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Motor Boat Awards Winners
The Motor Boat Awards celebrate boating innovation and exemplary customer service. Awards are handed out each year recognizing the best sports yachts, adventure yachts, superboats, and more.
Sponsored by Sleipner, the awards not only celebrate the best new boats for sale, they also commend builders developing innovations that have industry-wide applications.
About the Motor Boat Awards
Run by the British magazine, Motor Boat & Yachting, the Motor Boat Awards are an established awards ceremony in the industry and were initially held to coincide with the London Boat Show before being moved to be part of the world's largest yacht and watersports show, Boot Dusseldorf.
Winner Sportcruisers up to 45ft 2022 - Bavaria SR41
Nominations for the awards primarily lay with the general public as they vote across several categories. A shortlist of finalists is then created following intensive sea trials and processes to determine the finalists of the nominations.
Several factors are accounted for before deciding on winning motor yachts, including; design, abilities, characteristics, and value.
In 2025, the Motor Boat Awards branched out further with a new award to recognize builders who have worked to develop innovations and solutions to benefit the wider yachting community.
2025 Finalist - Nimbus 495 Fly
Read our review of the Nimbus 495 Fly - 2025 Motor Boat Award finalist
Motor Boat Awards accolades
Presented during an elaborate ceremony, the accolades included in the main ceremony are;
- Best Passagemakers of the Year
- Best Adventure Boats of the Year
- Best Sportsboat of the Year
- Innovation Award
- Best Sportscruisers up to 45ft of the Year
- Best Sportscruisers over 45ft of the Year
- Best Flybridges up to 60ft of the Year
- Best Flybridges over 60ft of the Year
- Best Custom Yachts of the Year
In addition to the main nine award categories, there are also two further awards which are the Customer Service Award and the Judges' Special Award.
To find out more about some of the yachts shortlisted for the Motor Boat Awards take a look through our comprehensive listing of all yachts for sale.
Motor Boat Awards
Winners of the 2017 Motor Boat Awards
Magellano 66 (Mk1)
Exterior Design: Cor D. Rover Yacht Design
Naval Architecture: Pier Luigi Ausonio
Interior Design: Azimut
310 Sun Cruiser
Exterior Design: Marex Boats
Naval Architecture: Marex Boats
Interior Design: Marex Boats
76' Perseo
Exterior Design: Officina Italiana Design , Mauro Micheli
Naval Architecture: Ferretti Group Engineering Department
Interior Design: Officina Italiana Design
Watch Our ReviewAward Ceremony Location
Königsallee 59, 40215 Düsseldorf, Germany
dusseldorf