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Yachts for Sale, 30 to 40 m
Asking prices on this page
321 yachts for sale
$12.7m median asking price
$2m lowest asking price
$34.3m highest asking price
77 in build, delivery to 2029
Asking prices are quoted in the seller's own currency and are shown here in USD, converted at today's rate. Every listing gives the price as it was quoted.
About yachts of 30 to 40 m
Between thirty and forty metres a yacht stops being a large boat and becomes a small ship. Steel and aluminium hulls appear beside composite, stabilisers are standard rather than an option, and the crew is five to eight. Ten to twelve guests sleep aboard in five or six cabins, and the garage holds a limousine tender rather than a RIB on davits. This is the band most often bought with charter income in view, because it is the size the charter market asks for most weeks of the year.
321 yachts for sale
Listings updated 9 November 2026
What a yacht of 30 to 40 m costs to run
| Cost | What it covers | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Crew | 5 to 8 crew: salaries, with insurance, flights and training | EUR 420,000 to 670,000 |
| Berth | A year-round home berth in a Mediterranean marina | EUR 50,000 to 200,000 |
| Insurance | Hull and machinery, and protection and indemnity | EUR 40,000 to 220,000 |
| Maintenance and yard | Routine servicing and the annual yard period, not a refit | EUR 90,000 to 450,000 |
| Fuel | About 300 engine hours a year, generators included | EUR 70,000 to 260,000 |
| Management and administration | Flag, class and registry, and a management fee where one is usual | EUR 50,000 to 180,000 |
| Total a year | The rows above added together | EUR 720,000 to EUR 1.9m |
Assumes five to eight crew, a year-round home berth in a Mediterranean marina, about 300 engine hours a year and a yacht insured at EUR 6m to 18m; published guides put a yacht of this size at eight to fifteen per cent of her value a year, either side of the trade's ten per cent rule of thumb.
For a yacht at this band's median asking price of EUR 11.3m, that is roughly 6 to 17 per cent of her value a year.
Read our guide to the first season's costs
Estimates as at September 2026 for a yacht in commission in the Mediterranean, for orientation only. Every yacht's real costs depend on her crew, her programme and her condition.
Questions buyers ask
How many crew does a yacht this size need?
Five to eight. A captain, a first officer or bosun, an engineer, a chef and two or three interior crew is typical, and a yacht chartering through the season will sit at the upper end of that. At this size the crew is a team with its own routines, and the quality of the crew area is one of the things a professional captain will look at first.
Do I need a survey and a sea trial?
On any yacht that has been in the water, yes. A survey establishes the condition of the hull, the machinery and the systems, and a sea trial shows how she actually behaves at operating speed and at anchor. Offers are normally made subject to both, so the findings can be discussed before anything is final. On a yacht in build the equivalent is the yard's own sequence of inspections and the handover trials at the end of it.
What does the VAT status on a listing mean?
VAT paid means European Union value added tax has been settled on the yacht and she can be used privately in EU waters without a further liability arising from that. VAT unpaid means it has not been settled, which suits a buyer who will keep the yacht outside the EU or import her under an arrangement of their own. The difference is a significant part of the asking price, so it is worth establishing before an offer is made. Where the seller has given us the status, it is printed on the listing.
How does buying a yacht through Boatcrowd work?
You tell us which yacht interests you through the enquiry form on her listing. We confirm she is still available at the price shown, collect the documents the seller holds, and arrange a viewing wherever she is lying. From there the usual sequence is an offer subject to survey and sea trial, a deposit held in a client account, the survey and trial themselves, and then closing and registration. The Boatcrowd team coordinates each step and stays with you through it.
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