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  1. Boat Manufacturers and Brands

    Zeelander. Zeeschouw. Zeta. Zodiac. Explore boat manufacturers, brands and discover which ones best suit your boating activities with a selection of popular brands and boat types. Find your boat with our explore section, wide range of editorial content and guides with thousands of boats available. Start your journey with boats.com!

  2. Future of Luxury Yachting: The 25 Best Yacht Brands

    2019 Sunseeker motor yacht, 131′ (40.2 m), (US$22,650,789). View the listing. One of the largest UK yacht builders, Sunseeker mainly manufactures its vessels in Poole, Dorset. Four superyacht models (ranging from 116-161 ft.) secure Sunseeker's place in the niche of large and extravagant vessels.

  3. Best Luxury Yacht Brands: 25 Shipyards Which Build The Best ...

    21. Sunreef. Sunreef 49m Power. Leading the world of catamaran yacht brands, the company produces its signature models, 60 to 100 feet vessels, along with the supreme models and the 150-210 feet power trimarans superyachts. Their shipyard is located in Gdansk, Poland, a seafaring city rich in naval building traditions.

  4. 10 Best Boat Brands & Manufacturers for 2024

    Category: Best Yacht Brand. Sea Ray is one of the most popular boat brands on the water and is part of Brunswick Corporation, which owns more than a dozen boat manufacturers as well as companies that make boat engines, parts and accessories. The company builds many different boat models ranging from runabouts to yachts, but its Sundancer series ...

  5. Top 15 Trawlers for 2023

    Nordhavn 96. The Nordhavn 96 is the yacht builder's second-largest yacht its 17-model fleet, which ranges from 41 to 120 feet length overall. (There is a new 112 on the drawing table.) The builder says the N96 is based on its earlier 86-footer with a 10-foot cockpit extension, which increases both main-deck, skylounge and below-deck volume.

  6. The 12 Best Luxury Yacht Brands

    The Tradition is the basic model at 99 feet and a maximum speed of 15 knots. The Benetti FB is their high-end model and one of the most luxurious superyachts available today. 5. Heesen. Heesen Yachts is relatively younger than the other shipyards on our list, but they have been producing quality boats at a very fast rate. Although the company ...

  7. Top 100 Yacht Builders

    German builders Lürssen, Abeking & Rasmussen and Nobiskrug deliver full-custom yacht projects, while Dutch builders like Amels/Damen Yachting, Heesen and Moonen build high-end semi-custom yachts based on model platforms. In the full custom category, Feadship, Oceanco and Royal Hakvoort specialize in the construction of full-custom motor yachts ...

  8. Sunseeker

    The Sunseeker story began in 1969 when entrepreneurial brothers Robert and John Braithwaite pursued their boat-building passion. Today, we are the leading brand for luxury performance motor yachts. With seven yacht ranges, we offer the most diverse product portfolio in the world. Each with its own personality, our yachts are engineered with the ...

  9. World's Best Superyacht Builders

    Perhaps one of the best known yachts built by Nobiskrug is the unconventional Sailing Yacht A, a futuristic design by Philippe Starke that is instantly recognizable in any anchorage in the world. Launched in 2017 and measuring almost 148 meters and 12600 gross tonnes Sailing Yacht A features an underwater observation pod, hybrid diesel-electric ...

  10. SAIL Top 10 Best Boats for 2023

    For almost 20 years, we've called this awards program SAIL Best Boats, but this year, we're refining and renaming this program to better and more fairly represent the boats we've selected. Restricting boats to categories and labels—such as Best Cruising Monohull 30-40 feet and Best Performance Monohull 40-50 feet—doesn't bring our readers the full picture.

  11. The World's Best Yacht Brands

    X-Yachts: Offering top performance in both their competitive and cruising models since 1979, the Danish X-Yachts brand has long been admired on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean for quality boats and excellent sailing capabilities. While best known for their racing models, the X-Yachts team now offers bluewater performers up to 56 feet overall ...

  12. Explore Cruisers Yachts

    With over 600,000 square feet of facilities, plus our own test tank, Cruisers Yachts guarantees products manufactured with unmatched expertise and attention to detail. We have the capacity to build boats up to 73-feet length overall, and in nearly any style. Whether you desire the comfort and luxury of our much-loved Cantius line, or the ...

  13. Models

    SPX SERIES. A day on board a Sea Ray® SPX® is one thrill after another. Our family of sport boats is designed for your family's excitement, with every detail delivering the ultimate in style, performance and fun.

  14. List of sailboat designers and manufacturers

    X-Yachts; See also. Sports portal; Companies portal; List of sailing boat types; List of large sailing yachts This page was last edited on 11 December 2023, at 11:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may ...

  15. 10 Best Motor Yacht Brands

    Photo via Hunt Yachts. Hunt Yachts has quite a history, beginning with the development of the deep-V hullform by Raymond Hunt back in 1960. Today their line includes four motor yachts, the 56, 63, 68, and 76. All but the 56 (which is a sedan-style motor yacht) have flying bridges, open aft cockpits, and a traditional downeast look to them.

  16. Best Boat Brands

    3. Chaparral Chaparral has been manufacturing a wide range of boats for nearly 60 years, since 1965. Their model lineup includes bowriders, wake surf and watersports boats, and cruisers from 21 to 30 feet in length. Chaparral makes our list because it's one of the top-searched boats on our own site, it scored high in Boat Trader's Boating Madness tournament (as well as being a top-searched ...

  17. Catalina Yachts

    FORGING AHEAD. From the past 50 years, and to the next 50, Catalina is devoted to providing owners and dealers with quality and value that has made Catalina America's largest sailboat builder. Frank Butler's vision and philosophy carries forward with Sharon Day, who worked alongside Frank for 48 years, at the helm of a veteran leadership team.

  18. Modern Yachts & Boat Models

    Astondoa 73 Model Boat - GN. Customise Now. Customise Now. Own a piece of yachting history with Premier Ship Models' modern yacht & boat models. From sleek contemporary designs to iconic classics, our expertly crafted replicas capture the essence of the open sea. Dive into our collection today!

  19. Yacht Designs And Boat Hull Types

    So if a boat is 36' (the square root of 36 being six) the equation to determine hull speed is 1.34 x 6 = 8.04 knots. A displacement boat of this size will be designed to travel at up to 8.04 knots, but never beyond that. Displacement boats can be very fuel efficient, certainly much more efficient than planning hulls.

  20. The 2020 New Yacht Buyer's Guide

    The 2020 New Yacht Buyer's Guide. 2019 was an exceptional year for boat sales that was driven by new, award-winning models and a strong economy. Our premium brands brought home several significant accolades in 2019, particularly in the under-60 foot range, including: The 2021 New Yacht Buyer's Guide is now released.

  21. The 2021 New Yacht Buyer's Guide

    Here are the top new boats and yachts available for the 2021 - 2022 model year for cruising, fishing, and enjoying the water. NEW YACHTS. Viking Yachts; ... Viking has once again dominated the under 60-foot sportfish category with a stunning re-make of one of its most popular models. With the 154 square-foot cockpit, in-deck seakeeper, massive ...

  22. Types of Boats by Manufacturer & Brand

    Powered primarily by outboard engines, this type of boat offers both tiller and remote steering options. Bass boats have low, sleek profiles and are built to fish with two or three anglers on board. The minimum length of bass boats starts with 16 feet and can go up to 26 feet. These boats are popular in coastal areas where sea trout and redfish ...

  23. Boat makes and models types and builds, yachts sailing, power or motor

    Viking Yachts. - convertible, open and sports yachts to 72 feet, New Jersey. Waterline Yachts. - steel sailing and motor yachts in Canada. Wilbur Yachts. - custom yachts to 70 ft. Winning Yachts. - semi-displacement catamarans, Queensland, Australia. A list of boat makes models types and builds, sailing, power and motor.