Yacht sales & acquisition advisory
Buy a yacht.
Acquisition advisory for first-time and seasoned owners, on the open and off-market.
The transaction
How an acquisition runs.
We open the brief with a short questionnaire (programme, budget, flag preference, cruising profile) and audit the listed market against our private network. The result is a short list of yachts that match the principal’s actual cruising patterns, not just the search terms. Sea trials, surveys, negotiation and registration follow under a single point of contact. The transaction is run alongside the principal’s legal and family-office teams.
Field notes
Related reading.
Events
Monaco Yacht Show.
The Monaco Yacht Show is the one week of the year when the harbour is the exhibition, and a yacht is both a seat and a hosting room.
Jun 2026
Guides
The Monaco yacht charter guide.
Monaco works as a charter base in two registers: the headline weeks everyone competes for, and the quieter stretches that often charter better.
Jun 2026
Frequently asked
Practical questions.
- What does the buying process involve?
- Brief, listing search, viewings, survey, negotiation, contract, closing. Each stage has its own lead time; the full cycle typically runs 4 to 12 months. The brokerage manages the operational sequence end-to-end.
- How is the brokerage compensated?
- Standard market practice is a 5–10% commission paid by the seller. We work as the buyer-side broker (or jointly with the seller-side broker) and structure the engagement to align with the buyer’s interest.
- What does a pre-purchase survey involve?
- A full survey covers hull, machinery, electrical, systems, and a sea-trial run. The report is the basis for the post-survey negotiation on works and price. We coordinate the survey through specialist surveyors in the yacht’s home port.
Plan
Brief an acquisition.
A private advisor returns a short, considered reply within the hour.