• Futuristic waveform case design (pictured).
• Print run limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies.
• Giant-sized format (42cms x 32cms or 16.5” x 12.6”). 656 pages.
• Luxurious production — hand finished in Italian silk.

Superyacht is the definitive, luxury collector’s piece on the history and evolution of yacht culture, from antiquity to the present. The book takes a panoramic look at the entire industry, from the glamour and celebrity of its front edge, to the designers, yacht builders, brokers and entrepreneurs who define the lifestyle and drive its technical innovation. Key players such as Roman Abramovich, Larry Ellison, HRH Prince Waleed, Philippe Starck and Norman Foster are profiled, as well as leading industry names such as Jonathan Beckett, Paolo Vitelli, Luca Bassani, Merle Wood and Jon Bannenberg.

The narrative consists of over 200,000 words of text, much of it written exclusively by the world’s foremost superyacht journalists, including Jim Gilbert, founder of ShowBoats International, as well as lifestyle writers Dylan Jones of GQ, Colin McDowell of The Sunday Times and Geordie Greig of Tatler. Alongside this, the book is lavishly illustrated with over 1,500 images, many of them previously unpublished, as well as the best ever yacht-fashion photography from the likes of Helmut Newton, David Bailey, Patrick Demarchelier and Mario Testino.

Content Highlights:

• Water Colour — amazing art from yachting’s antiquity. (p.18)
• Club Aqua — 170 celebrities and their superyachts. (p.560)
• Hollywood Wave — superyachts in film. (p.264)
• Superyachts of the Super Rich — Roman Abramovich, Paul Allen, Larry Ellison, Tom Perkins, Sir Philip Green, Flavio Briatore, Andreas Liveras. (p.193)
• Yacht Couture — superyacht style from the archives of Vogue. (p.428)
• Marine Style — fashion designers and their superyachts. (p.448)
• The Powerlist — superyacht’s 20 most influential movers-and-shakers. (p.624)
• Artists and Entrepreneurs — Andy Warhol on Gianni Agnelli. (p.164)
• Dangerous Curves — breathtaking designs by Lord Foster, Philippe Starck and Luca Bassani. (p.248)
• Spaceships on Water — futuristic yacht interiors. (p.208, 238)
• The Russian Connection — Abramovich’s designer talks. (p.244)
• Aquatech — submersibles to make James Bond blush. (p.514)
• Leading Edge — next generation innovations to make you gasp. (p.426)
• Definitive Stats — comprehensive superyacht chronology from 222 BC to the present. (p. 641)