Boat International US Edition — November 2017

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Speed or style?

Both. You can’t accomplish a lot if

you don’t move along

Chauffeur or chef?

Both!

First thing you pack?

Some cash. It makes it happen, right?

Idea of luxury?

The privilege of enjoying life in so many

different ways

First boating memory?

Flipping over a sailing boat in summer

camp in Maine when I was 10

How many watches?

Maybe three dozen

Favorite beach?

Saline Beach on St Barths

Favorite car?

We love the Tesla, the Rolls-Royce,

Bentley, Ferrari...

QUICKFIRE

Charles

S Cohen

always wanted to find a cinema and redo it, and when

that became available I jumped. It had such a

wonderful reputation, and had been embraced by its

Greenwich Village neighborhood, that it became

another labor of love for me. And again, that took two

and a half, three years.” It opened in April, with the

Quad Bar, overseen by Clo, next door.

A Saint-Tropez vineyard was added to the portfolio

last year too, and this year he took a majority stake in

Savile Row tailor Richard James and ownership of

shoemaker Harrys of London.

Cohen intends to introduce both

fashion brands, which he wears

himself, to the US market.

He likes working with like-

minded people – “you want

people who are excited to do what

you’re doing!” – and that was

certainly the case with Benetti.

“They have been the most

wonderful partner and the most wonderful builder

that you could imagine,” Cohen says. “It was just a

wonderful experience from beginning to end,

including the involvement of the senior personnel,

primarily the CEO, Vincenzo Poerio. He met me in

London, he met me in New York, he met me in

Houston, he met me in South Florida, he met me in

Los Angeles. He met me here in Cannes.

“We’ve only worked with people who want to work

with us, and that have demonstrated that. And that’s

the human contact, whether it’s retail, or something

big ticket like this.”

With six years of hard work behind them, the job

now is to enjoySeasense. The Cohens plan to holiday

on board with their two young children, and his two

grown-up kids from his first marriage, whenever they

can, enjoying the French and Italian rivieras, but

exploring Croatia and Greece, too. The Grenadines,

Guadeloupe and Martinique are on the Caribbean hit

list. The sights will be spectacular, but life on board

Seasensewill be better. “We’ll stay on board 90 per cent

of the time. Why not? What’s the best place in town?

Wherever we go! In every town!”B

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Cohen owns a

majority stake in

Richard James, the

London tailor, and

is bringing the brand

to New York

“It’s really got

everything that you

would find in a great

seaside resort – a pool

that overlooks the sea”

PHOTOGRAPHS: TESLA; SUPREME; MR PORTER; GETTY IMAGES

Cohen and his family

on board. Below:

opening the

revamped Quad