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 by: Tom Ward
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?
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?
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.
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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