Data, Statistics and Analysis of the Superyacht Market

Exciting times at SuperYachtsMonaco, as their Managing Director Jim Evans confirms the delivery of two brand new superyachts under their management.
The first is the 60m Bacarella, following a successful three year collaboration with YCO. She is the largest yacht to be built by Trinity to date and the first delivery in their new 10.8 metre ... Read more

Although July marked the start of the traditionally quiet summer season, activity in the market remained brisk, with a number of notable brokerage sales, and no less than 30 new yachts joining the superyacht fleet following their deliveries to their new owners.
Chart 1: Market activity in July 2010

Brokerage Sales
July 2010 saw 16 superyachts over 24m ... Read more

Launched on August 7th in a private ceremony at Derecktor’s Bridgeport, Connecticut yard, Cakewalk is, at 85.6 metres, the largest superyacht to be built in the United States since the 1930s and is also the largest yacht for her experienced owners. This steel, 17-knot full-displacement yacht was built to evoke the elegance of a previous age ... Read more

Perini Navi Group announces the sale of a new build steel-hulled 45m sailing yacht, C.2114, with delivery scheduled for late summer 2011.
This yacht, a collaboration between Perini Navi’s naval architects and Ron Holland who has optimized the hull lines and the sail plan, will be the fourth 45 metre yacht to be launched to date by ... Read more

The 2010 Monaco Yacht Show will see Perini Navi display plans for a new 60m sailing yacht that can be configured as a ketch or sloop.
The new concept’s hull is in aluminium as is the superstructure and both have been designed with a more streamlined shape thanks to a reduced maximum beam and a waterline ... Read more

Feadship’s 46.6m motor yacht Paraiso is currently hauled out at the Astilleros yard in Palma undergoing a major refit with all the soft furnishings in the guest accommodation being replaced with a modern interior providing a more spacious and light interior while still respecting the Bannenberg design that made the yacht a class of her ... Read more

Perini Navi has announced a 102m successor to the very successful 88m sailing yacht Maltese Falcon, at present only a concept, but keenly looking for a buyer. 
The Falcon Rig is a revolutionary sail system based on self standing, rotating masts and multiple square sails held by yards which are curved to a 12% camber. The sails ... Read more

Southern Wind Shipyard is to build a new composite 31.12m sailing yacht called the SW 102 DS.  As its name implies, she’s a deck saloon superyacht with naval architecture by Farr Yacht Design and exterior and interior styling by Nauta Design. The SW 102 DS is the result of the experience gained over the past four ... Read more

Burnett Yacht Design is working with Arkin Pruva Argos Yachts in Antalya, Turkey, on the construction of a new 25.33m schooner for a British client.
The hull and deck structure is nearing completion using wood epoxy methods and benefits from the combined experience of the yard, designer and owner’s surveyor Richard Ayers. The rig and deck ... Read more

Launched in April, the 39.2m Gattopardo VI is the latest yacht built by the Italian shipyard CBI Navi.
CBI Navi has kindly sent us some of the first pictures of Gattopardo VI. This new yacht is an evolution of the 36m Metsuyan IV built by the same yard in 2006. Both of them have the same ... Read more