The 35th Monaco Yacht Show closed on 26 September with 117 superyachts moored in Port Hercule. The largest charter yacht among them was Nixie, a 102.4-metre vessel from the builder Lurssen that made her global debut at the show. The event ran from 23 to 26 September 2026 and brought together more than 560 exhibitors, according to YachtBuyer.
Nixie was delivered in June 2026. RWD designed her, and YachtCharterFleet's close-of-show report called her the largest charter yacht in attendance, at 335.11 feet. Boat International reported in July that she is listed from EUR 2,400,000 per week, a rate it ranks fourth-highest among charter yachts, behind Breakthrough, Kismet and Renaissance.
Inside Nixie
The figures are easier to grasp once you see what the money buys. According to Boat International, the centrepiece is a glass pool six metres wide that projects over the swim platform. Below it sits a 270 sq m beach club with a gym, a cryochamber and four sea terraces that fold down from the hull.
Higher up, the sundeck has a spa. The yacht carries cinemas indoors and outdoors, and her helideck doubles as a sports court. A yacht that charters from EUR 2,400,000 a week is, in effect, a floating resort with a crew.
What the numbers say
Nixie was the headline, but the wider count tells the story of the market. YachtBuyer counted 117 superyachts this year, up from 116 in both 2024 and 2025. Of those, 79 were debuts and 46 were delivered in 2026. The largest yacht in the harbour measured 111 metres, and two were over 100 metres.
In plain terms, about two in three yachts in the harbour were new to the show, and roughly two in five had been delivered this year. For visitors, that means a fleet that is young, and one in which a 100-metre yacht is no longer a single outlier.
The 111-metre vessel was Oceanco's Leviathan, delivered in November 2025, which made her first Monaco appearance alongside the rebuilt 93-metre Draak. Other debuts included the 72-metre Sanlorenzo Silver Fox, the first 74Steel and the builder's new flagship, and the 80-metre Amels Pangea. The 67.55-metre CRN Amor a Vida, the builder's first hybrid superyacht, made her European debut.
A fleet worth $2.5 billion
Monaco is also a showroom for the second-hand market. Seventy yachts were listed for sale, with combined asking prices of around $2.5 billion and an average of $35.2 million, YachtBuyer reported.
The three highest asking prices were the 72-metre Feadship Vanish at EUR 148 million, the 76.5-metre Feadship Boardwalk V at EUR 135 million and the 74-metre Amels 242 Synthesis at EUR 132 million after a 2026 refit.
Charter rates and new models
For guests who prefer to hire rather than buy, YachtCharterFleet's preview listed weekly rates, plus expenses, of $1.3 million for Angelique, $900,000 for Silver Fox and $740,000 for Amor a Vida. Nixie's EUR 2,400,000 sits well above all three.
The builders also used the show to launch designs. Baglietto presented the T60, at 60 metres and about 1,100 GT the largest yacht the yard has built, and the 50-metre FAST50, which has a top speed of 30 knots. The show added a Designer Gallery and an Adventure Area with exotic cars and fast tenders, and an AI robot welcomed visitors aboard a yacht linked to Oceanco, according to YachtCharterFleet.
What comes next
The 36th Monaco Yacht Show is scheduled for 22 to 25 September 2027. The Mediterranean season began earlier this autumn with the Cannes Yachting Festival, held from 8 to 13 September, where organisers counted about 700 boats ranging from 5 to 55 metres.
For readers in the Gulf, the next stop is closer to home. The Dubai International Boat Show, organised by Dubai World Trade Centre, is scheduled for 25 to 29 November at Dubai Harbour. It was moved to November in an announcement made on 12 March, and it is due to be held every November from this year. The Abu Dhabi International Boat Show follows in the same month, scheduled for 19 to 22 November at ADNEC with a Charter Show. Dubai also took part in Monaco this year through the UAE Pavilion, led by the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, so the emirate's yachting offer was on show alongside Nixie in Port Hercule.
Monaco 2026 leaves a clear picture: more yachts, more debuts and a charter market in which the best-equipped boats set the rates. The next test of that picture comes at the November shows in the Gulf.
Sources: YachtBuyer, YachtCharterFleet, Boat International