Columnist reports on superyacht wealth, emissions and sea damage at Monaco Yacht Show

Summary

A columnist attending the Monaco Yacht Show, Europe's big annual superyacht trade exhibition, describes superyachts as highly popular with the 'super-bourgeoisie' and getting bigger, and asks whether anything can be done to stop them destroying the seas. The column is a first-person account of the event: the writer arrived dressed casually, found the international superyacht community close-knit, and was not yet part of it. The feed summary is truncated, so the rest of the column is not covered here.

Timeline

1. The Guardian

   20 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian's column reports from the Monaco Yacht Show that superyachts are highly popular with the 'super-bourgeoisie' and getting bigger, and asks whether anything can be done to stop them destroying the seas.