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Scenic Eclipse and Eclipse II in 2026
Scenic Eclipse II's 2026 schedule covers South Pacific, East Antarctica and the Ross Sea before a pole-to-pole transition, while Eclipse I holds the…
Vol. I · No. 4 · The Yachts desk
Yachts
Charter, brokerage, builds, and the cruising grounds that matter.
28 pieces on file · most recent first
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Silversea's Nova Class in 2026
Silver Nova and Silver Ray are now both into their second full year, and the horizontal-design thesis that the brand staked the class on is starting to read…
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Aman at Sea: What Amangati Will Actually Be When She Sails in 2027
The 94-guest superyacht being built at T. Mariotti is now bookable for spring 2027 sailings starting at USD 38,500 per couple — the most expensive…
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The Northwest Passage in 2026
The 2026 Northwest Passage season is the most active commercial transit window since the route opened to luxury expedition traffic; six lines are running…
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Monaco Yacht Show 2026: What to Watch on Port Hercule, 23–26 September
The 34th edition runs four days instead of five this year, the exhibitor count is down slightly, and the boat list is heavier at 90 metres than it has been…
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Seabourn's Expedition Pair in 2026
The two PC-6 expedition hulls split the year between hemispheres, with Seabourn Venture taking the season's most ambitious deployment — six Northwest…
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Oceania Allura and Vista in 2026
Oceania's Allura-class hulls anchor a 2026 fleet that became adults-only on 1 January, with a deliberate pivot toward upper-premium positioning beneath the…
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Explora III: First LNG-Powered Ship, July 2026 Service Entry
MSC's Explora Journeys takes its third ship in July; she is the line's first LNG vessel and the leading edge of a six-ship build programme through 2028…
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Regent Seven Seas 2026: Prestige Arrives in December, Splendor and Grandeur Hold the Line
The first new Regent hull since Splendor in 2020 enters service on 13 December 2026 with a transatlantic from Barcelona to Miami, opening a new class above…
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Galápagos Luxury Liveaboards in 2026
Galápagos has settled into a stable luxury-liveaboard market in 2026, with Silversea's destination-specific Silver Origin at the top tier and a clear…
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Luxury Cruise Pricing in 2026
Entry-tier luxury-cruise per-night rates are up approximately fourteen percent year-on-year through May 2026, with the steepest increases concentrated at…
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Crystal Cruises Under A&K: Three Years In, the Reboot Is Working
A&K Travel Group bought the Crystal brand out of bankruptcy in 2022, sent both hulls to the yard, and brought Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity back…
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Hybrid Superyacht Propulsion 2026
Heesen's third 50-metre hybrid hit the water last summer; Sanlorenzo has staged a multi-year fuel-cell roadmap; here is where hybrid actually works on a…
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Lürssen's 2026 Pipeline Beyond Jassi: O3, Cosmos, Boardwalk
Jassi was the visible launch; the rest of the Lürssen 2026 book has nine 100-plus-metre hulls in various stages of build. Here is what is coming…
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Ritz-Carlton Luminara: First Full Year, Asia to Alaska in 2026
Delivered in June 2025 and now into her first full operating year, Luminara's 2026 schedule runs Asia-Pacific winter, Africa-Indian Ocean spring, Alaska…
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Charter Trends 2026: The Mediterranean Pivot Toward Albania and Montenegro
After three back-to-back seasons of Riviera over-tourism, charter brokers report a 41 percent year-on-year jump in itineraries running east of Corfu.
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Orient Express Corinthian
Named at Saint-Nazaire on 29 April, the world's largest sailing yacht enters revenue service this summer in the Mediterranean before crossing to the…
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Caribbean Charter Season 2026-2027
Christmas-New Year inventory for St. Barths, Antigua, and the Leeward chain is filling faster than last year; here is how the early book actually looks…
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Lürssen's 102m Jassi Heads for Q3 2026 Delivery After Snow-Day Launch
Hull number 13785, launched at Rendsburg on 6 February in heavy snow, is on track for an unusually public arrival at the upper end of the Mediterranean…
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Feadship 1014: The 101-Metre Successor in the Low-Profile Tradition
Feadship's next 100-plus-metre after Launchpad has slipped quietly into the water; here is what we know about hull 1014 and the yard's 2026 pipeline…
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Sunseeker Ocean 156: The 82-Foot Boat Doing 25 Knots Off Poole
The new Dorset flagship — 25.14 metres, twin MAN V8s standard, twin V12s optional — is now in its second production year and answering a specific market…
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Explora Journeys 2026: Three Hulls in the Water, Three More on Order
MSC's ultra-luxury offshoot delivered Explora III ahead of schedule for a July 2026 maiden, putting three LNG-capable hulls on the water and four more…
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The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection at Three Hulls
The collection arrives at 2026 with three yachts in service — the intimate Evrima, the larger Ilma, and the new Luminara — and Forbes Travel Guide's…
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Mediterranean Charter Rate Trends 2026: Where the Money Is Going
Cannes, Porto Cervo, Hvar, and the Cyclades have all repriced since 2024; here is what the 2026 rate cards actually say and what the brokers are doing about…
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Croatia Charter Market 2026: New York-Split Changes the Calculus
United's April direct service from JFK to Split is the structural change to the Adriatic charter market. Here is what it does to bookings and rates…
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Ponant's Le Commandant Charcot in 2026
Out of the Damen Shipyard at Vlissingen in April after a four-month dry-dock, Le Commandant Charcot is the only luxury-cruise hull rated PC2 and the only…
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Four Seasons Yachts: Four Seasons I Delivers and the Brand Becomes a Cruise Operator
Fincantieri delivered Four Seasons I from Ancona on 25 February 2026; the hotel brand's first marine asset began revenue service on the 65th anniversary of…
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Silversea Nova-Class and Oceania Allura: Fleet State 2026
Silver Ray completed her first full year in 2025; Oceania Allura entered service in July; here is how the established luxury-cruise fleets compare in 2026…