Boat International – August 2019

CONTRIBUTORS

MarioAlzate

Marioisafashionandportrait

photographerwhohasshotfor

Cosmopolitan,VogueandEsquire.

HegrewupinColombiabutis

nowbasedinMiami.Forthisissue

heshotAmericanyachtownersin

PalmBeachforourfeatureonthe

USsuperyachtmarket(page 118 ).

Whatdidyouenjoymost

aboutthisshoot?

Ilovedmeetingtheowners–they

allhadgoodstoriestotell

Mostexoticlocationyouhave

everdoneashoot?

LosRoquesarchipelago,anational

parknorthofVenezuelawith

pristinecoralreefs

Favouriteportraitsubject?

DanielCoronell,aColombian

journalistwhofledthecountryin

2005 afterreceivingdeaththreats

ChrisCaswell

Chrisisanaward-winning

yachtingjournalistbasedinWest

PalmBeach,Florida.He’saformer

editorofSeaandYachting

magazines,andiscurrentlyan

editor/publisherofCharterSavvy.

ForthisissueChrisreviewedthe

PrincessS78(page 170 ).

Whatwasthebestfeature

ontheS78?

Ilovedthehigh-backlowerhelm

seatsthatlookliketheywere

stolenfromaMcLarenracingcar

Mostmemorableinterview?

ItalianbusinessmanRaulGardini,

whoformedasailingteamin

1992 ina(failed)bidtowinthe

America’sCup.Heflewmeto

VeniceonaConcorde

Tellusyourbestseastory...

Ionceranoutofwaterona

trans-Pacificraceandhadtomake

dehydratedoatmealwithvodka–

thebreakfastofchampions!

RisaMerl

Risagrewuplivingonasailing
boatandhaswrittenaboutyachts
for 15 years.Whenshe’snotinthe
office,youcanfindherteaching
yoga–oftenonboard.Onpage 26
ofour12/24supplement,Risa
looksatthedifferencesbetween
superyachtandsmallerproduction
yachtdesign.
Duringyourresearchforthis
feature,whatsurprisedyoumost?
Thatsuperyachtdesignerswho
alsodabbleinproductionyacht
designseethemanyconstraints
ofproductionbuilds–budgetand
size,etc–asawelcomechallenge
ratherthanalimitation
Whatwouldyouchangeabout
thesuperyachtindustry?
Weneedmorediversity,interms
ofcrewandonshoreprofessionals.
AfantasticorganisationcalledShe
oftheSeaishelpingwomenget
intocaptainanddeckhandroles
Hairiestmomentatsea?
Iwaswatchingaregattafroma
pressboatwhenithadanengine
failure,andwestartedtodriftinto
themiddleoftheracecourse!Our
littleboatwasbuckingwildlyand
thePRleadingthetripwas
huddledonthefloor,terrified.
Thankfully,thecaptainrecovered
justintimetopreventacollision

JonathanGlynnSmith

FashionphotographerJonathan

hasshotforGQ,Esquireand

CondéNastTraveller,andhehas

beenasailorallhislife.Forthis

issue,Jonathanphotographed

topsuperyachtdesignersforour

featureaboutthenextgeneration

ofdesigntalent(page 156 )

Whatwasthemostchallenging

partoftheshoot?

Justkeepingeveryonehappy

duringaverytightschedule

Everhadanydisasterswhile

onlocation?

Yes!Beingblownintotheseaina

helicopteroffHawaiifroma

downdraught–itwasaclosecall!

Mostextremeshootlocation?

PapuaNewGuineatopsthelist

• forbeingfarawayfromEurope
  andhavingaverydifferentculture
  Ifyouweren’taphotographer,
  youwouldhavebeena...
  Chef.ButreallyIwasbornto
  beaphotographer

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