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MONACO YACHT SHOW-STOPPERS

The new sailing superyachts on display at Monaco Yacht Show from 22-25 September hold particular appeal. They may be dwarfed and outnumbered by the mega motoryachts, but they typify today’s exciting breed of sailing superyacht as they’re all fast designs built from exotic weightsaving materials, with a strong emphasis on performance and enjoyment.

Baltic Yachts, Southern Wind and Nautor’s Swan are all renowned for the quality of their composite-built performance cruisers and this show will provide an ideal opportunity to see the latest model from each yard. Burgess will also be showing Ribelle, the much-admired 33m cruiserracer, which launched from Vitters in 2017.

In total there will be nearly 60 superyachts exhibited, ranging from 22m to 95m and including 37 new launches. The sailing yachts highlighted here form part

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