he entries for this year’s Design & Innovation Awards represent both the difficulties of delivering yachts during a pandemic and the determination of designers and builders to do exactly that. A near-universal supply-chain crisis was often the elephant in the room, forcing teams to become creative about sourcing and delivering equipment, furniture and materials. Workforces shifted to unusual schedules and sometimes ownership of these vessels changed midstream. The fact that builders were able to get a number of these fine yachts to the Cannes, Monaco, Genoa and
