From 8 to 13 September, Cannes will once again become the world capital of yachting for a week. The Cannes Yachting Festival will bring around 535 new motor yachts, ranging from 3 to 50 metres in length, to the Vieux Port and Port Canto for
To mark Top Yacht Design’s twentieth anniversary, we met Giorgio Mattei, vice-president of Next Yacht Group, to explore the strategic vision guiding the group and the evolution of its two brands, Maiora and AB Yachts. In this interview, he explains how identity, innovation and design
The first sign of the M8’s evolution isn’t found in its engine or the numbers on a spec sheet. It lies in the way Prestige has chosen to utilize space. With the M8 EVO, the French shipyard isn’t just giving the flagship of the M-Line
Confindustria Nautica and the International Boat Show have announced the opening of entries for the seventh edition of the Design Innovation Award. Launched in 2020 and promoted by Confindustria Nautica and the International Boat Show, the award is open to all exhibitors at the event,
There is an invisible thread running through the pages of this issue. Not a brand. Not a regatta. Not even a watch. It is the value that time continues to hold. We live in an age where everything seems to be speeding up. And yet,
There are projects that are designed to be better than their predecessors. And then there are others that are conceived with a far more ambitious goal: to push the boundaries. It is a subtle but significant difference. Because improvement means optimising what already exists. Pushing
There are birthdays that are celebrated and birthdays that are recounted. Custom Line’s falls into the latter category: thirty years is not a milestone to be framed, but a story to be leafed through. It all began in 1996 with the idea of taking high-end
Both share the surname Schiavon, yet they named their studio Van Orton. The reason? David Fincher’s *The Game* (1997) and its protagonist: “A movie that made a huge impression on us and one which we’re very attached to. It was a psychological thriller with a
Italian design studio Nauta has just completed a delicate interior refresh of the 40m Abeking & Rasmussen sailing legend 4K (ex-Alithia). The project called for a light touch that would dust off the original interior and guarantee many more years of bold cruising for this
Anvil is a 45-metre explorer yacht designed by SY Design, with a maximum beam of 9 metres, designed to redefine life on board through a balance of innovation, functionality and refined design. The layout has been carefully developed to optimise both the guest experience and
