https://www.yachtandocean.com/ The latest stories from Yacht & Ocean: yacht news, honest reviews, gear, and cruising destinations. en https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-genoa-2026-close/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-genoa-2026-close/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Up 11.3 percent on last year, with more than 4,600 sea trials and contracts signed on the docks: the 66th Salone Nautico ends as a business story, not just a boat show. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-majesty-180-flagship/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-majesty-180-flagship/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Unveiled at Monaco, The new Gulf Craft flagship is billed by the yard as the largest semi-production composite yacht in the world. The interesting claim is not the size. It is the brief. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-nomad-101-charisma/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-nomad-101-charisma/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Flax, hemp, bamboo, and carpets spun from recycled fishing nets: the latest Nomad 101 makes its sustainability argument in the specification sheet, not the brochure. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-les-voiles-2026-results/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-les-voiles-2026-results/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 A J Class tie-break, a Maxi clean sweep for Blue Oyster, and a Danish king on the race course: the 2026 edition delivered a week of big-boat racing at its best. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-genoa-2026-midshow/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-genoa-2026-midshow/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 More than 1,000 boats, 215 debuts, and Italian yards riding a €4.4 billion export record: dispatches from the 66th Salone Nautico. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-luna-rossa-naples-2026/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-luna-rossa-naples-2026/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Unbeaten on the final day in the Bay of Naples, the Italian team beat Emirates Team New Zealand in the match-race final to take its second straight Preliminary Regatta. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-monaco-2026-close/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-monaco-2026-close/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 117 yachts, an average age down to 6.47 years, and a sustainability programme judged on verified evidence: the 35th show’s numbers tell the market’s story. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-brabus-ab110-monaco/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-brabus-ab110-monaco/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 The Bottrop tuner known for 800-horsepower G-Wagens has built its first superyacht with AB Yachts: 7,800 hp, 48 knots, and a carbon-fibre statement of intent. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-brokerage-two-speed-2026/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-brokerage-two-speed-2026/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 A €14 million cut on a 76.5-metre Feadship and a €5 million trim on a 51-metre explorer: the autumn brokerage market is moving, but only where the pricing is honest. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-feadship-second-wave/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-feadship-second-wave/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Studio De Voogt's largest concept to date: a 115-metre vision with a 20-metre pool and a virtual command centre. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-oceanco-draak/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-oceanco-draak/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Delivered in 2014 as Equanimity, rebuilt as a companion to Leviathan, and delivered again on 30 June 2026. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-cannes-2026-recap/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-cannes-2026-recap/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 With 56,000 visitors and nearly 150 world premieres, the September show confirmed its place as the season's opening act. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-genoa-2026-preview/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-genoa-2026-preview/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 The 66th Salone Nautico opens with more in-water display area and 45 countries represented. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-fort-lauderdale-2026-preview/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-fort-lauderdale-2026-preview/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Nearly 90 acres, over 1,000 exhibitors and 1,300 boats: the world's largest in-water show returns. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-americas-cup-naples-2027/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/news-americas-cup-naples-2027/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Five teams, one Gulf of Naples, and a summer that will define the next era of the Cup. https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-ferretti-1000/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-ferretti-1000/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 At 30.13 metres, the Ferretti Yachts 1000 is the largest in the range and the clearest statement of the brand's intent. https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-azimut-grande-32/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-azimut-grande-32/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Azimut's Grande 32 Metri brings the wide-body concept to its most convincing scale yet. https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-baglietto-kinda-II/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-baglietto-kinda-II/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 The first Baglietto T60 pairs classic lines with thoroughly modern engineering. https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-sirena-42m/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/review-sirena-42m/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Sirena's 42M brings steel-and-aluminium construction and five cabins to the 140-foot class. https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-capri-amalfi/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-capri-amalfi/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 How to cruise the most famous coastline in the Mediterranean without feeling like a tourist. https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-dalmatia/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-dalmatia/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 A thousand islands, Venetian harbours and the clearest water in the Adriatic. https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-balearics/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-balearics/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera each offer a different version of the perfect week. https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-new-england/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/dest-new-england/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Block Island, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: the essential East Coast cruising grounds. https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/gear-night-vision-guide/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/gear-night-vision-guide/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Why thermal imaging is the biggest night-safety upgrade after radar, and what to look for. https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/gear-electric-tender-guide/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/gear-electric-tender-guide/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Two 3 hp-equivalent electrics, two philosophies. Which one belongs on your tender's transom? https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/gear-anchor-guide/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/gear-anchor-guide/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Concave-fluke anchors changed everything. How to size, set and sleep soundly. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/monaco-yacht-show-2026/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/monaco-yacht-show-2026/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 The 35th Monaco Yacht Show opens this week with around 120 superyachts in Port Hercule, including the public debut of Lurssen's 102-metre Nixie. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/lurssen-record-year/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/lurssen-record-year/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 From the 102-metre Nixie to the 117-metre Boardwalk, the German yard delivered six custom superyachts in the first seven months of 2026. https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/french-riviera/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/french-riviera/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 From Port Vauban's Billionaires' Quay to the anchorages of the Lerins Islands: a cruising guide to the coast that invented Mediterranean yachting. https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/st-barths-bucket-2026/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/news/st-barths-bucket-2026/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Two Wally 100-footers, 18 to 20 knots of breeze, and a final day lost to the gusts: the St. Barths Bucket 2026 delivered its closest Maxi contest in years. https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/benetti-oasis-40m/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/benetti-oasis-40m/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Folding terraces, a 90 square metre beach club, and transatlantic range: the 40 metre Benetti rewrote what owners expect from life at anchor. https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/williams-dieseljet-505/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/williams-dieseljet-505/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Diesel power, jet drive, and room for eight: why the 5 metre Williams is the default tender on yachts from 30 metres up. https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/princess-x80/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/princess-x80/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 An enclosed skylounge, a main-deck master with private bow access, and 99 gross tonnes on 25.18 metres: Plymouth's X Class thinks bigger than its length. https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/seabob-f5/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/seabob-f5/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Twenty-nine kilograms, 480 newtons of thrust, and silent running to scuba depths: the original water sled remains the one to beat. https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/swan-88/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/reviews/swan-88/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Carbon construction, a German Frers hull, and a hybrid-propulsion first hull that won an Eco Award: Nautor's 88 is the semi-custom maxi for owners who sail their own miles. https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/starlink-maritime/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/gear/starlink-maritime/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 No stabilized dome, no six-figure hardware, and streaming mid-ocean: the flat panel that changed what a yacht expects from connectivity. https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/cyclades/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/cyclades/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Mykonos, Santorini, Paros, and the open Aegean between: island-hopping Greece's most storied archipelago, with respect for its famous wind. https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/st-barths/ https://www.yachtandocean.com/destinations/st-barths/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -07:00 Gustavia's quay at New Year, the Bucket in March, and anchorages you can only reach by boat: the island that anchors the Caribbean season.