Film yachts: "Savannah", "Aquarius" and "Christina O" become stars on Netflix

The Woman in Cabin 10 | "Savannah"

The film adaptation of Ruth Ware's novel of the same name is set almost entirely on board the 84-metre Feadship "Savannah". In the Netflix production, she welcomes "Aurora Borealis" and Keira Knightley as Laura Blacklock. The journalist from the Guardian is to write an article on behalf of the owner's wife, who is presenting her cancer research foundation during the voyage. During the night, Laura wakes up and thinks she sees the silhouette of the woman from cabin 10 floating in the water. She informs the crew, but no one is missing. Laura investigates further and encounters resistance. Filming for the psychological thriller took place at the end of 2024 on the south coast of the UK as well as in Scotland and Norway. At the time, "Savannah" was up for sale. The 70-strong crew of "The Woman in Cabin 10" occupied six cabins, two of which served as lounges for the actors.

Knives Out | "Aquarius"

In the second instalment of the entertaining Netflix success, private detective Benoit Blanc once again investigates an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery in feature-length. Tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites a multifaceted entourage to a whodunit party on the Greek island of Spetses. "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" was watched by 90 million households on the streaming platform in its first ten days. The actual murder of Bron's ex-business partner leads Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, onto the 46-metre-long "Aquarius". Craig is much softer than in his role as James Bond, he is married to a man and has a southern accent. In "Casino Royale", he was given a sailing yacht to play Agent 007 (issue 4/19). The "Knives Out" yacht, delivered by Mengi Yay in 2016, can accommodate ten guests from 220,000 euros a week.

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Triangle of Sadness | "Christina O"

For "Christina O", the appearance was intended to boost bookings. In terms of ambience, the 99-metre-long charter favourite is the perfect cast, but Onassis' ex-platform had to pretend to be a cabin charter. On board is a model couple who have been invited on holiday to tell their followers about it. In "Triangle of Sadness", Swedish director Ruben Östlund, whose compatriot of the same name was a designer of fast wooden motorboats in the 1930s, deals with the collective outbreak of seasickness and all its consequences - while Woody Harrelson as the captain discusses Marxism and capitalism with a Russian oligarch over a loudspeaker system. It's marvellous how salon communist and capitalism convert play ping-pong with aphorisms! The satire ends on land and in a mirrored order of precedence.