Which are the top 10 countries with the most superyachts off their coastlines?
- Monaco and France – which are home to many millionaires and their yachts – are there as you’d expect, but what about the Netherlands?
When you think of the world's top yachting destinations, the Mediterranean coastline and the Caribbean islands probably come to mind.
Yet what about the Netherlands, or the United Arab Emirates?
Bloomberg has just ranked the top 10 countries in the world with the most superyachts on their coastlines, and a few countries on the list might surprise you.
The United States came top, with 158 superyachts counted in April 2019, followed by Italy, Spain, France, and Greece rounding out the top five.
France recorded the largest increase in the number of yachts last month, compared with April last year, with an additional 29 yachts spotted off its coast.
However, the US and Australia experienced a decrease in the number of their superyachts.
Bloomberg said that last month’s count includes all yachts reported within two miles of the country’s coastline between April 15 and 18, 2019. The 2018 count was based on data collected from April 9 to 13.
The median yacht length in the study was 160 feet (49 metres).
While there is no official definition of what makes a yacht a superyacht, the industry generally considers it to be a yacht that’s longer than 79 feet and requires the use of a professional crew.