Al Menwar for the Emir of Qatar and was then bought by a Spanish hotel tycoon, who circumnavigated the globe on her with his family. Pateras recalls seeing her in Greece as a youngster and being fascinated, even then, by her unusual appearance. He previously owned Adamas,…

The coral reefs and light blues hint that we are near Bermuda. As if on cue, the airplane takes a sharp turn to reveal a thin arc of dark earth amid the aquamarine sea. After the tell-tale squeak of tires on tarmac, I activate my phone. "Welcome to the Caribbean," my carrier's message reads. "How wrong you are," I think. This may be the most common misconception about Bermuda. It isn't the Caribbean at all. It's located in the North Atlantic, near the Sargasso Sea, about 750 miles east of North Carolina. It is politically part of the UK (as a British Overseas Territory), which accounts for daily direct flights from London and several US airports. Another misconception is that it is an atoll - a ring-shaped island formed of…

Where is it? The whitewashed walls of Jumeirah Mallorca are perched high atop a cliff on the island’s quiet north-west shore. Why the hype? Views stretch across the sea in one direction and against the backdrop of the UNESCO Heritage Serra de Tramuntana mountain range in the other. Watch the sun dip below the horizon while enjoying Japanese-Peruvian fusion and a DJ soundtrack at the Sunset Lounge. Or try the Taste of Mallorca menu at Es Fanals, which serves delights such as spiced tuna belly and suckling goat. What to have? Bask in the outdoor thermal hydrotherapy pools at the 23,700ft2 Talise Spa. Treatments are designed to spark a positive change in your physical and emotional well-being. The 90-minute Crystalus massage is a journey for the senses, blending healing crystals…

SMOOTH THROUGH AND THROUGH The first of a new class, the Heesen Santosha will make her world debut at the Palm Beach International Boat Show Santosha is the first of a new class of Tier III-compliant high-speed yachts in aluminum with "smooth and exhilarating performance," according to the Heesen's captain. Her Omega Architects exterior features lots of structural glass and a "shapely silhouette" with an elongated profile, which is elegant but also came in handy when she had to clear a low bridge on her way to the ocean. From her length of 187ft and volume of 780GT, the designers (Harrison Eidsgaard for the interior) and Heesen carved generous spaces, particularly for the beach club and owner's cabin. With project management by MCM Newport, the yacht was sold to an…

AMARYLLIS €84,000,000 Burgess, Merle Wood and Moravia have knocked €5,000,000 off the 2011/2023 257ft Abeking & Rasmussen. She was designed inside and out by Reymond Langton. MOATIZE $14,900,000 Designed by Ed Dubois, the 151ft Pendennis was delivered in 1998 and her RWD interior upgraded in 2020. She had a $1,600,000 drop with Edmiston. MUCHOS MAS $19,499,000 Fraser and Burgess have lopped $5,000,000 off the price of the 2016 144ft Crescent, designed by Jonathan Quinn Barnett. The owner's suite has a two-person Vichy shower. SEAFLOWER €21,500,000 The 118ft 2024 World Superyacht Award winner, a Mulder ThirtySix model designed by Claydon Reeves, has had a €1,000,000 price drop with Burgess. UNBRIDLED $22,950,000 Northrop & Johnson announced two price reductions of $1,000,000 each in the show season. Built by Trinity, the 191ft yacht…

The Global Order Book (GOB) continues to resist a return to any kind of pre-Covid-19 “normal,” defying expectations of a yo-yoing superyacht market. The number of boats in build has declined a gentle 2.4 percent this year, from 1,166 hulls in build or on order at the start of 2024 to 1,138. This is down from the all-time record of 1,203 superyachts under construction in 2023, but well up on numbers logged in 2021, when we counted 821 superyachts in build. Gravity is clearly having an effect, but its pull is far less pronounced than the previous time there was a big spike in orders in 2008/9. There are two reasons for this: better than expected second-half sales for shipyards in 2024 and an increase in the number of yards…

LOA 389' 9" GROSS TONNAGE 7,295GT BUILDER Feadship EXTERIOR DESIGN RWD INTERIOR DESIGN RWD The largest yacht ever built in the Netherlands, and Feadship’s flagship, BN821 went up for sale this year before she was delivered. As a groundbreaking hydrogen fuel-cell yacht, she pushes a lot of technical boundaries (see opposite page) and has garnered plenty of headlines. But the yacht’s other features are also pretty impressive. RWD lias given the boat imposing classic lines, with a heavily raked bow and an elongated S-shaped sheer line that divides the main and upper decks. There are sports courts and helicopter landing on the foredeck, while the main deck aft is devoted to a 27ft pool with twin balustrade-style staircases leading down to a vast beach club. This connects through the transom…

BLANC BEACHES Illustrious hotel brand Cheval Blanc has opened a new hotel on Mahé Island in the Seychelles. Consisting of 52 villas, the new property hugs the immaculate Anse Intendance beach, while some of the villas are sprinkled across the lush green hills. The hotel opens with five restaurants and a Guerlain Spa, chevalblanc.com PAJAMA PARTY New & Lingwood ticks all the right boxes for warm nights on board as well as cooler climes in the mountains this winter, with pajamas in both silk and cotton. The heritage brand's latest sets are available in a range of colors and prints, from paisley to nautical. From $195, newandlingwood.com THAI HEALING This season, the highly regarded Anantara Layan Phuket Resort is opening a new wellness retreat on the powder-white sands of Phuket's…