The Builders' Guide

Yacht Brands & Builders

Every great charter starts with a great shipyard. Learn what each builder stands for, explore their signature models, and see the yachts you can charter or buy right now — matched live from our fleet.

Production & Semi-Custom Yards

Series-built ranges with named models — the yachts you can learn once and find again anywhere in the world.

Azimut

Italy

The world's largest luxury yacht builder

One of the world's largest production yacht builders, part of the Azimut|Benetti Group, with ranges from 12m day boats to the 38m Grande Trideck.

Est. 1969 · 61 for charter · 604 for sale

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Benetti

Italy

Italy's original superyacht house

Italy's oldest superyacht builder, part of the Azimut|Benetti Group, building semi-custom and full-custom motor yachts from 24m to over 100m.

Est. 1873 · 37 for charter · 135 for sale

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Custom Line

Italy

Semi-custom superyachts, Ferretti-built

Ferretti Group's semi-custom superyacht brand: planing Custom Line series and the displacement Navetta series, 26-43m.

Est. 1996 · 19 for charter · 113 for sale

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Ferretti Yachts

Italy

The definitive Italian flybridge

Flagship flybridge motor yacht brand of the Ferretti Group, building 15-30m planing yachts.

Est. 1968 · 47 for charter · 215 for sale

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Maritimo

Australia

Long-range luxury, Gold Coast engineered

Gold Coast builder of long-range luxury motor yachts, founded by Bill Barry-Cotter, with the M-series flybridge and S-series sedan lines.

Est. 2003 · 15 for sale

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Pershing

Italy

Speed as a statement

Ferretti Group's high-performance open yacht brand, known for 40-knot-plus sport yachts.

Est. 1985 · 9 for charter · 194 for sale

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Riva

Italy

The most glamorous name afloat

Storied Italian marque famous for its varnished-mahogany runabouts, now building luxury yachts from 8m to 54m within the Ferretti Group.

Est. 1842 · 15 for charter · 258 for sale

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Riviera

Australia

Australia's blue-water builder

Australia's largest luxury motor yacht builder, Gold Coast-based, known for offshore-capable flybridge and sport yachts 12m to 25m.

Est. 1980 · 5 for charter · 112 for sale

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Sanlorenzo

Italy

Made-to-measure since 1958

Italian builder of made-to-measure yachts: SL planing, SD semi-displacement, SX crossover and Steel superyacht lines, 24m to 73m.

Est. 1958 · 54 for charter · 303 for sale

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Sunseeker

United Kingdom

Britain's performance icon

Britain's best-known luxury motor yacht builder, Poole-based, building 15m to 49m performance yachts.

Est. 1969 · 42 for charter · 498 for sale

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Custom Superyacht Yards

One-off builds from the world's great shipyards — no two yachts alike, every one an event.

Abeking & Rasmussen

Germany

Engineering-led, quietly exceptional

German yard in Lemwerder building fully-custom superyachts 60m-125m, with a reputation for engineering-led builds and SWATH vessels.

Est. 1907 · 5 for charter · 8 for sale

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Amels

Netherlands

Limited Editions, unlimited polish

Dutch yard within Damen Yachting, best known for the Limited Editions semi-custom superyacht range 55m-80m.

Est. 1918 · 3 for charter · 25 for sale

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CRN

Italy

One-off superyachts from Ancona

Ferretti Group's full-custom steel-and-aluminium superyacht yard in Ancona, building one-off yachts from 50m to 90m.

Est. 1963 · 9 for charter · 12 for sale

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Feadship

Netherlands

The Dutch gold standard

Dutch alliance of Royal Van Lent and Koninklijke De Vries, regarded as a benchmark for fully-custom superyachts 40m to 110m+.

Est. 1949 · 12 for charter · 55 for sale

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Heesen

Netherlands

Fast aluminium, Dutch precision

Dutch builder of semi-custom and custom aluminium and steel yachts 50m-80m, known for fast lightweight hulls.

Est. 1978 · 13 for charter · 30 for sale

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Lürssen

Germany

The world's largest superyachts

German yard behind many of the world's largest fully-custom superyachts, from 60m to over 180m.

Est. 1875 · 4 for charter · 16 for sale

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Oceanco

Netherlands

Dutch builder of giants

Dutch custom yard specialising in 80m-140m superyachts, including some of the largest sailing yachts ever built.

Est. 1987 · 4 for charter · 7 for sale

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