Catamaran or yacht: what really changes
This is the question we're asked most often. Catamaran or yacht? And the answer is almost always another question: what exactly do you want to do? It's not a question of status. Between renting a catamaran on the French Riviera and renting a motor yacht, the two formats [...]
Cannes Lions 2026: What's Really at Stake On Board
Every third week of June, fifteen to twenty thousand professionals from advertising, media, and technology gather on the Croisette. Many already know each other. The others try to meet. All have something to say to each other. And for an entire week, everyone looks for a place to say it. The terraces […]
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: The Regatta Born from a Bet
In 1981, in the bay of Saint-Tropez, two boats decided to race. The prize: a bottle of champagne. The winner was forgotten almost immediately. What began as a challenge between friends, at the end of a day of sailing, became forty years later one of the most beautiful regattas […]
Monaco Yacht Show: The show that makes more sense from the sea
At the end of September, Port Hercule ceases to function as a port. For four days, Monaco hosts more superyachts in a single basin than most countries have along their entire coastline. This is the challenge that the Monaco Yacht Show has been meeting every year since 1991: bringing together the largest concentration of superyachts in the […]
Cannes Yachting Festival: Why Boats Understand Each Other Better in Cannes
Many boat shows still exhibit some of their boats out of the water, in halls, on metal structures, illuminated by neon lights. In Cannes, the sea remains at the center of the show. This is not a minor detail. It's a philosophy. A 20-meter yacht resting on blocks is an object. [...]
Nice by boat: the last city France had
In April 1860, the residents of Nice voted. The question was simple: remain under the authority of the Kingdom of Sardinia, or join France. The official result was overwhelming: 83,502 votes for annexation, 235 against. Nice became French on June 14, 1860, forty years after the English had [...]
Antibes by boat: 2,400 years in the same harbor
Around 400 BC, Greek sailors from Marseille chose a rocky promontory between two bays to establish a trading post. They called it Antipolis, «the city opposite,» facing Nice. The reason for this choice was simple and identical to what leads superyachts to choose Port Vauban today [...]
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat by boat: what the walls don't show
From the road that runs along Cap Ferrat, you can see almost nothing. Trimmed hedges, wrought-iron gates, discreet surveillance cameras. A few bronze signs that give no indication. That's precisely the point. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat is the most secret address on the Riviera. One of the most expensive municipalities in [...]
Villefranche-sur-Mer: Why All Navies Wanted This Harbor
At the entrance to Villefranche-sur-Mer, the depth reaches nearly 100 meters. This is enough to accommodate the largest military fleets in the Mediterranean, and has attracted, for seven centuries, all the maritime powers that have passed through the Riviera. Anjou, Savoy, the Russian Empire, the American navy – each has anchored here, for different reasons, with the same conviction: […]
De Antonio Yachts: How a Design Detail Redefined the Day Boat
In 2012, two designers asked a question that no one seemed to be asking: why do outboard motors have to be visible? Marc De Antonio, from Spain, and Stanislas Chmielewski, from Switzerland, had just launched their shipyard in Barcelona. No large factory, no century-old family tradition. Just a conviction: the day boat [...]