{"id":567,"date":"2026-01-06T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yachtersworld.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:43:00","slug":"the-million-pound-question-what-does-seven-figures-buy-you-in-todays-yacht-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yachtersworld.com\/?p=567","title":{"rendered":"The million-pound question: What does seven figures buy you in today\u2019s yacht market?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a31million is a lot of money to spend, but what does it buy you in today\u2019s market? Will Bruton takes a look at some \u00a31m yacht options<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Just how much yacht you get for a million pounds (or euros) is a more complex question than it first appears. Over the past five years manufacturers have faced rising costs across the board, particularly in raw materials. At the same time, demand has continued to increase for larger yachts with more internal volume, with many buyers going bigger earlier on their yacht ownership journey.<\/p>\n

Where once seven figures was reserved for flagship models only, a surprising number of new higher spec cruisers now tip into that price bracket.<\/p>\n

Production builders like Hanse and Bavaria have managed to build large for under the \u00a31m mark, largely due to the economies of scale they build at, but more luxurious and slower-built yachts are now firmly north of \u00a31m over 50ft LOA.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Multihull<\/a> sector continues to grow, with performance orientated models starting to carve their own market.<\/p>\n

Compounding all of this, the global economic climate has countered the post-Covid new build boom, making some of the best prospects above \u00a31 million to be found on the used market. In many cases those \u00a31m yachts that were bought in the boom, often lightly used, are those coming to market now.<\/p>\n

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The ARC multihull fleet has been growing year on year. Photo: James Mitchell\/World Cruising Club<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

One hull or two?<\/h2>\n

A million-or-more budget puts buyers firmly into the 50ft-plus, lightly used, quality Monohull<\/a> market, but it\u2019s also a figure where many start to consider more than one hull. Whether mono- or multihull, yachts at such a price point tend to be more complex, with most owners seeking at least some expert advice.<\/p>\n

Spike Abram founded Rapide Yacht Group as an independent brokerage specialising in performance yachts, with a focus on Multihulls<\/a>. Having formerly worked as a Gunboat 68 captain and a project manager he recognised an emerging market with a new generation of performance Catamarans<\/a> that were very well suited to cruising, along with those willing to pay over \u00a31million for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent some time as a broker for Gunboat, but was interested in the growing performance multihull market more widely. An increasing number of buyers were seeing performance multihulls for the cruising style that they offered, in a way that\u2019s only really quite recent \u2013 very fast passage making combined with a very high level of comfort just not possible on a monohull until you are over 80ft, yet still being surprisingly accessible to sailors that aren\u2019t super experienced.<\/p>\n

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How to buy a yacht for under \u00a3100,000<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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Between \u00a350,000 and \u00a3100,000 might mark the point at which boat buying gets \u2018serious\u2019. And while nobody is claiming that\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/p>\n