St Barts NYE 2025 Surpassed Monaco to Become the Largest Ever Gathering of 100m+ Megayachts

Crucially, the comparison with Monaco is made on a like-for-like basis. The data for both the Monaco Yacht Show 2025 and the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix 2025 includes all yachts present in Port Hercule as well as those anchored outside the harbour, reflecting the full fleet of vessels whose owners and guests were attending each event.

All Monaco figures include yachts berthed in Port Hercule and those anchored outside the harbour, reflecting owners and guests attending the events.

By contrast, St Barts New Year’s Eve 2025 hosted 226 superyachts to ring in the new year, with a significantly higher average length of 56.82 metres and a combined fleet length of 12,840.46 metres. Most notably, the presence of 13 yachts over 100 metres far exceeded anything seen at Monaco’s headline events, even when accounting for yachts anchored offshore rather than berthed within Port Hercule. The fleet was further distinguished by a record number of newly delivered superyachts making their debut, reinforcing St Barts’ growing role as the first major gathering point for the industry’s newest and most significant builds.

The data reinforces a broader shift in owner behaviour. While Monaco remains the global epicentre for brokerage activity, new build launches and industry networking, St Barts has emerged as the preferred social destination for owners of the world’s largest yachts, offering open anchorages, greater privacy and the ability to accommodate multiple ultra-large vessels simultaneously.

With more 100-metre-plus yachts than the Monaco Yacht Show and Monaco Formula One Grand Prix combined, St Barts New Year’s Eve 2025 established itself as the single largest gathering of megayachts ever recorded, redefining expectations of where the ultra-large end of the global fleet now chooses to congregate.

As yacht sizes continue to grow and operational demands increase, the data suggests that St Barts has become the undisputed global stage for the world’s largest superyachts, setting a benchmark that even the most established yachting and sporting events struggle to match.

Beyond scale alone, the 13 megayachts over 100 metres that gathered off St Barts represented an extraordinary concentration of wealth. Based on current market values and recent new build costs, YachtBuyer MarketWatch Intelligence estimates the combined value of these yachts at between $5.4 and $6.4 billion dollars, excluding shadow vessels, helicopters and annual operating costs. The figure underscores not only the size of the gathering, but its significance as one of the largest concentrations of privately owned floating assets ever assembled in a single location.

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Alongside their presence in St Barts, a limited number of the world’s largest yachts were also active in Monaco during 2025, highlighting a small crossover between the two destinations. Koru, Bravo Eugenia, Renaissance and Breakthrough each attended at least one major Monaco event this year, including the Monaco Yacht Show and the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix.

However, several 100-metre-plus megayachts were present in Monaco only, notably Yas, MAR, I Dynasty and Andromeda. Their attendance underlines the differing roles of the two locations, with Monaco continuing to serve as an industry, brokerage and showcase hub, while St Barts has firmly established itself as the primary private social gathering for the world’s largest privately owned yachts.

Anchored off Monaco during the 2025 Monaco Yacht Show, Yas is one of the most unconventional large yachts in the global fleet. Originally built as a Dutch naval vessel before undergoing a dramatic conversion by ADMShipyards, the 141 metre yacht features a lightweight composite superstructure and is capable of speeds of up to 26 knots, exceptional for a yacht of her size. Yas is widely understood to be owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is designed to accommodate large-scale private entertaining, with a layout and deck configuration that reflects her Middle Eastern ownership profile and long-range operational capability.

Anchored off Monaco during the 2025 Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, Andromeda is a 107 metre expedition yacht built by Kleven Verft in Norway and delivered in 2015. Designed for long-range global cruising, she features ice-class capability, a helipad and extensive onboard storage, allowing for prolonged autonomous operation far from established cruising grounds. Andromeda is owned by Yuri Milner, the technology investor behind DST Global, and reflects a growing preference among tech entrepreneurs for highly capable explorer yachts that combine scale, endurance and discreet private use.

Officially on display in Port Hercule during the 2025 Monaco Yacht Show, MAR was the largest yacht presented within the show’s exhibition area. Delivered in 2024 by Italian shipyard Benetti, the 107 metre yacht represents one of the builder’s largest and most ambitious recent projects, combining substantial interior volume with a contemporary exterior profile. Presented as a flagship brokerage and design showcase at MYS, MAR stood out among the show fleet, underlining Benetti’s continued strength in the ultra large custom yacht segment and the Monaco Yacht Show’s role as the primary platform for unveiling the market’s most significant yachts.

Anchored off Monaco and available for sales viewings during the 2025 Monaco Yacht Show, I Dynasty is a 101 metre superyacht built by Kusch Yachts and delivered in 2015. With a distinctive exterior profile and substantial interior volume, she has long been recognised as one of the most significant yachts of her generation. Presented off-site rather than within Port Hercule, I Dynasty’s presence highlighted the role of the anchorage as an extension of the Monaco Yacht Show, allowing some of the largest yachts on the market to be showcased while remaining operationally flexible.

According to YachtBuyer MarketWatch Intelligence, there are currently 68 megayachts measuring 100 metres or more in the global fleet, with a further 24 yachts already on order or under construction and scheduled for delivery between 2026 and 2031. These future builds are substantial in scale, with an average length of 121.6 metres and an average gross tonnage of 6,482 GT, while the largest project currently in build is set to reach 194 metres. Among the next wave of deliveries are several standout projects due in 2026, including the 134.2 metre Lürssen Alnanhā, the 114 metre fuel cell Lürssen Nausicaä and the 120 metre Amels Tanzanite, all of which will further reshape the top end of the global fleet.

The data suggests that gatherings such as St Barts New Year’s Eve are likely to continue breaking records in the years ahead, as the population of ultra-large megayachts grows both in number and size. As the upper end of the fleet expands, owners seeking to secure a place among the Top 100 yachts by length will increasingly need to look well beyond the 100-metre mark, reinforcing the trend toward ever-larger, more complex and more capable superyachts at the pinnacle of the market.

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