During the 2009 Monaco Yacht Show, a further selection of superyacht is to be officially recognised and sold by the MYBA and yacht brokerages. Luxury yachts which no not have berths inside the Monaco harbour in 2009 will now be listed by MYBA yacht broker members and displayed east of Cap Ferrat.
The MYBA Selection gives prospective superyacht purchasers the oportunity to be taken by private tender from the Monaco Yacht Show to the anchored MYBA Selection fleet to participate in private viewings of the peripheral yachts. Also, a buyer will be able to utilise a chauffeur service courtesy car to Beaulieu, Cap Ferrat, where the tender of the yacht for sale will meet the client.
Neil Cheston, from Camper and Nicholsons and MYBA comments: “On the opening morning of the 2008 Monaco Yacht Show we counted 104 large yachts anchored off the Principality, in depths of up to 60 metres, rolling in the heavy swell. The owners of these yachts had found themselves either unable to secure a berth on the docks, or else were unwilling to pay the price of opening their doors to the public at the world’s leading luxury goods showcase.”
“A yacht can be a very personal and private asset,” continues Cheston. “When an owner decides to sell, the only people he really wants inspecting it are prospective buyers and their brokers. For yachts that are “not quite new”, the cost of exhibiting at these shows is not always easy to justify.”
Nicholas Edmiston, chief executive of Edmiston & Company comments:
“The Monaco Yacht Show is the most important yacht show in the world for the world’s largest yachts. It is so important for us at the top end of the yachting industry that the demand for berths always outstrips the supply. To satisfy that demand, MYBA has established an “At Anchor Show” in the sheltered waters off St Jean Cap Ferrat which will provide the much needed additional space. Weather permitting, I foresee The MYBA Selection being an extremely successful event.”
Webite: http://mybaselection.com/
