Expedition Partner

2026 · A cinematic series

Beyond
the Waterline.

A new style of yacht storytelling.

Hosted by Bill Springer · A Stein Studios Production

Slide 02 · The Host

Bill Springer.

Forbes Senior Contributor. 30 years on the water.

The Anthony Bourdain philosophy of going into this and looking at it from a purely human perspective. Questioning the guys who build the boats and the owners — and seeing what it all means.

ForbesSailCruising WorldOcean HomeYachting

804

Published articles

47K

@billyswizzle followers

150M

Monthly Forbes readers

Cinematic yacht at sea — Solace, Stein Studios production

Slide 03 · The Vision

One series. Six chapters.

The yachts that define the era.

Cinematic Series.

Building a series. A behind-the-scenes look into the world of the super-yacht industry — the people, the vessels, the decisions you never see.

Storytelling.

Talent. Stakes. Access. Hero's journey. The frameworks of every great film — applied to the vessels and the people behind them.

New distribution channels.

Leading with real story-based films unlocks new distribution in the yachting world — live event activations, festival circuit, editorial press.

Slide 04 · The Stakes

Discovery.

Bill Springer takes the audience behind the scenes — into what it really takes to build, own, and operate a yacht.

Stake 01

Financial.

"There's so much money involved. The drama of building a boat, going over budgets, going over times."

Stake 02

Legacy.

"Every boat is more than a boat. It's a dream — a way to say I've made it, a way to show your dad you succeeded."

Stake 03

Environmental.

"Lean into the people who come out as anti — then come back with why these vessels feed tens of thousands of families and let craftsmen do their craft."

Stake 04

Existential.

"Question the guys who build them. Question the owners. Oh my god — what does this all mean?"

Slide 05 · The Series

10 minutes each.
One yacht per chapter.
A cinematic series.

The question every chapter answers — what does it feel like to own a yacht?

Beat 01

Cold Open.

Wide. Slow. The vessel at distance. No music. Bill's voice. The opening every documentary master earns first — the latitude does the work.

Beat 02

The Room.

Owner. Designer. Builder. One table. The dialectic engine of every great non-fiction film — three perspectives, one yacht, real conversation.

Beat 03

The Arc.

The stakes. The crossing. The return. Three-act structure as old as Aristotle, as proven as every film that has ever found an audience.

Slide 06 · The World

Six chapters.
Five oceans.
One host.

Global by design.

Pilot · Episode 01
Scoped episodes
Owner's choice · open

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Yacht under late-summer Mediterranean light

Slide 07 · Episode 01 — The Mediterranean

Capri to Côte d'Azur.
Late summer.

Five shoot days.

Host · Episode 01

Bill Springer

Forbes Senior Contributor · 30 years on the water

Days 1 – 2

The Vision.

What the owner saw before the keel was laid. What the designer had to invent to get it built. What the builder lost sleep over. The opening every documentary earns — and the question every great chapter starts with.

Days 3 – 4

The Stakes.

Med passage. Captain in the wheelhouse at 04:00. Crew at work. Family aboard. What's at risk — financial, emotional, legacy. The conversations no brochure has ever captured.

Day 5

The Return.

Bill in the water. Or on the beach at sunset. A discovery of identity — both for the people who shaped this vessel, and for the vessel itself. Where one season ends and a legacy begins.

Slide 08 · Distribution

Where the series lands.

Three surfaces.

Surface 01

Live event activations

Monaco Yacht Show
Palm Beach International Boat Show
Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
Explorer Summit

Surface 02

Social distribution

Bill Springer · @BillySwizzle 47K
Stein Studios + EYOS Expeditions 100K
Owner cameos · behind-scene cuts

Surface 03

Press and editorial

Bill's Forbes channel
Builder and brokerage magazines
Yachting press syndication

Slide 09 · Stein Studios

100+ expeditions.
All seven continents.

Stein Studios — 44 projects in the Arctic and Antarctic. The witness, not the performer.

Selected productions

— M/Y Solace · Caribbean
— M/Y Octopus · Antarctica
— M/Y Legend · Antarctica
— M/Y Legend · Northwest Passage
— Archimedes · Northwest Passage
— S/Y Lamima · Indonesia
— Hanse Explorer · French Polynesia
— Nansen Explorer · Greenland

× 14

Antarctica
× 4

Northwest Passage
× 20

Svalbard

Watch the full Stein Studios reel →

Slide 10 · The Invitation

For builders. Owners. Brokers.

Three doors.

Door 01

Episode Partner.

Your vessel hosts a chapter. We tell the story. You retain rights to the deliverable for charter, brokerage, and brand.

Door 02

Series Sponsor.

Your shipyard or brand appears across the season. Full-resolution episode + 60-second teasers + stills + asset library.

Door 03

Trade.

Yacht and crew in-kind. Episode and master assets in return. Production cost offset against the deliverable.

Slide 11 · Stories Deserve a Witness

Let's tell this
story together.

Every yacht has a story.
The greatest become generational legacies.