Superyacht Sales Surge in March
by Gabrielle Lazaridis
Despite the looming threat of a global trade war, exclusive BOATPro data shows brokerage yacht sales surged to €586.8 million in March 2025, up 92.5 per cent from the previous year. The value was shared across 47 individual transactions, compared to 33 yacht sales in March 2024.
The jump in sales coincided with this year's Palm Beach International Boat Show, where brokers reported varying levels of success tempered with a general air of hesitation among buyers responding to the threat of US tariffs and concerns around inflation. Even so, overall sales activity in 2025 appears to be outperforming results from the previous year, signaling a strong appetite for both new and used superyachts on the brokerage market.
Four of the yachts sold in March were new builds, including the 49.8-meter Project Orion from Heesen Yachts (also the most expensive sale for the month). Sold two months after being launched from the yard's facility in Oss, the Netherlands, Project Orion had been asking €45.9 million, with Anton Foord of Ocean Independence introducing the buyer. News also broke that a new 122-meter Lürssen superyacht, Project Omega, had been sold by Moran Yacht & Ship, though her asking price was withheld.
March in numbers
47 sales
€586.8M in sales
€12.5M average sales value
61 new listings
€611.9M total listings value
€10M average new listing value
109 price drops
€103.5M total price drop value
There were 61 additions to the superyacht brokerage market in March, with a cumulative value of €611.9 million. Among them were Feadship's 49.5-meter Project Fun (formerly known as Project 717), currently asking €65 million with Edmiston. Details of the vessel are being held tightly under wraps, though Feadship recently released initial renderings of the exterior and interior design.
Other high-value items added to the mix this month include the 46.2-meter Feadship yacht Excellence V, which is asking $42 million with Dirk Johnson of Edmiston after a major 2024 refit, as well as the 49.9-meter Arkadia from Heesen Yachts, asking €33.9 million with Y.CO.
HMY Yachts has also listed the 54-meter Overmarine yacht Goldeneye for sale with an asking price of €32 million, while the 50-meter Christensen motor yacht Silver Lining is currently asking $31.95 million with Worth Avenue Yachts.
The brokerage market was also hit with a slew of price drops during the month, which Ikonic Yachts CEO AJ Blackmon emphasised is not a sign of an industry in poor health. "We're getting close to this tipping point where things start to come back to reality," Blackmon told BOATPro. "The sellers that had a boat listed for more than it probably should have been are starting to cut prices – though this isn't indicative of anything other than the boat was overpriced to begin with."
BOATPro indicates a total value of €103.5 million was shaved from the brokerage market across 109 individual price drops. Of these, the single biggest reduction went to Amels' 60-meter