MYBA Charter Show Returns to Sanremo with 60 Yachts Registered

More than 60 yachts were already registered for the 36th MYBA Charter Show, and the multihulls in that fleet are the detail charter brokers will be watching most closely. The event returns to PortoSole Marina in Sanremo from April 27 to 30, where the first professional gathering of the Mediterranean season will once again act as a real-time test of demand before summer bookings peak.

That matters because the charter business may be increasingly digital, but deals still turn on dockside judgment. Brokers, central agents, and charter managers use MYBA week to walk the boats, meet captains and crew, and compare the service on board against the photos and specifications that clients have already studied online. For high-value charters, that face-to-face check can decide whether a yacht makes the shortlist or gets passed over.

The catamaran presence is especially telling. Sailing cats remain part of the core charter fleet in Sanremo, not a side attraction, and their showing says something important about what clients want in the Mediterranean: space, stability, crewed comfort, and flexible layouts that work for families and groups. Multihulls also continue to push into the spotlight at the top end of the market. At the 2025 MYBA Charter Show, one headline draw was the 44m Tecnomar THIS IS IT, billed as the largest motor catamaran at the event.

Sanremo itself now has a longer-term role in the charter calendar. MYBA and PortoSole signed a three-year agreement in 2025 that keeps the show in the Riviera dei Fiori through at least 2028, giving the town a stable place as the season’s opening marketplace. That continuity matters to owners and charter firms positioning boats for the summer, because the show is where fleet strategy gets measured against what brokers are actually asking for on the dock.

The 2026 lineup also follows a strong 2025 edition that drew 81 yachts, 660 charter brokers, 79 charter managers, and more than 340 exhibitors from 67 companies. MYBA, founded in 1984 by a group of prominent yacht brokers, describes the Charter Show as one of the most important fixtures on the yachting calendar, and it remains tied to the association’s broader role in charter professionalism through YACHTFOLIO. With more than 60 yachts already confirmed, Sanremo is once again set to show which boats, and which multihulls, will command attention before the summer rush begins.