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TOTAL YACHT SALES
Q1 2023 Overview
SOURCE: SUPERYACHT IQ
Q1 2023 GLOBAL YACHT SALES - SNAPSHOT
TOTAL VALUE SOLD $1 BILLION
VALUE $11.7 MILLION
MOST EXPENSIVE €175 MILLION (AMELS 8003)
(90M FEADSHIP)
LARGEST SAILING YACHT SILENCIO (50M PERINI NAVI)
YACHTS SALES NEW BUILD VS USED YACHTS (%)
YACHT SALES BY CLOSING LOCATION (%)
6% 19% 74%
Used New Build
Europe United States Rest of the World
Yacht Sales By Vessel Type
SAILING YACHT TRANSACTIONS RESISTED BETTER THAN MOTOR ONES VERSUS Q1 2022
‣ SAILING YACHT SALES HAVE REMAINED STABLE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 17 SAILING YACHTS SOLD QUARTERLY
‣ BOTH MOTOR AND SAILING YACHT SALES DOWN COMPARED TO Q1 2022, -57% FOR MOTOR YACHTS AND -46% FOR SAILING YACHTS
Of Yachts Sold By Deal Type
SLOWER Q1 2023 IN BOTH NEW BUILD AND USED, COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS
‣ 2023 STARTED WITH 145 SALES DEALS TO DATE, -56% VERSUS Q1 2022
QUARTERLY YACHT SALES 2019 - 2023 YTD
Q1 2023 At Its
5 Years
Value Of Yachts Sold By Deal Type
BOTH NEW BUILD AND BROKERAGE VESSELS WERE SOLD AT A HIGHER ASKING PRICE COMPARE TO PREVIOUS YEARS
AVERAGE LENGTH & VALUE OF YACHTS SOLD BY DEAL TYPE (Q1 2019 - Q1 2023)
‣ BROKERAGE YACHTS SOLD IN Q1 2023 SAW THEIR AVERAGE ASKING PRICE INCREASING VERSUS LAST YEAR (+65%)
‣ NEW BUILD YACHTS SOLD DURING Q1 2023 WERE MORE EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO Q1 2022 (+72%)
‣ THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF YACHTS SOLD IN Q1 2023 CONTINUED TO INCREASING REACHING 35,5 METERS
MONTHLY YACHT SALES 2019 - Q1 2023
FROM JUNE 2022 ONWARDS, INCLUDING Q1 2023, SALES HAVE BEEN LOWER VERSUS PREVIOUS YEARS
‣ MONTHLY DECLINE IN SALES OBSERVED DURING Q1 2023
Monthly Yacht Sales Value Q1 2023
MARCH IS THE MOST PROFITABLE MONTH IN Q1 2023 EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER OF DEALS DROPPED
EVOLUTION OF YACHT SALES VALUE BY MONTH
‣ USED AND NEW COMBINED TOTAL SALES VALUE UP BY +111% BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2023
‣ MONTHLY SALES VALUE OF USED YACHTS JUMPED BY +58% IN MARCH VERSUS THE PREVIOUS MONTH
‣ IN MARCH 2023, NEW AND USED SALES VALUES OF YACHTS SOLD ARE NEARLY EQUAL
Yachts Sold By Size Range
STRONG YACHT SALES INCREASE IN THE 30-40 METERS AND ABOVE 50 METERS SIZE RANGES VERSUS Q1 2022
‣ 45% OF TOTAL SALES WERE BETWEEN 30-50 METERS - INCREASED COMPARED TO Q1 2022 (39%)
‣ SALES BETWEEN 40-50 METERS AT 13% - SIMILAR VERSUS Q1 2022 (12%)
‣ SALES ABOVE 50 METERS GREW TO REACH A SHARE OF 11% (6% IN Q1 2022)
Yacht Sales By Closing Location
EUROPE RECORDED AN INCREASE IN SALES, ACCOUNTING FOR 74% OF TRANSACTIONS IN Q1 2023
% SALES BY CLOSING LOCATION (REGION) Q1 2023
% SALES BY CLOSING LOCATION (COUNTRY) Q1 2023
‣ 74% OF TOTAL SALES CLOSED IN EUROPE (57% IN ITALY FOR ALL EU SALES ). EUROPEAN SALES REPRESENTED 60% IN Q1 2022
‣ ITALY ACCOUNTED FOR 42% OF TOTAL NUMBER OF SALES IN Q1 2023, THAT NUMBER WAS 34% IN Q1 2022
‣ 19% OF TOTAL SALES CLOSED IN THE US (65% FLORIDA). US SALES REPRESENTED 26% OF TOTAL TRANSACTIONS IN Q1 2022