The 50 most expensive yachts for sale now

Builder: Abeking and Rasmussen
Length: 78.4m
Designer: Reymond Langton Design

This five-deck superyacht has a dazzling display of Art Deco decor, including shimmering chandeliers and Macassar ebony furniture. Her current owner is Russian businessman and former president of the Bank of Moscow, Andrey Borodin. Amaryllis can sleep twelve guests across six cabins, plus an owner’s cabin complete with a claw-foot bed, lime-marble ensuite and 180-degree ocean views. Leisure highlights include a piano lounge and cinema suite, while her spacious beach club boasts a dedicated spa with sauna, steam room, plunge pool and massage room. Having spent a few seasons cruising exclusively in the Caribbean, she made a welcome return to the Mediterranean charter circuit in 2023. 

Builder: Lürssen
Length: 74m
Designers: Espen Oeino International, Reymond Langton Design

Global is one of the newer entries on this list, having joined the market for the first time in March 2024 fresh from a "meticulous refit". An enticing beach club with sauna and massage room, a nightclub, cinema plus a helicopter deck are the standout features of the six-deck superyacht. Her "wine lounge", arranged with an 19-seater table and ten wine coolers adjacent, is also worth noting. Accommodation is for a party of 12, including an on-deck, full-beam master suite with Jacuzzi bath and his-and-hers private balconies.

Builder: Amels
Length: 60m
Designers: Tim Heywood, Damen Yachting, Luxury Projects

What impresses first about Moonstone is her tech capabilities. The superyacht is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system and a WASSP multi-beam sonar system that produces high-resolution bathymetric scanning, mapping out a live 3D view of the ocean floor. Though her leisure amenities are equally noteworthy, encompassing a sundeck with Jacuzzi, gym and massage room and an owner's cabin with Mongolian marble in the bathroom. Accommodation is for a party of 12.

Builder: Alia Yachts
Length: 60.2m
Designers: Omega Architects, Van Oossanen Naval Architects, RWD

In 2017 (a year after her launch), Samurai was nominated for a Showboats Design Award. The superyacht has also proven to be a successful charter platform, thanks to her 1,029GT volume and four convertible guest cabins. The master cabin measures 87.1 square metres and features its own lounge area and architectural skylight. Other perks include a spacious sundeck with Jacuzzi pool, a gymnasium and a folding swim platform for easy access to the water – complemented by the yacht's impressive variety of watertoys.

Builder: Christensen
Length: 50m
Designers: Christensen

Commissioned by a "pair of highly experienced New Jersey yachtsmen", Jackpot was the last yacht ever completed at the builder’s Vancouver facility, before it made the move to Tennessee. Accommodation is for up to 16 guests in six cabins, with all cabins benefitting from "sophisticated entertainment systems" and en suite bathroom facilities. Special features include a superyacht elevator for easy access to all four decks and a helipad on the sundeck, complete with fuel storage facilities.

Builder: Benetti
Length: 65m
Designers: Espen Oeino International, Stefano Natucci, Francois Zuretti

The tour de force onboard Ambrosia is her "Stargate Room" on the upper deck, which features a special lunar theme while functioning as both an informal dining room and a cocktail lounge. Constellations of the night stars in both the northern and southern hemispheres adorn the room's ceiling. Powered by electric motors linked to the yacht's GPS, this decoration changes in relation to where Ambrosia happens to be on the world's oceans. She features diesel-electric Azipod propulsion, anchorless dynamic positioning, infra-red navigation and one of the most extensive entertainment and communication systems ever installed on a yacht. Ambrosia's Art Deco-inspired interior can accommodate 12 guests in six cabins.

Builder: Tankoa Yachts
Length: 49.9m
Designer: Francesco Paszkowski Design, Studio Francesco Rogantin, Margherita Casprini

Delivered in 2022 as the fourth hull in Tankoa Yachts' all-aluminium S501 series, Kinda shares the same slender profile and vertical bow as sisterships Vertige, Bintador and Olokun but was the first in the series to offer a 5,000-litre capacity pool on the foredeck. Other exterior areas on board include a glass-sided sundeck equipped with sunpad forward, an al fresco galley, pop-up tables and sunloungers. Kinda also offers a practical, fold-down beach club with a side-loading tender garage.

Builder: Amels
Length: 55m
Designers: Tim Heywood, Laura Sessa Design

Step One is the first delivery in the shipyard's highly successful 180 Limited Editions series. She rejoined the market in 2022 fresh from a multi-million dollar refit that has left her in "exacting condition". Highlights include a touch and go helipad, a generous beach club and a steam room that's primed for spa sessions at sea. Crowning the yacht, a split-level sundeck stretches out over 155 metres and volunteers a variety of amenities that larger yachts would be proud of.

Builder: Overmarine Group
Length: 50m
Designers: Igor Lobanov

N1 joined the market for the first time in September 2023. The model's exterior profile is said to be influenced by 1930s sports cars, with an "elongated bow, low profile and dynamic lines" and is a reinvention of the yard’s successful 165 model. Her standout feature is undoubtedly the split-level owner's suite, inspired by New York penthouses with an asymmetric layout, curvy interior lines and its own entrance lounge. Other highlights include an infinity pool and 69-square-metre sundeck.

Builder: Brodosplit
Length: 60m
Designers: Ali Gez, Boris Zanko

Able to host as many as 150 guests onboard, Katina is "the perfect yacht for corporate events and special retreats," according to her broker. The superyacht can certainly please the crowds with her whisky and cigar bar, gymnasium, sauna, Jacuzzi and two bars. Other amenities include an outdoor cinema, ample al fresco dining and lounging spots and a main saloon with comfortable circular seating and a bespoke table.