28 of the best new yachts on display at the 2017 Monaco Yacht Show

2017 is shaping up to be a huge year for Italian yard Rossinavi, with four yacht launches scheduled. The Longitude 49 yacht Aurora is arguably the most exciting of the bunch, with a dynamic exterior design by Fulvio De Simoni, and she will be going on display in Port Hercules this September along with the yard's other recent launch, the 49.9 metre Endeavour II.

Configurable yacht specialist Dynamiq made a huge impact at last year’s Monaco Yacht Show with the 39 metre Jetsetter, and the yard’s 35 metre follow-up GTT 115 looks every inch as impressive. Studio FA Porsche helped to develop both the exterior styling and the achingly cool interiors, with Pepita houndstooth fabrics similar to those found on the latest Porsche 911 R edition sportscar.

With towering topsides and vivid orange detailing, there’s certainly no mistaking Genesia, the new Ocean King 130 yacht from Italian yard Cantiere Navali Chioggia. Styled inside and out by Andrea Vallicelli and riding on a hull developed by naval architects InNave, this 40.25 metre explorer yacht will have visitors to the Monaco show dreaming of far-flung expeditions.

Kalliente is the first hull of Dominator’s Ilumen range. The semi-displacement epoxy carbon boat lives up to its series moniker with floor to ceiling glazing in the saloon and a light-flooded master cabin, all wrapped in muscular lines penned by Alberto Mancini.

Another Turkish titan hoping to take Monaco by storm, 47.5 metre Nerissa is hull number one in Bilgin’s 156 semi-custom series. Her curvaceous exterior is straight from the boards of Unique Yacht Design, who also contributed the naval architecture for the project, while British studio H2 Yacht Design worked up her bright, modern interior décor.

Dutch yard Damen is bringing the newest member of its yacht support vessel fleet to the Monaco show this year. New Frontiers measures 55.3 metres, giving owners a wealth of tender carrying options from helicopters to submersibles and much more besides. What’s more, she has been fitted out with three guest cabins, including a main-deck owner’s cabin, making her ideal for a weekend away from the mothership.

Damen will also be bringing the 69.15 metre Game Changer, which turned heads in London earlier this year by mooring up alongside HMS Belfast.

Yard owner Hans Georg Näder has commissioned Baltic for all six of his Pink Gin sailing yachts and the latest installment, Pink Gin VI, pushes the boundaries of sailing design in several key ways. Keep an eye out for multiple balconies cut into her 53.9 metre carbon-fibre hull, as well as her Design Unlimited interior of petrified wood, salmon skin, gilded bronze, hammered copper and velvet.

Hull number one in the Sanlorenzo 52 Steel range, Seven Sins has already been given the red carpet treatment in Monaco as part of her official unveiling last month. Returning to the principality in September, she will be fresh from her maiden season cruising the Mediterranean. No doubt her Belgian owner will have made good use of her fold-out beach club and aft-deck swimming pool.

Meanwhile, the 42.2 metre Ocean’s Four and as-yet-unnamed models from the SL118 and SD126 series will also be representing the Italian yard in Port Hercules.

The priorities of the UK yard, and its clients, are changing, from speed to comfort (although at 25 knots the 131 is still no slouch). The Sunseeker 131 is based on the 40M and 35M, but with enormous windows and cutaway bulkheads. We don’t yet know which hull will attend the show, but the first launch, Zozo (pictured above), boasts a subtle and restrained interior in American black walnut and Dark Emperador marble. The boat will be joined by a 116 and a 95.

Two years after the debut of 69.3 metre Suerte, Italian yard Tankoa Yachts is returning to the Monaco Yacht Show this year to give a public debut to the 49.9 metre Vertige. An on-board cinema and superyacht gym are just two of the highlights that make this Francesco Paszkowski-designed yacht well worth a closer look.