Billions are being spent on superyachts and at this time of year there’s only one place to be to monitor the health of the industry, the Monaco Yacht Show, where two of the world’s largest sailing yachts stole the limelight. David Glenn takes a close look at Maltese Falcon, bumps into royalty and listens to concerns that a lack of ‘parking’ space might put the brakes on the runaway success of superyachting.
The iconic port of Monaco has been crammed full of some of the world’s most spectacular superyachts this week as the industry gathered for what has become the most important showcase of the year. As a superyacht networking event it has no peer and the fact that it is staged in a principality which is home to some of the industry’s richest and therefore best clients makes it an ideal venue for showing off the superyacht building fraternity’s finest.