1、 3MARKET REPORT 2023Visit us online What a truly bizarre,challenging yet great year we have just said goodbye to 2022 you were extraordinary!Covid fatigue gave way to a much more normal life this year,but as air travel achieved lift off,and normality resumed,at least for the Berthon team in our offi
2、ces in France,UK,Spain,Sweden and USA,the rumblings and gunfire in Ukraine grew to deafening volumes.The foray that many assumed(and certainly those in the Kremlin)would be a short campaign has turned into a long,harsh and cruel conflict which has touched everyone on the planet.We have all watched w
3、ith horror as this situation continues,and all have tried to lend a hand,from a collection for Ukraine supported by everyone at Berthon Boat Company to team members who have taken Ukranians into their homes.With the human tragedy has come a fuel crisis,high interest rates to combat inflation and eno
4、rmous supply chain problems.The sunny uplands that we glimpsed as Covid abated are now far away.Covid and the need to KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON YACHTING provided extraordinary results for us in 2021,and that same desire to carry on saw the Berthon Sales Group post another set of glittering financial re
5、sults in 2022.Our worry that everyone who wanted to buy had done so was completely unfounded and the restricted supply of recent,well equipped and maintained brokerage yachts of all hues has kept the market barrelling on.New yacht manufacturers were offering deliveries in 2024 and so this yacht gap
6、keeps brokerage yacht prices high.Supply chain issues have continued to bite,and yards are being forced to deliver yachts in some cases without major equipment like generators and air conditioning,hoping that their dealers can source the equipment locally.We have even heard of new yachts being deliv