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RankingThe top ten favourite yachts among Germans

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 · 30.12.2024

Hallberg-Rassy 50 at anchor. The brand leads the list of dream yachts by some distance.
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Which yacht brands are particularly popular with Germans? Which brands do they sail themselves - and how much money are they prepared to spend on their boat? Answers to these questions and many more can be found in the large reader survey.
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Sailors are still prepared to spend significant amounts of money on their hobby. In view of the current crises - whether wars, inflation or floods - this is perhaps the most remarkable result of our latest reader survey. Over 7,000 of you took part in the autumn. This means that the number of responses is significantly higher than would be necessary to derive a representative overall picture from the answers.

For example, which boats are at the top of the list of favourites among long-standing or future owners. And which sizes are most in demand. The figures on this page provide information on this and more.

The reader survey was carried out by the market research institute Market Research in Neuhausen near Stuttgart. Detailed results can be ordered at: DK-MEDIASALES.DE/WATERSPORTS-MARKET-STUDY

The top ten dream and own yachts

These are our readers' dream yachts
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These shipyards stand for high quality

At the top, there have only been a few minor shifts compared to 2021 (values in brackets). In the lower half, however, Oyster, Luffe and Contest are among the yards that did not make it into the top ten two years ago.

How much money is spent?

Steep upward trend: Development of the average amounts that prospective buyers were willing to spend in the past decades or are currently willing to spend

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New boats

59 per cent of YACHT readers want their next new boat to cost over 250,000 euros. Only just under ten per cent are satisfied with a new boat for less than 50,000 euros.Photo: YACHT59 per cent of YACHT readers want their next new boat to cost over 250,000 euros. Only just under ten per cent are satisfied with a new boat for less than 50,000 euros.

Used boats

Almost half of the survey participants who want to buy a second-hand boat are willing to spend up to a maximum of 50,000 euros. Only five per cent are prepared to pay over a quarter of a million euros for a second-hand yacht.Photo: YACHTAlmost half of the survey participants who want to buy a second-hand boat are willing to spend up to a maximum of 50,000 euros. Only five per cent are prepared to pay over a quarter of a million euros for a second-hand yacht.

The most popular boat size

Whether new or second-hand, the majority of both groups of buyers agree on the size of the boat

  • 40 % of new and used boat buyers are looking for ten to twelve metre yachts
  • 33 % of new boat buyers are interested in boats between twelve and 15 metres in length
  • 36 % of second-hand buyers are looking for models from 7.50 to ten metres

How important is sustainability?

The topic of sustainability is moving further into focus. From the sailors' point of view, the boating industry is called upon to act

  • 75 % of YACHT readers think that sustainability should be a matter of course
  • 56 % demand that products in the water sports sector should be recyclable
  • 54 % would be prepared to pay more for an environmentally friendly product

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