BOAT Briefing: Why Italy is the centre of the superyachting world

Episode 104,   Jun 16, 2022, 03:54 PM

On this week’s podcast Stewart is fresh from a dual trip to Italy taking in the Italian superyacht boom and hanging out with David Beckham at Riva's 180th birthday celebrations. Meanwhile, Sophia reports back from a whirlwind trip to Bermuda, the pair discuss BOAT’s exclusive auction of NFTs in aid of ocean conservation and they look ahead to next week’s Superyacht Design Festival in Milan. In the news this week is the sad sinking of Eleonora E in Spain, the start of construction on the Amer 70 Steel and Monaco Yacht Show’s plans for a showground redesign. In our data story we look at the classic yacht fleet.