Nominees and Winners 2025 Boat of the year
Nominees and winners for certain boat categories at ceremonies held in Europe at the beginning of each year.
Every year, there are ceremonies to nominate boats and/or yachts that stand out for their presentation, their configuration, in short, for their characteristics.
So there are plenty of opportunities for manufacturers to stand out from the crowd.
Here are the main occasions:
Here are the nominees with the winner for each category at the ceremony held by MOTORBOAT & YACHTING magazine at the DUSSELDORF Boat Show on 22 Jan 2025 in Germany.
N.B. see the word WINNER for the winner of this category.
Best Sportsboat of the Year
Axopar 29 (Winner)
Regency 250 LE3 Sport
Virtue V10
Windy SR28
Best Adventure Boat Over 30 ft
Nord Star 33
Quartin 33 cabin
Wellcraft 435
XO XPLR 44
TARGA 41 (WINNER)
Best Passagemakers (Style Trawler) of the Year
Beneteau Swift Trawler 54 (WINNER)
Hardy 50 DS
Leopard PC40
Nimbus 495 Fly
Best Sportscruisers (jusqu’à 45 pi) up to 45ft of the Year
Jeanneau DB 37
Fairline Targa 40 (WINNER)
Makai 37
Parker Sorrento
Best Sportscruisers over 45ft (+ 45 pi) of the Year
Princess S65
Princess S72 (WINNER)
Sunseeker Predator 55
Zeelander Z5
Best Flybridges up to 60ft (60 pi et -) of the Year
Absolute 52 Fly (WINNER)
Beneteau Antares 12
Galeon 560
Prestige F5.7
Best Flybridges over 60ft (plus de 60 pi) of the Year
Azimut Fly 72
Bluegame BGM75
Palm Beach 70
Pearl 82 (WINNER)
Best Custom Yachts of the Year
Ferretti Infynito 90
Riva 82 Diva (WINNER)
Sunseeker Ocean 182
Princess S80
Otam 90
Innovation Award
Azimut Seadeck 6 (WINNER)
Omikron OT60
Safehaven Voyager
RS Pulse 63
Another competition held every year in Europe is :
EUROPEAN POWERBOAT OF THE YEAR 2025
The winners of the European Yacht of the Year 2025 were announced on Saturday, January 18, 2025, on the opening night of the Düsseldorf Boat Show. Dubbed the “Oscars of yachting”, this year’s awards included 12 nominees, from which we elected five winners for each listed category.
The 12-strong jury is made up of eminent boat critics from their respective countries, spread across Europe.
Each candidate (boat) is tested by all jury members during two weeks of trials in two different locations during the autumn. It’s an impartial, intense and comprehensive program that not only rewards the winners, but, by exposing and revealing the boats’ strengths and weaknesses, helps to encourage the construction of better-built, more value-for-money new yachts.
Here are the winners:
Category up to 10 metres: Axopar 29 Cross Cabin
Category up to 14 m: Wellcraft 38 T-Top
Category up to 18 metres: Nimbus 495 Fly
Category up to 24 m: Cranchi Sessantadue 62
Powercats: YOT 41
Electric: Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air
For sailboats: (winners in larger font).
Best Family Cruiser 2025
Nominees: Dufour 44 (WINNER) ; Hanse 360; Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 350
Best Performance Cruiser 2025
Nominees: ClubSwan 43 (WINNER); J/40
Best Multihull 2025
Nominees: Lagoon 43; Nautitech 48 Open (WINNER)
Best Luxury Cruiser 2025
Nominees: Heyman 42PPH (WINNER); Contest 63CS
Best Special Yacht 2025
Nominees: Swallow Yachts Bay Cruiser 21; Sunbeam 29.1; Tofinou 7.9
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