small yachts for sale in greece

YACHTS is an international yacht broker agency based in Greece, in the vicinity of Athens and very near to the busy Corinth Canal, the main transit gate of yachting and shipping between the Aegean and the Ionian.

Yacht sales in Greece and in nearby regions such as Turkey and Cyprus has been our aim.

Greece with a coastline of approximately 15,000 km, the large number of islands approximately 250 inhabited and another about 2,250 small uninhabited islands and islets, provides a unique area in the Mediterranean and in the World for yachting fans.

This as a result has attracted a large number of local people as well as foreign nationals to have a yacht and sail the Greek Seas.

Our listings cater to offer the interested yacht buyer a very large selection to choose from.

Through our pages you will find private boats, charter yachts, blue water yachts, motorsailers, motor yachts, catamarans and trimarans for sale as well as a few traditional wooden boats.

Multihulls are increasing in popularity as the newer models represent good options for chartering as well.

You will also be able to find a small selection of motor catamarans and wooden yachts for sale.

Our area of boats for sale covers all locations, from large Marinas in Greece and boatyards and up to the most isolated harbors and small yards.

Our listings begin with a very large number of yachts in Athens and nearby area, including yachts in Lavrion and the nearby islands.

We also offer the largest number of yachts for sale in the Ionian and especially in Lefkas, Corfu and Preveza.

Lefkas and the greater area has attracted many private boat owners. Many of them bought an ex. charter boat and brought it there and some of them brought their own private yacht in the area too.

Nidri in Lefkas spelled also as Nydri, opposite from the Island of Scorpios belonging to the family of the famous Greek Tycoon Aristotle Onassis, has become an important yachting area in Lefkas together with adjacent Vlycho with the famous Vlycho Bay, a very tranquil area for mooring.

Boatyards in Nidri and Vlycho still use the old traditional method of hauling out and storing vessels.

Yachts in Nidri and in Vlycho spelled also as Vlicho maybe found in the water also in winter due to the protected waters. No surprise the area in front of Nidri has been called Tranquil Bay. Nidri and Vlicho host a significant number of smaller yachts not to be found in so big numbers in other yachting areas in Greece.

Preveza Marina and nearby Preveza Boatyard and Aktion, lying opposite to each other, have attracted a large number of privately owned boats. A large variety of ocean going, liveaboard and bluewater cruising vessels is encountered in the area.

Boatyards at Aktion are chosen by many yachtowners to leave their yacht there for winterizing.

Corfu in the north will provide a balanced variety of private and charter boats for sale.

On the Greek Mainland up in the north our yacht sales extend to Thessaloniki, Chalkidiki, Volos and in the south to Kalamata, Patras, Porto Heli, Koilada and other smaller yachting sites in the Peloponnese.

Mesolonghi Marina in the West also spelled as Mesologgi Marina, has become an emerging yachting site lately where we offer a number of privately used boats.

In the Aegean, our large range of boats on sale in Kos, Leros, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Crete and other smaller Islands in the Aegean.

Santorini Island with its famous caldera and the volcano and the world famous spectacular sunset from Oia, has become the number one destination for catamaran sailing in summer time in Greece.

In addition to the all the above, we offer a significant number of yachts for sale in Cyprus.

Yacht sales in Turkey represent a significant share of our boat listings scattered also in various Turkish Marinas.

Visit our section of bargain yachts for sale, for very good offers.

Now due to the economic crisis, you will find  a significant number of yachts for sale in Greece of all types at very attractive to even real bargain prices.

Furthermore as the charter season is coming to an end for this year, it is the most optimal period now to look and buy a yacht at the lowest price before the maintenance for the next season begins and before charter yachts start to receive bookings for next season.

This is similarly applicable for private yachts, as their owners have disposed them on land for the winter and would be more eager to sell now. 

Whether you are looking for a yacht to liveaboard, aft or centre cockpit, sloop or ketch, fin, bilge, lifting, swing or long keel, deck salon, pilothouse or flushdeck, steel, aluminium, ferrocement or just GRP yacht, we are quite confident that you will find interesting options at our greg yachts in Greece.

Whichever area you decide to view one or more of the yachts we have for sale, we can assist you in your travelling plans, accommodation in the area and offer you the best service possible.

175' Benetti Custom 1984

$ 8,617,800

Palaio Faliro, Greece

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174' Oceanfast 2004

$ 15,174,916

$ 15,286,133

Pireaus, Greece

170' Amels 2004

$ 23,900,000

Corfu, Greece

131' Royal Huisman Ketch Sailing Yacht 2005

$ 12,466,000

131' Nautor Swan Swan 131 2006

$ 9,351,140

127' Fitzroy Yachts Custom 2006

118' Custom 2009

$ 2,493,200

Kos, Greece

116' Custom 2012

$ 2,384,800

Athens, Greece

112' Westport Raised Pilothouse 2002

$ 4,295,000

Cruising, Greece

101' Chantier Navals de Normandie Custom 1931

$ 2,807,560

100' Custom Line FAST 2012

$ 5,365,800

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When looking for new, pre-owned, and used yachts for sale in Greece, the amount of time it takes to narrow down exactly what you want can some times be intimidating. With so many manufacturers, models, and boat types, how do you begin to find the right yacht that meets your budget and your needs?

United Yacht Sales is the one-stop professional yacht brokerage that can navigate you through the frustrations and help you make the best decision possible when it comes to the purchase of your next boat. We can help you find the yacht for sale, set up the showings, help negotiate pricing, handle the yacht closing and everything else involved, and we do all of this so you are able simply sit back and to enjoy the process. Buying a yacht requires a significant investment and it is our goal to provide you with detailed information and professional guidance.

When searching for a yacht for sale, there are a plethora of options. The yachts on our website number over 7,000 listings, including yachts built by top brands such as Hatteras, Viking, Bertram, Sea Ray, Azimut, Sunseeker, Ferretti, and more. United can also help you find the best used center-console boat in Greece from brands like Yellowfin, Contender, and more.

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United Yacht Sales is the brokerage firm that gives you the personal attention you need. Since we opened our doors in 2002 to sell yachts in Greece, our actions and care for you, the client, have helped us become the largest independent yacht brokerage in the country. It is this attitude that ensures our buyers and sellers return to us when they are ready to buy or sell a yacht again.

Our professional yacht brokers number more than 150 and encompass the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico and other locations worldwide. This means we have extensive coverage in the major markets throughout North America. Our knowledgeable and experienced yacht brokers get results, as evidenced by the over 600 transactions representing $100 million that we close each year. When you're searching for used yachts for sale in Greece, United Yachts Sales ensures you find the yacht you are searching for.

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Sale yacht in Greece

5 yachts for sale in greece, customer reviews, popular destinations.

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Due to favorable climatic conditions, the Greek yacht market is full of offers for the sale of yachts of all types, and many foreigners prefer to buy a yacht here here for both their own and commercial needs. With the right approach to the acquisition process, the value of the yacht can be reduced.

We carry out sale of yachts in Greece of various types and displacement, if you cannot find a suitable option in terms of cost and equipment on the website, brokers for the sale of yachts will help you, because they research the entire dynamic yacht market and can always find what is right for you. We are engaged in professional support of transactions in the Greek yacht market and are happy to advise clients on all emerging issues.

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Greece is a country washed immediately by 7 seas (Aegean, Ionian, Mediterranean, Thracian, Ikarian, Libyan and Cretan), and its main wealth are numerous islands, bays and harbors. There are all conditions for yachting, because, despite the small territory, the length of the coast of Greece is the largest among European countries.

Buying a yacht in Greece

You can choose and buy a yacht in Greece to see the azure waters of the Mediterranean Sea and ancient monuments of architecture, visit luxurious beaches, get acquainted with local traditions and try national dishes.

Greece has the largest fleet of leased yachts, second only to the Croatian in numbers. The long yachting season allows you to relax at sea from April to October, exploring the local beauty from the water. It is from the deck of the ship that the best views of the snow-white islands, paradise beaches and the purest water surface open. If you are planning to buy a yacht in Greece , you should have no problems with the maintenance of the vessel, customs duties and other points. 2yachts is ready to bring to your attention a wide selection of yachts from small models to luxury megayachts. Experienced yacht brokers are involved in the acquisition of the vessel, evaluating the technical condition of the used yachts and preparing documents in accordance with the requirements of the law.

To choose a yacht for purchase in Greece , use the capabilities of our catalog - offers can be sorted by type of vessel, region and other parameters. With us you can pick up and buy vessels manufactured by leading European shipyards, you can find out all the details from our manager.

When planning to relax on a yacht trip in Greece, you need to take into account that there are various conditions for yachting - from the most sparing to the water areas, more suitable for experienced sailors. There are many harbors in the country, the maintenance of which is cheap or generally all free of charge, there are many options for routes of varying difficulty and length for yachting enthusiasts. The local population is friendly to visitors. Most of the beaches are rocky and pebble, but marked with the Blue Flag quality mark. 2yachts specialists sell yachts in Greece - in Lavrion, on the island of Corfu, in the port of Kalamata and other places of Hellas.

A significant plus of Greece in terms of acquiring and maintaining a yacht is its well-developed infrastructure, thanks to which you will not have to have problems with the service, with the crew, or at other times. When choosing yachts for sale in Greece , you can consider this purchase as a profitable investment, because renting a vessel in the future, you can get additional profit without much hassle. Choose a yacht by type of vessel, length and seller - a yacht broker can help you find the most profitable offers.

Cost of a yacht in Greece

In case of purchasing a used vessel, keep in mind that the cost of a yacht in Greece can be significantly reduced for the buyer if serious shortcomings are detected, for example, dents on the hull, etc. During a visual inspection, first of all, you need to pay attention to how the vessel is kept on the water - is there a roll, etc. Then you need to inspect the interior, to evaluate the convenience and comfort of staying in the cabin. The seller should find out whether the vessel participated in the accident, operating conditions, reason for the sale and other points. And the older the ship, the more documents you need to request from the seller and check. Our experts will help you in assessing the technical condition of the vessel, checking and preparing the necessary documents for the transaction.

Looking for yachts for sale , you should not rely only on your own strengths. Participation in a yacht broker transaction ensures compliance with the laws of the country in which the vessel is purchased and saves you from solving many possible inconsistencies. The process of acquiring a vessel may involve the provision of many additional services (for example, after-sales service, registration under a new flag, etc.), and it is better to organize these types of services through a broker company branch in this region of Europe. We can offer an extensive selection of options and familiarize you with the driving characteristics of the vessel, the condition of the exterior, interior, cabins and photographs before buying.

Due to favorable climatic conditions, the yacht market in Greece is very actively replenished with new offers, and many foreigners prefer to buy ships here both for their own and commercial needs. With the right approach to acquiring a vessel, the cost of a yacht can be significantly reduced in the process of communicating with the owner, based on the results of a technical inspection or the influence of other factors.

We sell yachts of various types and displacement - to receive photos, specifications and diagrams of the selected vessel, leave a request on our website. If you are unable to find the option that suits you best in terms of cost and equipment, yacht brokers will help you - after all, they will explore the entire dynamic yacht market and can always find what suits you best. We are engaged in professional transaction support in the Greek yacht market and are happy to advise clients on all emerging issues. Meeting you on the website of the team of specialists in the acquisition and sale of yachts in various regions of the world, we wish you good luck in acquiring the ship of your dreams!

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Superyacht sinks latest: Mother of crew survivor speaks out; CCTV captures yacht seconds before it sinks

The search for six people missing after a superyacht sank in a tornado off Sicily continues. Listen to a Daily podcast special as you scroll - as our correspondents and guests examine why the disaster happened.

Tuesday 20 August 2024 22:53, UK

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• Search for survivors after superyacht disaster in 'critical 24 hours'
• Six missing - including tech boss, Morgan Stanley executive and top lawyer
• Crew survivor 'spared by grace of God' - as staff named
• Captain speaks out for first time
• Divers limited to 10 minutes underwater struggle to access cabins
• Watch: CCTV captures yacht seconds before it sinks
• Explained: What causes waterspouts? | Inside the superyacht
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We're pausing our coverage for tonight but here is a recap of what we know:

• Six people are still missing after the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht, with rescue teams searching off the Sicilian coast for survivors;
• The Italian coastguard confirmed that the body found after the yacht sank yesterday is that of chef Recaldo Thomas;
• The coastguard also named more survivors - Leah Randall, Katja Chicken and Leo Eppel;
• An engineer who led the salvage operation for the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia said rescue divers have entered a "critical" 24 hours; 
• The captain of Bayesian spoke for the first time, saying: "We didn't see it coming" in reference to the storm that sank the boat.

Images are emerging of emergency crews working near the site where the yacht sank in Porticello.

Search and rescue efforts by sea and air have so far delivered no results and experts have said we are in a "critical" 24 hours.

Bayesian was moored around half-a-mile off the coast of Porticello when it sank at around 5am local time yesterday.

A friend of Recaldo Thomas, the chef who was killed as the yacht sank, has described him as a "calm spirit" who had a "smile that lit up the room".

Gareth Williams, who grew up with Mr Thomas in Antigua, told the BBC : "I can talk for everyone that knew him when I say he was a well-loved, kind human being with a calm spirit.

"He would come over to mine over the weekend and he would sing. He had the deepest, most sultry voice in the world, and a smile that lit up the room.

"He told me just the other day that he needed to work two more seasons to fix up his late parents' house. He loved yachting, but he was tired."

Mr Thomas was also a Canadian citizen. The country's foreign ministry said it was "aware of reports that a Canadian citizen has died" and that consular officials were in contact with local authorities.

Mike Lynch "lost the last 12 years fighting a ridiculous case", his co-founder has told Sky News.

David Tabizel, who founded the software company Autonomy with Mr Lynch - the sale of which became the subject of the US fraud case - said he was a "legend" and that he had a "very soft spot for him".

"I'm just heartbroken for him and his family and I hope there's a miracle about to occur," he said.

Mr Tabizel said Mr Lynch's "resilience" and "importance to British economy cannot be overstated". 

"Now he has passed through this great trauma we were hoping he would lead a new national revolution to help Britain out of its current moribund state," he said.

"If anyone has the resilience to survive this - he does. And I hope he's found an air pocket."

Mr Tabizel added: "He has been one of the most influential, intelligent and most honourable human beings I have ever had the honour of knowing."

Mr Lynch sold Autonomy to US computing giant Hewlett-Packard for $11bn (£8.6bn).

He was accused of conspiracy and attempted fraud over the sale to HP and an intense, multiyear legal battle in the US ensued.

He was acquitted of multiple fraud charges in June after more than a year under house arrest.

CCTV footage showing the yacht moments before it sank has been released.

We reported on separate footage earlier, shot from a villa 200m away from the site of the disaster in Porticello.

The owner of the villa told outlet Giornale Di Sicilia the shots showed the boat sinking in 60 seconds: "You can clearly see what is happening. There was nothing that could be done for the vessel. It disappeared in a very short time."

Experts have said we're in a critical 24 hours in the search for survivors.

Earlier, Nick Sloane, who led the salvage operation for the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia, said survivors might be trapped in air pockets, but that time was running out to save them (see post at 12.50pm).

Now Dr Jean-Baptiste Souppez, senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at Aston University, has said the speed at which the vessel sank (a few minutes, according to accounts) and the fact that it remains intact "could favour the formation of small air pockets inside".

While the formation is "highly speculative", he says, there are records of survivors found in such pockets.

"A sign the rescuers may be looking for is a banging noise at regular intervals: this is common practice on submarines, and was one of the signs the search mission for the Titan submarine was looking for after it went missing last year," he says.

"But whether air pockets formed on the Bayesian is simply impossible to predict."

There is a "big question mark" over how the superyacht sunk, the editor-in-chief of BOAT International has told Sky News.

Stewart Campbell said "nothing like this had happened before" in his recollection.

"These boats are built extremely tough. They are built to take on the biggest seas the ocean can throw at them," he said.

"Big volume aluminium boats are very capable. So the fact that a boat like Bayesian can sink in a storm like this is incredibly surprising."

He said even if a ship like this was knocked down "it should be been able to right itself".

"Even if the boat had been dismasted, theoretically the boat should have been even more stable as it would have meant less weight and the keel would then have anchored the boat more firmly in the sea.

"There are lots of questions to be answered.

"At the moment from my point of view and from the people I have spoken to, including captains of similar boats, there is a big question mark over how this happened."

The action of the boat when it was struck by the storm "would have been incredibly violent" and "it should have woken everybody up".

"The crew would have sprung into action and tried to get everyone into life rafts if they thought the boat was in danger," he said.

"We just don't know what situation the boat was in when this storm struck."

The life raft on which survivors are understood to have escaped the sinking yacht has been pictured in the harbour at Porticello in Sicily. 

Earlier, Karsten Borner, the captain of a boat that came to their aide, described how he and his crew found the raft with 15 survivors inside and brought them to his ship until help arrived.

He described the situation as "awful and traumatic" for those involved - you can read his comments in full in our post at 10.55am.

Why did the yacht sink? What is happening with the investigation? Who is missing - and why are conspiracy theories already brewing?

Our correspondent Ashna Hurynag, who is at the scene in Sicily, and Danny Fortson, West Coast correspondent for The Sunday Times, who interviewed missing Mike Lynch only weeks ago, answer these questions on today's episode of the Daily podcast, with host Niall Paterson.

You can listen above - and  tap here  to follow wherever you get your podcasts.

 The mother of one of the survivors has said she is "beyond relieved" her daughter's life was spared.

Heidi Randall, the mother of crew member Leah Randall, told Sky News: "I'm beyond relieved that my daughter's life was spared by the grace of God. 

"It doesn't make it any easier living with the heartache of those who have lost their lives or are missing. 

"My very deepest condolences to the chef's family as they formed a great friendship."

Leah Randall, from South Africa, was photographed leaving the coastguard headquarters yesterday, alongside Katja Chicken, her fellow crew member.

The Italian coastguard has also confirmed the name of another crew member.

Leo Eppel was also working on the yacht, spokesman Vincenzo Zagarola said.

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Suspected quarry serial killer escapes from Kenya police station

A man arrested on suspicion of killing a number of women and dumping their bodies in an old quarry escaped from police custody in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday, police said.

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W.H.O. Declares Global Emergency Over New Mpox Outbreak

The epidemic is concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the virus has now appeared in a dozen other African countries.

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By Apoorva Mandavilli

The rapid spread of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, in African countries constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization declared on Wednesday.

This is the second time in three years that the W.H.O. has designated an mpox epidemic as a global emergency. It previously did so in July 2022. That outbreak went on to affect nearly 100,000 people , primarily gay and bisexual men, in 116 countries, and killed about 200 people.

The threat this time is deadlier. Since the beginning of this year, the Democratic Republic of Congo alone has reported 15,600 mpox cases and 537 deaths. Those most at risk include women and children under 15.

“The detection and rapid spread of a new clade of mpox in eastern D.R.C., its detection in neighboring countries that had not previously reported mpox, and the potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the W.H.O.’s director general.

The outbreak has spread through 13 countries in Africa, including a few that had never reported mpox cases before. On Tuesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared a “public health emergency of continental security,” the first time the organization has taken that step since the African Union granted it the power to do so last year.

“It’s in the interests of the countries, of the continent and of the world to get our arms around this and stop transmission as soon as we can,” said Dr. Nicole Lurie, the executive director for preparedness and response at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, a nonprofit that finances vaccine development.

Facing the threat of global spread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged clinicians and the public in the United States to be alert for the virus.

The W.H.O.’s designation of a “public health emergency of international concern” is intended to prompt member countries to begin preparing for the virus’s appearance and to share vaccines, treatments and other key resources with poorer nations.

“We need concerted international action to stem this recent, novel outbreak,” said Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist at Yale University who served on the W.H.O.’s mpox committee in 2022.

The outbreak that year stayed mostly within tight sexual networks, among gay and bisexual men. A combination of behavioral changes and vaccination tamped down the spread.

In the United States, for example, the toll dropped to about 1,700 cases last year from more than 30,000 in 2022.

The version of mpox that has been circulating in Congo has always been more virulent, and currently has a death rate of about 3 percent, compared with 0.2 percent in the 2022 outbreak. The infection can produce fever, respiratory symptoms, muscle aches and swollen lymph nodes, as well as a rash on the hands, feet, chest, mouth or genitals.

Until recently, it spread mainly through consumption of contaminated meat or close contact with infected animals and people. Most of the deaths have been in children, who in this region of Africa are already beset by malnutrition and infectious diseases like cholera, measles and polio.

Should the outbreak spread globally, children in developed countries are likely to be less vulnerable to severe illness, experts have said.

Last year, for the first time, scientists discovered sexual transmission of this version of mpox, with cases split about equally among young men and women. According to genetic analyses , sometime around September, the virus gained mutations that enabled it to spread more readily among people. It has done so partly through heterosexual prostitution .

This viral type has not surfaced outside Africa. Over all, there have been more than 17,500 presumed and confirmed mpox cases in 13 countries, according to Africa C.D.C . Most of the cases and deaths have occurred in Congo.

Given the rapid spread, the declaration of a global health emergency was justified, said Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who served on the 2022 mpox panel.

“I think we learned a great deal about the speed with which this virus can spread,” she said.

Amid rising numbers, Congo has approved two mpox vaccines , a Japanese product called LC16 and Jynneos, the vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic that was used in 2022 in the United States and Europe. But Congo has yet to institute an immunization plan.

On Aug. 9, the W.H.O. invited vaccine manufacturers to apply for an emergency use listing , a prerequisite for international groups such as Gavi, a global vaccine alliance, to purchase and distribute the shots in low-income nations.

Bavarian Nordic has donated 15,000 doses of Jynneos to be distributed in African countries. But that is a tiny fraction of the 10 million doses needed to control the outbreak, according to Africa C.D.C.

“The challenge is that these vaccines are not sufficient,” even if countries try to protect only the people at highest risk, said Dr. Dimie Ogoina, a Nigerian scientist and chair of the W.H.O.’s mpox emergency committee.

LC16 was used in Japanese children in the 1970s. Clinical trials funded by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations are now evaluating whether Jynneos can protect children and people who have already been exposed to the virus , Dr. Lurie said.

The organization is also supporting the development of a new mRNA vaccine made by BioNTech that would protect against mpox and related viruses, such as smallpox.

“This outbreak has been smoldering for quite a long time, and we continually have missed opportunities to shut it down,” Dr. Lurie said. “I’m really glad that everybody is now paying attention and focusing their efforts on this.”

Apoorva Mandavilli is a reporter focused on science and global health. She was a part of the team that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the pandemic. More about Apoorva Mandavilli