218: BOAT Briefing: budget-friendly boats, marina founder proposes major acquisition and a peek inside the construction sheds in Italy

In this week's episode, Caroline and Katia discuss sustainable boating in Monaco and why it's important that nominations for the BOAT International Design & Innovation Awards are put forward now. The pair discuss Katia's alternative career (Katia's Cut-Price Cruisers) in the brokerage picks and spotlight a few of the yachts on the market under $5 million. Caroline delves into the "punchy" open letter penned by the founder of IGY Marinas which alleges that MarineMax's business model has not been prioritising Fraser, Northrop & Johnson and IGY Marinas. In the news, there'll be a new Wally sailing yacht on the docks in Monaco and the legendary explorer yacht Octopus has emerged from a secretive refit. Finally, BOATPros' premium report on Italy's yachtbuilding sector was published this week, and the pair run through some of the big numbers and interesting nuggets from the report. LINKS:  https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/monaco-energy-boat-challenge-2024-edition https://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-events/design-and-innovation-awards/everything-you-need-to-know-2025 https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/jfa-yachts-catamaran-mousetrap-for-sale https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/miss-sarah-j-yacht-for-sale https://www.boatinternational.com/yacht-market-intelligence/brokerage-sales-news/superyachts-for-sale-under-5-million https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/igy-sale-marine-max-shareholder-open-letter https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/feadship-solar-power-yacht-713-spotted https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/wally-first-wallywind-110-sailing-yacht https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/octopus-refit-explorer-yacht-spotted https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/country-report-italy-yacht-building-2024 BOAT Pro: https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro Subscribe: https://www.boatinternational.com/subscriptions Contact us: [email protected]