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Explorer Yachts Summit
industry event
November 2026

Explorer Yachts Summit

Yacht Club de Monaco, Monaco

Damen Yachting was honoured to return as the title sponsor for the Explorer Yachts Summit 2025, a crucial event for the explorer yacht sector. The event, hosted by Boat International at the Yacht Club de Monaco, was a day of strategic dialogue and insights. 

As the only international summit dedicated exclusively to the explorer yacht sector, it gathers Owners, captains, and industry leaders to explore trends, challenges, and innovations shaping this fast-growing market.

This global summit is the premier forum for exploring the unique challenges and opportunities of expedition yachting. As leaders in building robust and luxurious explorer yachts, Damen Yachting is committed to fostering collaboration and driving innovation in this dynamic sector. Expect in-depth discussions on the latest advancements in remote travel capabilities, essential strategies for crew development to ensure safe and successful expeditions, and critical conversations on ocean conservation to protect the environments we explore. 

The Explorer Yachts Summit is where industry leaders converge to shape the future of adventure yachting.

Sarah Flavell, Marketing Manager at Damen Yachting said, “Damen Yachting continues to support the Explorer Yachts Summit, because we recognise the importance of ensuring that there is an event dedicated to discussing all things to do with the explorer yacht market. That’s not just about the yachts that are available, capable, and able to push the boundaries and go further, it is also about all the components, the suppliers and the people that make it possible for exploration to take place. That includes those with the expert knowledge of how yachts should be built, and what features and functions are necessary to go further afield into remote destinations, but also includes those with the expertise to educate regarding how we protect the areas once yachts do visit, the responsibilities that we have for these destinations, what else can be done whilst there and thinking about explorer yachting as a whole”.

For more details on attending in 2026, visit the Boat International website. Let's shape the future of exploration together. 

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Explorer Yachts Summit 2025

For Damen Yachting, the Explorer Yachts Summit serves as a platform to help guide conversations around exploration, offering the chance to share our expertise and underline our leadership within the explorer yacht sector.

Enrique Tintoré, Product Manager Xplorer and Yacht Support at Damen Yachting, shared how every explorer yacht begins with the Owner’s mission. Clarity of purpose determines the entire design path, from helicopter landing platforms and medical facilities to labs, specialist storage and the systems needed to keep guests safe and comfortable in remote areas.

Guests were invited to experience exploration in a more tactile way with Damen Yachting scale model showcases of the Xplorer 105, Xplorer 80 and Yacht Support 75 which drew steady attention and sparked detailed conversations about design philosophy, capability and purpose. An immersive AR Experience allowed guests to explore the Xplorer 80 in three-dimensional detail, moving virtually through its deck layouts and interior spaces.

Other sessions highlighted new frontiers, including space as a future explorer destination, and the potential role of explorer yachts in supporting scientific missions. Market data confirmed that explorer yachts are becoming a philosophy of travel rather than a niche, with more than one hundred vessels expected to be in build by 2026.

By the end of the Explorer Yachts Summit, the message was clear. Exploration is not about reaching the furthest point, but about engaging with the unknown. As horizons continue to shift, Damen Yachting remains part of the conversations shaping where exploration leads next.

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