An annual spotlight of the yachting business calendar, the Yacht Type Awards 2025 and gala dinner dynamically returned on Wednesday night, April 9, at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove, the night time earlier than the third Singapore Yachting Pageant opened.
Held within the Constellation Ballroom, it featured an viewers of greater than 300 VIPs, yacht house owners and prospects, and main personalities within the yachting business.
These in attendance clearly loved the pre-event cocktail, catching up with a world yachting-minded crowd, partaking and having fun with the chance to be photographed in opposition to the Yacht Type Awards 2025 backdrop wall.
A number of Singaporean boutique purveyors of premium caviar, oysters and specialty drinks on the cocktail added to the sense of event.
Divided into three classes, a complete of 33 classes of Awards had been introduced stay onstage, with winners or their representatives gratefully accepting the accolades – some with emotional phrases relating to their being acknowledged.
Acquainted faces to many in room, who won’t have been anticipated to gather awards on the night time included long-time Hong Kong resident Richard Allen, now relocating to Thailand, who collected on behalf of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Membership. And Trixie LohMirmand flew in from the UAE to gather Greatest Boat Present in Asia, as organiser of the Dubai Worldwide Boat Present.
All through the gala occasion and Awards-presentation classes, a four-course dinner and drinks choice had been served, and a stay saxophonist serenaded attendees.
Award classes had been devised to showcase excellence and inventive aptitude within the business each regionally and internationally.
Standards for the yacht classes embrace innovation, design, construct high quality, environmental duty, proprietor expertise, private achievements and a give attention to the Asia market. Class eligibility throughout Awards was firstly assessed on the interval from January 2024, to March 2025. Any yacht-model nominee chosen additionally needed to haven’t been nominated for Yacht Type Awards 2024.
Gael Burlot, CEO and Writer of Yacht Type, organiser of the Awards, stated: “The Yacht Type Awards 2025 took quite a lot of deliberation about innovation, design, aptitude, sturdiness, and – maybe greater than ever – sustainability.
“Whereas the main focus is on the prolonged Asia market, from Dubai to Australia and from Hong Kong to Indonesia, over 20 judges from all over the world helped us to make the ultimate choice, in 33 classes this yr.
“I’d prefer to thank the sponsors of the gala dinner and Awards, together with Maison 21G Paris, Brimoncourt Champagne, Voyager, Seakeepers Asia, SUTL / ONE°15 Marina, Sturion Caviar, and others who made this occasion very particular.”
With the Nominees named from March 27, 2025 and Winners declared and awarded on April 9, 2025, we checklist all these introduced under, beneath every Class:
Yacht Type Awards 2025 Winners
Motoryacht Underneath 10m: Axopar 29 (XC, ST, CCX)
Motoryacht 10-13m: Saxdor 400 GTC
Motoryacht 13-15m: Galeon 435 GTO/GTI
Motoryacht 15-18m: Absolute Navetta 53
Motoryacht 18-21m: Greenline 58 Fly – Hybrid
Motoryacht 21-24m: (joint winners) Azimut Seadeck 7, Wally wallywhy100
Motoryacht 24-30m: Princess S80
Energy Catamarans Underneath 15m: Aquila 46 Coupe
Energy Catamarans Above 15m: Sunreef 60 Energy Eco
Crusing Yacht Underneath 20m: Beneteau First 30
Crusing Yacht Above 20m: Nautor Swan – Swan 88
Crusing Catamaran Under 15m: Leopard 46
Crusing Catamaran Above 15m: Lagoon 60
Superyacht 30-40m: Gulf Craft Majesty 100 Terrace
Superyacht 40-60m: Sanlorenzo 50Steel
Superyacht 60-70m: Benetti Kasper 7 (customized)
Superyacht 70-80m: Damen Yachting Amels 80
Superyacht Above 80m: Lürssen Dragonfly
Most Lively World Yacht Group: Ferretti Group
Builder in Asia: Cheoy Lee / CL Yachts
Phinisi Builder & Constitution:Pacific Excessive, Indonesia
Home Seller in Asia: Tam Son Yachting, Vietnam
Regional Seller in Asia: Boat Lagoon Yachting
World Brokerage in Asia Underneath 40m: Fraser
World Brokerage in Asia Above 40m: Burgess
World Constitution Firm in Asia: Camper & Nicholsons
Asia-Based mostly Constitution Firm: Asia World Yachting
Marina in Asia: Ocean Marina Jomtien, Thailan
Boat Present in Asia: Dubai Worldwide Boat Present
Yacht Membership in Asia: Royal Hong Kong Yacht Membership
Crusing Occasion in Asia: Phuket King’s Cup, Thailand
Sustainability Chief & Organisation: Arthur Tay, Chairman of SUTL and ONE°15 Marina, Singapore
Legacy Maker: Mohammed Alshaali, Chairman, Gulf Craft
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For the complete checklist of Yacht Type Awards 2025 nominees, head to yachtstyle.co/yacht-style-awards-2025-presented-april-9/
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