In pictures: The 2021 World Superyacht Awards ceremony

Watch the highlights of the the 2021 World Superyacht Awards, with snippets of the glamorous venue, guests and winners of the evening. 

The 2021 World Superyacht Awards, held in association with The OWO Residences, was held at the Monte Carlo Sporting. The  event was run according to the current COVID-19 government guidelines.

The OWO Residences’ Charlie Walsh, Prakash Hinduja and Kamal Hinduja, BOAT International’s Executive Chairman John Paton, Hemant Sondhi and Claudio Vinci.

The owners of Club M (centre), winner of the Semi-Displacement or Planing Motor Yachts 40m and Above catergory, with the team from Baglietto. Left to right: Andrea Lavagnino Davide Pistorello, Fabio Ermetto, Achille Salvagni, Diego Michele Deprati, Raffaella Daino, Daniele Bellotto and Guido Penco.

Turquoise Yachts’ Christian Schwartzwalder, Aysecan Zorlu and Mehmet Karabeyoglu (left to right).

The owners of 40.8m Rebeca, which won the Displacement Motor Yachts 499GT and Below, 40m and Above category, with the team from Benetti.

• Rebeca: On board Tim Ciasulli's World Superyacht Award-winning Benetti Oasis superyacht
• How champion boat racer Tim Ciasulli came to own 40m Rebeca

The team from Italy’s CRN arrive at the awards. Left to right:  Massimo Jannone, Viola Borghi, Guglielmo Lazzari, Roberta Sabatini, Giordano Pellacani, Giovanni Bogetto and Piero Galassi. 

Frederic Cretin, Nickie Tannock-Vincent, Sara Carpenter, Abdullah Nahar, Peter Thompson, Louisa Lau and Lucy Bodenham from Yachting Partners International. 

Sleipner’s Ronny Skauen and Line Engh. 

George Kaye and Marco Crusafio from HFW.

Guests were greeted by a fabulous sunset across Monaco as they entered the gala room for dinner before the awards ceremony got underway.

Natasha Kaplinsky returned once again to host this year’s World Superyacht Awards, with winners receiving a coveted Neptune.

The owner of 80m Artefact celebrates winning the Motor Yacht of the Year award with Pascale Reymond and Nobiskrug’s Lars Windhorst.

• Artefact: On board Nobiskrug's World Superyacht Award-winning hybrid superyacht

The team at Spirit Yachts celebrate winning the Sailing Yacht of the Year award for 33.9 metre Geist.

• Geist: On board the World Superyacht Award-winning Spirit 111 sailing yacht

The team from Cantiere Delle Marche celebrate 39.7m Aurelia winning a Neptune for the Displacement Motor Yacht 499GT and Below, 30m to 39.9m.

• Inside Aurelia: Cantiere delle Marche’s Flexplorer with a "peculiar" interior

Guests were treated to special performance by one of the world’s finest young pianists, Anna Fedorova.

Winners, judges and nominees celebrated on the dancefloor following the conclusion of the awards.

Lasvit’s Michaela Skrivanova, Enrique Tintore and Laura Pomponi.