Private Market Access
Where the specification justifies a private conversation.
Above roughly $5 million the yacht market stops behaving like a retail market. Comparable vessels are few, the buyer pool is small and well-connected, and both sides of a transaction usually have reasons to keep it quiet. That is the market these opportunities sit in.
What distinguishes a genuinely luxury yacht from an expensive one is usually invisible in a listing photograph: the quality of the engineering behind the joinery, whether the yacht has been maintained to a schedule or to a budget, and whether the interior was specified by the owner or by a yard's standard package.
Those are exactly the things a masked opportunity forces you to ask about rather than assume. The public description here tells you the class and the condition. The specification that supports it comes with qualification.
Sample dataPlatform demonstration. The opportunities shown are sample records used to illustrate how the private market is presented — they are not offers, and no vessel shown is represented as available.
24 opportunities published
Confidential · Masked until qualification
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Dutch Build · 2012 · Refit 2021
Mediterranean
$39M–$46M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Northern European Build · 2010 · Refit 2024
Florida / Caribbean
$33M–$39M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Northern European Build · 2018 · Refit 2024
Florida / Bahamas
$28M–$34M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2014 · Refit 2022
Florida / Caribbean
$26M–$31M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Dutch Build · 2023
Middle East
$24M–$28M
Estimated asking range
BROKER-SOURCED· Seller position confirmed
Northern European Build · 2017 · Refit 2024
Northern Europe
$22M–$27M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Dutch Build · 2021
US East Coast
$18M–$22M
Estimated asking range
BROKER-SOURCED· Seller position confirmed
Turkish Build · 2020
Caribbean
$14M–$17M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2013 · Refit 2025
Florida
$12M–$14M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2011 · Refit 2022
Florida
$9.2M–$11M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2022
Florida
$8.5M–$9.8M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2015 · Refit 2023
Bahamas
$7.2M–$8.4M
Estimated asking range
BROKER-SOURCED· Seller position confirmed
Turkish Build · 2018
Mediterranean
$6.8M–$7.9M
Estimated asking range
BROKER-SOURCED· Seller position confirmed
Northern European Build · 2017 · Refit 2024
Mediterranean
$6.5M–$7.8M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Turkish Build · 2020
US West Coast
$5.8M–$6.6M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Northern European Build · 2022
Caribbean
$4.4M–$5.2M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2019 · Refit 2025
Florida
$4.2M–$4.9M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2014 · Refit 2023
US West Coast
$3.9M–$4.6M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2023
Florida / Bahamas
$3.6M–$4.1M
Estimated asking range
BROKER-SOURCED· Seller position confirmed
North American Build · 2016 · Refit 2024
US East Coast
$3.1M–$3.7M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
Italian Build · 2021
Florida
$2.4M–$2.9M
Estimated asking range
PRIVATE LISTING· Seller position confirmed
North American Build · 2024
Florida / Bahamas
$2.1M–$2.5M
Estimated asking range
VERIFIED OFF-MARKET· Seller position confirmed
German Build · 2016 · Refit 2023
Mediterranean
Price on request
POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY
German Build · 2019
Mediterranean
Price on request
Availability not confirmed. Our acquisition team can investigate privately on behalf of qualified buyers.
There is no formal threshold. In practice the term is used for yachts with permanent professional crew, custom or semi-custom construction, and a specification driven by an owner rather than a production line — which in the current market generally means vessels above roughly 80 feet and $5 million.
Maintenance records from delivery, the date and scope of the last major survey, any outstanding class or flag conditions, the engine and generator hours against their service intervals, and whether the yacht has been chartered. A chartered yacht has worked harder than a privately used one of the same age.
By comparison to recent transactions on similar hulls, adjusted for condition, refit history, specification and location. Because private transactions are not publicly recorded, comparable data at this level is imperfect, which is one reason valuations vary more widely than buyers expect.
It depends on what the refit covered. Paint and interiors change how a yacht presents; machinery survey items, tankage and systems change what it costs to own. A well-documented technical refit on an older hull can be worth more to a buyer than a cosmetic refresh on a newer one.
Yes. At that level almost nothing is publicly listed, price is typically shown on request only, and the process is a structured, documented one conducted through representatives.
Sometimes, where the yacht operates commercially and the owner is willing. It is not usually possible on a privately used vessel, and it is never something we would promise before speaking to the owner's side.
Tenders, toys, spares and interior items vary from sale to sale and are itemised in the inventory schedule attached to the memorandum of agreement. Assume nothing is included until it appears on that schedule.
Tell us what you are looking for. We will search the private market and come back to you with what is genuinely there.