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Take me back to Newport at the turn of the 20th century. I want to drink an Old Fashioned on the lawn of The Breakers and hear about Harry Vanderbilt’s plans for his new Herreshoff-designed Vagrant, while eavesdropping on JP Morgan harrumphing about the service at the Grand Hotel Capri during his latest Med season on board his third Corsair. Maybe Kanawha’s in town, too, the 61-metre steam yacht owned by oilman Henry Huttleston Rogers, as well as Namouna, the iconic three-masted steamer commissioned by newspaper tycoon James Gordon Bennett Jr.
These guys were the original superyacht owners – and they bought American. Shipyards like William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia or Bath Iron Works in Maine produced these Gilded Age wonders, alongside steady order books of commercial and military ships. In more recent times, American owners have tended to look overseas for yards to build their yachts. The Gilded Age’s railroad baron is today’s NFL team owner, and they own a succession of European-built Oceancos, Feadships and Lürssens. We offer a fascinating insight into why this is on page 125.
The "Made in America" stamp remains strong in the US’s superyachting outposts – Delta Marine in Seattle, for instance, or Westport Yachts just down the road, and there’s reason to believe the picture is looking brighter for domestic superyacht manufacturing in other parts of the US. "I’m pleased to say that there is a lot of desire out there for what we do," reports Westport’s president Daryl Wakefield. "The people that are calling, they’re adamant about made in America." Amen to that.
Stewart Campbell
Editor-in-chief