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

Italian yard Benetti is sure to make a big impact in Port Hercules with the 67 metre Seasense, which is notable, not just for her length, but due to the new design collaborations that led to her launch. Dutch designer Cor D Rover provided the exteriors — a first for a Benetti — while Los Angeles design studio Area developed the interiors — a first for any yacht.

Sister company Azimut will also be bringing its new Grande 35M and Grande 27M yachts, fresh from their public debut at the 2017 Cannes Yachting Festival just a few weeks earlier.

Italian yard Perini Navi has confirmed that it will be bringing a 60 metre sailing yacht to Monaco this year, with reports suggesting that it is the in-build project currently known as C2232, which was recently launched and named Seven. She is the third such yacht to be built by Perini, following on from Seahawk and Perseus 3, all of which benefit from Ron Holland's naval architecture expertise.

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.

Venerable Dutch yard Hakvoort is bringing its newest canoe-sterned beauty to this year’s Monaco Yacht Show. 38.25 metre Soprano hits all the right notes with a interior by Felix Buytendijk that was inspired by New England beach houses. This classically styled aesthetic is truly befitting of her elegant exterior from Diana Yacht Design.

Most of the new yachts going on display at the Monaco Yacht Show have had a relatively short delivery voyage. Not so, Sorceress, who will have proved her blue water cruising credentials by making the trip up from South Africa where she was launched in April by the Southern Wind Shipyard. The first model in the limited edition SW96 series, she features naval architecture by Farr Yacht Design as well as styling inside and out by Nauta Design.

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.

Hull number four in the Wallycento series of 30.48 metre sailing superyachts, Tango will be representing the yard at this year’s Monaco show. Developed in collaboration with naval architect Mark Mills and built by Persico Marine, she features interior styling by the renowned Pininfarina studio. Wally adds that this latest model has been optimised for superior performance, with improved hull stiffness, a new deck layout and a lower dry displacement of 47.5 tonnes.

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.