Eye Opener

his flick through four decades of covers - one front each of the past 40 years - doubles as a visual guide to a period of huge change in, built for cruising in the Pacific Rim, loaded with customised tech, plus her own aircraft and sub. Through the 1990s and into the new century, more superyacht legends start to make their debuts: angular 71-metre Lurssen clean-lined 74-metre (now 82-metre) Aniels Ilona; 50-metre Perini - the explorer so beautiful you wouldn't want to risk an expedition; and sinuously organic 95-metre . You'll notice a total redesign of the magazine in 2014 - alongside a major increase in production value - but the hits keep on coming. There are industryshaking exclusives (see ) and sailingyachts that look like they've been beamed front the future (see ). Front the dawn of yachting until 1983, just 1,755 yachts over 24 metres were delivered; forty years later there are 12,389 afloat. The superyacht industry is flourishing. And as we cruise towards s half century, we hope you'll continue to enjoy the ride with us.