When you think of big bloated boats, sleek white vessels, supermodels, spas, Oligarchs and – of course – watching Formula 1 on TV whilst striding away on an onboard treadmill, places like Monaco, Croatia, Saint-Tropez and Cannes probably spring to mind.
However, unless you’ve been living in an underground bunker for the last 12 months, you’ll know a pandemic has thrown the world into turmoil. The upshot? Judging by the 2020 summer season, there’s a new centre of the luxury yachting universe, and it’s none of the above.
According to Istanbul-based luxury yacht manager Candaş Balci, Turkey last year enjoyed one of the busiest yachting seasons in the Mediterranean. That’s right: though the old guard of luxury and…