Benetti’s stylish champion

The Motopanfilo sailed to victory at the Design & Innovation Awards

Benetti Motopanfilo
The double award-winning Benetti Motopanfilo
(Image credit: © Benetti)

The Superyacht Design Festival, hosted by media company BOAT International, was held in Milan late last month. It opened with the industry’s Design & Innovation Awards, with all of the nominated yachts having been finished and delivered under challenging circumstances during the pandemic.

The Young Designer of the Year award was one of the more intriguing categories that evening. If you have ever wondered who buys these multimillion-pound boats, the award’s brief gave us a clue. It asked designers to assess how an imaginary client, “a young entrepreneur who had made a fortune in music streaming”, would use their yacht.

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