BOAT Briefing

289: The biggest superyacht deliveries of the summer – and what to watch at Monaco

From blockbuster yacht deliveries and a stellar line-up for the Monaco Yacht Show to the story behind Sanlorenzo's headline-making Silver Fox, BOAT International's head o

288: “We're not doing something new, but we are doing something better,” Ulyssia CEO Alain Gruber on the world’s first 323-metre residential superyacht

What does it take to build one of the most ambitious maritime projects ever conceived? In this Big BOAT Interview, BOAT’s content director Lucy Dunn talks to Alain Gruber

287: Inside the BOAT Artistry & Craft Awards: Meet the makers behind the magic

What separates good craftsmanship from truly exceptional craftsmanship? In this episode, BOAT’s head of digital content Holly Margerrison goes behind the scenes of the BO

286: Big BOAT Interview: Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna on why the car marque is going to sea

BOAT International's editor Caroline White sits down in Milan with Benedetto Vigna, chief executive officer of Ferrari, to discuss why his engineers are designing a saili

285: Big BOAT Interview: Cyclades Cup Antiparos founder, Ilia Rigas, on how to create a regatta

The founder of the Cyclades Cup Antiparos, Ilia Rigas, tells Georgia Boscawen about how she created the regatta.  Taking place from 10–13 June 2026 on the picturesque Gr

284: The Big BOAT Interview: What happened when seven-month-pregnant freediver Hanli Prinsloo met a pod of bottlenose dolphins

What does it feel like to be 65-metres below sea level, holding a single breath in complete stillness? In this Big BOAT Interview, 11-time freediving record holder Hanli

283: World Superyacht Awards 2026: The winners revealed!

The World Superyacht Awards remain the uncontested apex of the big boat world; the Oscars of the genre.  Following a spectacular ceremony in Venice, Caroline and Risa un

282: How sharks have become the money-spinners of the sea: Olivia Swaak-Goldman's fight against wildlife crime

From sharks and sea cucumbers to turtles and seahorses, wildlife crime isn’t just an environmental crisis threatening entire species - it’s a highly lucrative criminal en

281: On board Big Sky: Inside a French Polynesia charter

What does it take to run and sell a superyacht charter in one of the most remote regions on Earth? In this episode of BOAT Briefing, we go on board the 48-metre Oceanfast

280: Inside the St Barths Bucket: Exploring the Magic of Superyacht Racing

Join BOAT Group Editorial Director Ed Slack as he sits down with Henry Hawkins, EVP of Baltic Yachts, to uncover the magic of the St Barths Bucket Regatta. This invitatio

279: The Big BOAT Interview: John Caudwell on the business of charter

Chartering a yacht is often framed as a way to offset costs. For John Caudwell, it’s a business. With years of experience running his 73m yacht Titania  for charter, he t

278: Everything you should know ahead of the 2026 Palm Beach International Boat Show

It's Show time in Palm Beach! In this week’s BOAT Briefing podcast, US Editor Cecile Gauert and Business Editor Gabrielle Lazaridis discuss the upcoming Palm Beach Intern

277: Middle East tensions, Sunseeker’s new owners and the St Barths Bucket

In this business-focused episode of BOAT Briefing, online editor Holly Margerrison is joined by BOAT’s business editor Gabrielle Lazaridis to unpack a week of unusually i

276: French Polynesia by superyacht – plus five stories shaping 2026

In this episode of BOAT Briefing, online editor Holly Margerrison is joined by travel and charter editor Georgia Boscawen to explore two very different sides of the super

275: Is this the brand that will change the perception of travel at sea?

This week on BOAT Briefing, travel and charter editor Georgia Boscawen sits down with Anna Nash, president of Explora Journeys, to discuss how the brand is reshaping perc

274: BOAT Design & Innovation Awards 2026: The Winners revealed

In this special edition of BOAT Briefing Caroline White and Cecile Gauert project themselves to a cool evening in Kitzbühel, Austria, when the winners collected their bea

273: Fraser’s view from the top: Anders Kurtén on sales, charter and what’s next

In conversation with BOAT International’s online editor Holly Margerrison, Fraser's CEO Anders Kurtén reflects on nearly three years at the helm of one of the superyacht

272: St Barths sightings, 2026 deliveries and the business stories that shaped 2025

In the first BOAT Briefing podcast of the year, online editor Holly Margerrison and business editor Gabrielle Lazaridis kick off 2026 by taking stock of the market’s earl

271: What the superyacht industry can learn from Special Forces leadership

This week on The Big BOAT Interview, online editor Holly Margerrison is joined by Leo Walker, Founder and CEO of Who Dares Group and a former member of the UK’s Special B

270: ‘It’s like landing a jumbo jet, over and over again!’: What it’s like to sail a superyacht through the Northwest Passage

In this episode of The Big BOAT Interview, BOAT’s Content Director Lucy Dunn sits down with trailblazing captain and ice pilot Maiwenn Beadle - the first woman ever to ta