Sailing yacht owners: ‘It’s a seller’s market.’

Published 20 December 2022

- Photo above: Andrea Francolini

The sailing yacht market is experiencing vigorous activity. As proof of this, a steady increase in available-for-sale sailing yachts, both new build and brokerage, helped drive up sales a staggering 100 percent in Q3 2022 when compared to last year.

Sales of 12 yachts over 30m in the same quarter equalled this year’s previous high in Q1, and Burgess handled three of the largest sailing yacht sales of the year. With sales momentum showing no signs of slowing and a handful of quality new options on the market, our brokers are expecting a strong Q4 to close out an already impressive year for the sailing yacht market.


Brokers' insights

'Demand never stronger'

‘Demand in the sailing yacht market sector has never been stronger,’ said Senior Partner and Senior Sales Broker Henry Craven-Smith. ‘Order books in the leading European shipyards are BURSTING and quality inventory in the second-hand yacht market remains scarce. For yachts of genuine quality, there has never been a better market to sell in!’

'No signs of abating'

Sales Broker Jamie Small is equally effusive: ‘It’s a seller's market and the post-Covid boom sees no sign of abating! The strong dollar is helping the largest market of US buyers reduce the brokerage inventory of anything of decent quality. The yards’ order books may be full but challenges in staff and supply chains will see some delivery delays moving forward, further stoking the market.’

If you want to take advantage of this asymmetric market, choose Burgess as your Central Agent. To get an accurate, up-to-date valuation, contact a Burgess broker now. We have a very strong record of selling quality inventory in the sailing yacht market and getting the best possible outcome for you, the seller. Below is a selection of the most impressive yachts sold by Burgess in the last few years.

Selection of sailing yachts sold by Burgess

MALTESE FALCON

88m (288.6ft), Perini Navi

SEAHAWK

58.5m (192ft), Perini Navi

TWIZZLE

57.5m (188.6ft), Royal Huisman

CONFIDENTIAL

Over 60m (165ft)

MONDANGO 3

56.4m (185.1ft), Alloy Yachts

ASAHI

56m (183.7ft), Perini Navi

CONFIDENTIAL

Over 60m (165ft)

SELENE

56m (183.7ft), Perini Navi

RED DRAGON

51.7m (169.6ft), Alloy Yachts

METEOR

51.6m (169.3ft), Royal Huisman

CONFIDENTIAL

Over 60m (165ft)

BELLA RAGAZZA

43m (141ft), Vitters

SEA EAGLE I

43.3m (142.1ft), Royal Huisman

BLUE PAPILLON

43.3m (142.1ft), Royal Huisman, new construction project

CONFIDENTIAL

Over 40m (130ft)

ALEJANDRA

41.3m (135.6ft), Mefasa Asturias

VALQUEST

40.8m (133.7ft), Bloemsma van Breemen

GHOST

37.3m (122.2ft), Vitters

KHALEESI

37m (121.4ft), Perini Navi

GENEVIEVE

36.9m (121ft), Alloy Yachts

SPIIP

34.1m (111.8ft), Royal Huisman

THALIMA

33.7m (110.5ft), Southern Wind

MARAE

33m (108.2ft), Alloy Yachts

RIBELLE

32.6m (106.9ft), Vitters

To find out more about Burgess’ yachts for sale and yachts for charter, please contact a Burgess broker. Alternatively, get in touch with one of our offices directly: London, Monaco, New York, Miami, Singapore or all other locations.

- Yachts, prices and availability are correct at the time of publication.

Categories

Sign up to our newsletter

Stay in the loop

Subscribe to our newsletter to keep updated with all things Burgess.

What would you like emails about?

In order to understand how we use and protect your personal information, please read our privacy policy.

Language: en fr

Filter your results