What If Yachts Are Economic Infrastructure?

About this episode

The episode explores the economic significance of superyachts and their impact on communities with insights from Robert van Tol of SYBAss.

Superyachts are often talked about as floating lifestyle accessories, but the reality is more concrete: they are long-lived economic engines that keep paying communities back year after year. From the Palm Beach show floor, host Kristina Heberts sits down with Robert van Tol, Executive Director of SYBAss, the Super Yacht Builders Association, to unpack what the builders see that most outsiders miss. They dig into what SYBAss does for custom and semi-custom yacht builders worldwide and why sc...

People in this episode

Host: Kristina Heberts

Guest: Robert van Tol

Topics covered

• superyachts
• economic impact
• yacht builders
• community benefits
• custom yachts

Keywords

• superyachts
• economic infrastructure
• yacht builders
• SYBAss
• community impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SYBAss, Super Yacht Builders Association

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