The point being, trends are pretty hard to divine with the inherent individuality of a yacht owner. As someone smart in the audience observed, it's easier to spot these so-called trends by looking backwards a few years later, which all sounds a bit space-time continuum.
Undaunted, Martin flushed out a final prediction for the future out of all of us, the most pleasing of which was Stefano's hunch that all yachts will lose a deck, probably the "last" one.
So, I am not 100% certain if the audience felt suitably enlightened. It was a fun evening though. In contrast to the Bannenberg old boys, we did not swig Bollinger on stage as we pontificated about the yachting world, so there is the Future of Yacht Design. No Champagne.
As per my earlier post on the subject of colour, it was also clear that Mr Hoekstra has a fearless relationship with the colour purple. And maybe velvet too.
With thanks to Luke Sprague / Superyachtimages.com
