Data, Statistics and Analysis of the Superyacht Market

When we took a look at this innovative 44m design two years ago, in BI263 (May, 2008), construction had just started at the MMGI Shipyard at Montfalcone, Venice. The result of a collaboration between naval architect Mario Grasso’s Navirex, which drew the hull, and Marina Grasso and Federica Giovannone’s A-LAB design company, which undertook ... Read more

International Shipyards  is preparing its first 63 metre build, the motor yacht Kolaha, for a launch scheduled for early April 2010. With sleek, aggressive lines by naval architect Andrea Vallicella and an interior in bamboo and natural materials by Patrick Knowles, she’s sure to make a style statement at launch. She is the first of three ... Read more

Friday, March 5th 2010, saw the successful launch at Holland’s Hakvoort yard of the new 47.63  metre motor yacht Mirgab VI. 
Mirgab VI makes the most of her length in terms of both interior comfort and cruising performance. Encased in an aluminium superstructure, the luxurious indoor areas of the yacht are finished in traditional nautical style with ... Read more

14 superyachts over 24m were reported sold in February 2010 at asking prices totalling €203 million, but it would be pointless to make any direct comparisons with February 2009 when only three yachts were sold asking €32 million. The early part of 2009 saw the brokerage industry at its nadir as governments worldwide struggled to ... Read more

The first version of the Wide Body line from Baglietto has been launched in Italy. The 42m all-aluminium yacht, the first of which has been named Lucky Me, comes from the boards of designer Francesco Paszkowski and the concept has been specifically developed to offer fast cruising on an 8m beam platform. Performance figures include ... Read more

Italian builder Sanlorenzo has launched the first of its flagship 44 Steel range. The 44m displacement tri-deck yacht features a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure, and its exterior styling has been developed as an evolution to the SD92 and SD122 semi-displacement models. Internal volume has been optimised at 499GT – right below the 500GT ... Read more

January 2010 saw 14 superyachts over 24 metres sold at asking prices totalling over €113 million against only four reported sold in January 2009 at asking prices totalling €33 million (see chart 2 below). The largest yacht transaction last month was, of course, Lürssen’s 58.55m Capri sold by Moran Yacht & Ship and asking $65 ... Read more

If 2009 welcomed the New Year like the proverbial lamb, with only four yachts over 24 metres sold in January, it ended like a lion as no less than 30 superyachts roared off the sales books in December – a record for the year. The total value of sales for the month, by asking price, ... Read more

Last month we reported the yachts sold in October as ‘sobering.’ So perhaps it might be an idea to pour yourself a glass of something strong before going through the list of November’s yacht sales. In all, nine superyachts over 24m were reported sold at asking prices totalling €40.7 million, as against October’s figures of ... Read more

After September’s figures, which saw a number of 2009 brokerage sales records broken, October proved to be a more sobering month, with 14 superyachts reported sold at asking prices totalling just over €70 million, a far cry from September’s totals of 24 yachts at €373 million. Talking to brokers, there is some speculation as to ... Read more