A New River Vessel Blurs the Line Between Cruise Ship and Private Yacht
With expansive suites, multiple lounges, and a design language borrowed from the megayacht world, Connect redefines what a riverboat can be.
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With expansive suites, multiple lounges, and a design language borrowed from the megayacht world, Connect redefines what a riverboat can be.

As European yards turn toward vessels exceeding 260 feet, one Italian shipbuilder reveals how radical customization is reshaping the definition of floating luxury.

Crescent Custom Yachts is building a multihull on spec, allowing buyers to shape the interior as construction unfolds across the aluminum hulls.

Brabus and AB Yachts are co-creating a series of performance yachts that promise to translate the language of horsepower into something you can live aboard.

Explora Journeys unfurls its most ambitious vessel yet, stretching 879 feet across the Mediterranean and inviting a new conversation about space, intimacy, and the quiet luxury of unhurried travel.

Benetti's latest launch blends discipline and dreamscape, a floating architecture lesson in restraint and indulgence across 220 feet of steel.

Italian designer Stefano Pastrovich has spent a decade proving that North Sea workhorses can be reborn as vessels for the world's most remote waters.

Pershing's GTX90 delivers 355 square feet of sportbridge and a double garage in a 92-foot hull that blurs the line between performance cruiser and floating villa.

After seven years of development, Zero launches in the Netherlands as the first large sailing yacht to run entirely on renewable power - and her creators are sharing every blueprint with the world.

A new 52-footer from Britain's storied yard reimagines the relationship between yacht and water, marrying ocean-going capability with superyacht-inspired leisure.