Yachts in ST BARTHS • SuperYacht Owners Celebrate New Years Eve • 2025 • 2026

Yachts in St Barths 2025
YACHTOWNER
EcstaseaUnknown
Moonrise (both)Jan Koum
ExcellenceHerb Chambers
RISING SUNDavid Geffen
BOLDGuido Krass
ArbemaRoss Turner
Bad RomanceDr. Phil
Top FiveTerry Pegula
CC-SummerTerry Taylor
TriumphChris Dawson
SOPHIAMichael Latifi
Avanti
KAOSNancy Walton
KALMNancy Walton
Gene MachineJonathan Rothberg
KISMETShahid Khan


Superyachts in St Barthélemy

Billionaires and Celebs visit St Barts for New Years Eve.

Yachts St Barth

Every year around New Year’s Eve the world’s richest billionaires and celebs bring their superyachts to the Caribbean island of St. Barths.  The rich and famous party and celebrate on the Island’s famous beaches or at the Eden Rock hotel.

Billionaires In St Barth

Some billionaires come back almost every year for a St Barts holiday. . Not long ago it was the largest yacht in the world. David Geffen with his yacht Rising Sun, Paul Allen came for many years with Tatoosh or Octopus. Laurene Powells Jobs comes with her yacht, Venus.

Notabla absense: Roman Abramovich with his yacht Eclipse, due to the sanctions placed against him following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Celebrities

Also, many celebrities can be spotted every year. Celebs such as Paris Hilton, Leonardo Dicaprio, Rihanna, and Kendall Jenner. They watch the amazing fireworks displays. Many visit La Plage or Plage de St Jean.

St. Barths

St. Barths (or St. Barts, or St. Barthelemy or Saint Barthélemy) is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies.

The island lies about 35 kilometers (22 mi) southeast of St. Martin and north of St. Kitts. Saint Barthélemy is a volcanic island fully encircled by shallow reefs. It has an area of 25 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi) and a population of 10.000.

St Barth’s capital is Gustavia, which contains the main harbor to the island.

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2024 New Years Eve

HARLE Michael Saylor
Moonrise Jan Koum
Excellence Herb Chambers
Bad Romance Dr Phil
AHPO Patrick Dovigi
VIVA Frank Fertitta
Arbema Ross Turner
Huntress George Argyros
Top Five Terry Pegula
Lady Lara Alexander Machkevich
CC-Summer Terry Taylor
Triumph Chris Dawson
SOPHIA Michael Latifi
Avanti
KAOS Nancy Walton
Gene Machine Jonathan Rothberg
KISMET Shahid Khan

2023 New Years Eve

An early arrival was Jan Koum with his yacht Moonrise , his other yacht Mogambo, and his support vessel Nebula.

Also making waves are Eric Smidt’s Infinity, Terry Pegula’s Top Five, Michael Latifi’s Faith, and Herb Chamber’s Excellence.

Missing: Most notable Roman Abramovich, which normally came every year with his yacht Eclipse.

On December 31, 2023 we counted 167 vessels.

The full list:

2CAN
ABEONA • Jeff Bezos
AHPO II • Michael Lee-Chin
ALL INN • David Sutherland
ALL OUT
AMIGOS
AMOA • Mohammed Al Shaya
ARBEMA • Ross Turner
ARBEMA CHASE
ARCHIMEDES • James Simons
ARROW • Michael Platt
AURA
AURELIUS
AVANTI
BAD ROMANCE • Phil McGraw
BALISTA
BELLA
BIG CHANGE II
BLUE DEVIL
BLUE FIN
BLUE HEAVEN
CARINTHIA VII • Rubén Cherñajovsky
CASSIDY MARIE
CHAPTER 4
CHASE
CHASING AFTER YOU
CHRISTINA TOO
CONSTANCE
CT ARROW • Michael Platt
CUPCAKE
D RIB ARROW • Michael Platt
DARYA
DEEP SEA
ELATION
ELYSIAN • John Henry
EMERALD AZZURRA
ENTOURAGE • Elly Reisman
EROS • Cameron Riddell
ESCAPADE • Christophe Albin
EXCELLENCE • Herb Chambers
EXCELLENCE T1 • Herb Chambers
EXCELLENCE T2 • Herb Chambers
FAITH • Michael Latifi
FAMILYBILT
FAMILYBILT TENDER
FANTASEA
FANTASTIC TOO
FAR FROM IT
FAVORITE CHILD
FREE SPIRIT
FREEBIRD
GALAXY • Hans Thomas Gross
GALENE
GO • Hans Peter Wild
GRANDEUR
GRATEFUL
H3 • Waleed bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim
HALARA
HALARA TOO
HALCYON
HALO • María Asunción Aramburuzabala
HAPPY D
HARLE • Michael Saylor
HATT MILL
HBL438
HORIZONS III • John Tyson
HUNTRESS • George Argyros
HUNTRESS BEACHLANDEP • George Argyros
HUNTRESS TRANSPORTER • George Argyros
INDIGO • Chris Bouton
INSPIRATION
JOY • Sameer Gehlaut
JULIET • Bruce Katz
KENSHO • Udo Mueller
KI
KOJU
LADY B
LADY GEORGINA
LADY JORGIA • Patrick Dovigi
LADY KATHRYN • Leo Vecellio
LADY VICTORIA • Tommy Baker
LIND INTREPID
LL LIMO
LONDINE
M2
MADSUMMER • Jeffrey Soffer
MAGIC
MAISON BLANCHE
MARIA
MARQUISES
MAVERICK • Tom Schröder
MAYAN QUEEN IV • Baillleres family
MBRACE • Michael Jordan
MERAKI
MERIBEL
MINI ROCKET ONE
MIRABELLA
MQIV T1
MY AXIOMA
NAMASTE • John H Ruiz
NEB CAT
NEB SCORPION
NECTAR
NENNE
NERO • Dennis O’Brien
NO CLUE
NOI
NONSENSE
NOSTRESS
OCEANOS
ODESSA
ODESSA TENDER
OKTO • Theodore Angelopoulos (ex owner)
OREOS • HANS JURGEN ABT (33%)
OREOS II
PINK SHADOW • Hans Georg Nader
PLAN A
PROJECT X • Paris Dragnis
PURE FREEDOM
QUANTUM OF SOLACE • John Staluppi
RELIANCE
Reserved
RESILIENCE • Geoffrey Wilding
REVELRY • Tom & Judy Love
RISING SUN • David Geffen
ROCK.IT • Jimmy John Liautaud
SAMURAI • Udo Mueller
SARON
SAVANNAH • Lundin Family
SCORPION 1
SEA CLASS
SEA EAGLE • Dr. Samuel Yin
SEA OWL • Robert Mercer
SEADREAM 1
SEADREAM II
SEALION
SEAPUP
SEASENSE • Charles S Cohen
SEATOY
SERENDIPITY I
SEVEN SINS • Hugo Verlinden, Alex Schuetz, and Christian Angermayer
SIREN • David Reuben
SLIPSTREAM • Jack Cowin
SOUTH
SPIRIT
ST. DAVID
STEELN
STELLA DI MARE • Sergio Stevanato
SURINA
SYLENE
SYMMETRY
TEMPTATION • David F. Dyer
THE ADVENTURER
TIGERLILY TOO
TITAN • Alexander Abramov
TOP FIVE • Terrence Pegula
TRIUMPH • Chris Dawson
TRUE NORTH
V2
VALENTINE
VIRTUE IV
VIVA • Frank Fertitta
VOYAGER 3
WAYAYAI
WBL
WILLIAMS
YCM120
YOLO



yachts in St Barts - New Years Eve - 2020

yachts in St Barts - New Years Eve - 2020

yachts in St Barts - New Years Eve - 2020

yachts in St Barts 2020

2022 New Years Eve

An early arrival was Jan Koum with his yacht Moonrise and her support vessel Nebula.

Also Herb Chambers arrived early with his yacht Excellence.

We also spotted Chris and Sarah Dawson with their Benetti yacht TRIUMPH.

And we saw Philip Green’s yacht Lioness V.

Missing: Most notable Roman Abramovich, which normally came every year with his yacht Eclipse.

2021 New Years Eve

Yachts include Roman Abramovich’s Eclipse, Herb Chambers’ Excellence, Jan Koum’s Moonrise, a UK hedge fund manager’s Arbema, Ivan Shabalov’s Soaring, Shahid Khan’s Kismet.

Further, we spotted Eyal Ofer with his Olivia O, Jonathan Rothberg with his Gene Machine and Beau Wrigley with his yacht Unbridled.

2020 New Years Eve

Lionel Richie and his daughter Sofia chartered the 116-meter yacht Ulysses. They were spotted by a photographer of the Daily Mail.

2019 New Years Eve St Barths

Many yachts arrived for the 2019 New Years Eve

More billionaires and celebs than ever for a St Barths Holiday

Eclipse – Roman Abramovich

Rising Sun – David Geffen

C2 – Ronald Perelman

Elysian – John Henry

Limitless – Leslie Wexner

Le Grand Bleu – Euvgeny Shvidler

Gene Machine – Jonathan Rothberg

2018 New Years Eve St Barths

We spotted these yachts for the 2018 New Years Eve

Eclipse – Roman Abramovich

Rising Sun – David Geffen

C2 – Ronald Perelman

Elysian – John Henry

Limitless – Leslie Wexner

Samadhi – Daniel Loeb

Katharine – Lee Anderson

Phoenix II – Kulczyk family

Ace – Yuriy Kosiuk

Le Grand Bleu – Euvgeny Shvidler

Axioma – Dmitry Pumpyansky

Mogambo – Jan Koum

Constance – Alan Dabbiere

Rock.It – Jimmy John Liautaud

Martha Ann – Warren E Halle

Seven Sins – Hugo Verlinden

Blue Moon – Richard Duchossois

Lioness V – Phillip Green

Aquarius – Steve Wynn

Silver Shalis – Larry Silverstein

Sealyon – Anthony Lyons

Deniki – Marcel Boekhoorn

Naia – (we are not sure who owns the yacht Naia)

Minderella – Glenn Sterns

Anna – Dmitry Ryblovlev

Maridome – Solomon Lew

Dancing Hare – do you know who owns Dancing Hare? Send a message

Talisman C – Pears brothers

Atlantic Goose – Lord Ashcroft

Coral Ocean – Peter Lurssen

Sunrays – Ravi Ruia

Here Comes the Sun – Alexander Dzhaparidze

Odessa – Len Blavatnik

Phoenix II – Sebastian Kulzcyk

Kisses – Norman Braman

Annastar – Stanley Star

One More Toy – Gary Markel

Harle – Michael Saylor

Big Eagle – Estate of Bernie Little

Skyfall – Roy E Carroll

Yalla – Sawiris family

Secret – Nancy Walton

Hasna – John Symond

Teleost – Nathan Paul Myhrvold

Caryali – Robert Grossman

Atalante – Dick Raper

Go – Hans Peter Wild

Polar Star – built for John Risley

Galaxy – Hans Thomas Gross

Symphony – Bernard Arnault

Muchos Mas – Juan Carlos Mas

Mia Elise II – Terry Taylor

Elixir – Rob Thielen

Gene Machine – Jonathan Rothberg

St.-Barts-Yachts

New-Years-Eve-St-Barth

2017 New Years Eve

On December 17th 2017, Eclipse arrived at Port Gustavia in St Barths.
Abramovich flew with his US$ 75 million Gulfstream G650 private jet (LX-GVI) to Princess Juliana International Airport in St Maarten. He then transferred with his Eurocopter AS.365-N3 (M-LVIA) to Eclipse. And further to his St. Barth mansion.

We spotted the following yachts in St Barths

Eclipse – Roman Abramovich

C2 – Ronald Perelman

Symphony – Bernard Arnault

Titania – John Caudwell

Le Grand Bleu – Eugene Shvidler

Lady S – Daniel Snyder

Areti – Igor Makarov

Elysian – John Henry

Limitless – Leslie Wexner

Samadhi – Daniel Loeb

Katharine – Lee Anderson

Keri Lee – Trevor Lee

Gene Machine – Jonathan Rothberg

Mogambo – Jan Koum

One More Toy – Gary Markel

Lady Britt – Sten Warborn

Sycara V – Ray Catena

Phoenix II – Kulczyk family

Lazy Z – Mortimer Zuckerman

Ace – Yuriy Kosiuk

Unbridled – Bill Wrigley

Adela – George Lindemann

11.11  – Nicholas Candy

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