I’m on a boat! Inside the pandemic superyacht boom

I’m on a boat! Inside the pandemic superyacht boom

Like 90’s-style faded jeans and lockdown-inspired mullets, superyachts are back — and bigger than ever. But how did the status symbol set sail once again in the pandemic?

Words: Tom Ward

While the Coronavirus pandemic saw many of us hunker down with an over-loaded internet connection, a comfortable pair of pyjamas and a perhaps laissez faire attitude to maintaining regular office hours while we waited for everything to blow over, the super rich were out buying yachts.

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