Luxury Real Estate: Hot Spots for Yachts

While we at Decorati are obsessed with looking at the insides of fabulous homes to discover chic new furnishings, our friends at Luxury Real Estate.com spend their time looking at the outsides of amazing homes around the world.

We have partnered with them to share some insights and trends happening in the world of luxury real estate, including today’s look at Hot Spots for Yachts.

Some of the finest yachting spots are found in three locations: Florida, The Bahamas and the western Mediterranean. Many cities along the Florida coast are well-known for their luxurious yachting communities, but Fort Lauderdale is perhaps the best example of yachting excellence in the world. This city is brimming with yachting communities, marinas and private docks of the highest order.

Check out the following Florida homes with their own docks from luxuryrealestate.com

Many European countries contain yachting communities that are exceptional for a variety of reasons. A key factor in their greatness is that four of the largest and best-known luxury yacht-producing companies are located in Western Europe: Ferretti Group and Azimut-Benetti in Italy, Feadship in Holland, and Lürssen in Germany. Some of the finest waterfront properties in the world are located on the Mediterranean.

Finally, the Bahamas is an excellent destination for Americans, and even Europeans, hoping to enjoy their yachts from November to February, when cold weather dissuades most boaters in the Northern Hemisphere from pursuing their hobby.

Here is a residence in the Bahamas with its yacht ready to go.

Written by Robert Lockard. Full article originally appeared in Luxury Real Estate, Spring 2008.

Editor’s note:  Writing this post inspired me to think about what types of furnishings I would put on my yacht, if I had one.  Here is a great sconce from Wired .  The ropes give it a slight nautical bent:

Also, I would put this Coast Arc chaise from Henry Hall on an upper deck, so I could sit back and watch the scenery go by.

What about you?  What would you put on your yacht?

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