Six luxury yachts are sailing today across four brands: Evrima, Ilma and Luminara, Four Seasons I, the Orient Express Corinthian and Aman's Phinisi Amandira. Two more are coming: Aman's 47-suite Amangati in 2027 and Four Seasons II in 2028.
Hotel brands have moved to sea quickly, and the result is a fleet that changed substantially during 2026. Six vessels are carrying guests today. The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection runs three: Evrima, Ilma and the LNG-powered Luminara, newest in 2025. Four Seasons I began her maiden Mediterranean voyage in March 2026. The Orient Express Corinthian, the world's largest sailing yacht, was named at Saint-Nazaire in April 2026 and sailed for the Riviera that May. Aman's Phinisi Amandira has been cruising Indonesian waters all along. Two more are still to come: Aman's 47-suite Amangati in 2027 and Four Seasons II in 2028. This guide is the timeline: what exists now, what is coming, and what each addition changes. To see the four collections side by side, read our comparison of the four yacht brands, or browse them on the WhataHotel! yachts page.
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Which Luxury Yachts Are Sailing Right Now?
Six, across the four brands. The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection accounts for half of them. Evrima, at 624 feet with 149 suites for 298 guests, is the flagship that began the collection and remains the most agile, intimate enough to linger in smaller harbours the larger ships skip. Ilma, 791 feet with 224 suites for 448 guests, became the first yacht in history to earn a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating, and carries one of the highest ratios of space per guest at sea. Luminara, 790 feet with 226 suites for 452 guests, joined in 2025 as the newest and most far-ranging, LNG-powered and sailing to Alaska and the Asia-Pacific.
Four Seasons I, from Four Seasons Yachts, is the single newest arrival among the motor yachts: 679 feet, 34,000 gross tonnes, 95 ocean-view suites and a near one-to-one guest-to-staff ratio, with a 20-metre aft pool deck inspired by the classic Christina O and a transverse marina for water sports. She entered service in March 2026 and now splits the year between the Mediterranean in summer and the Caribbean and Bahamas in winter. The Orient Express Corinthian, from Orient Express Sailing Yachts, entered service in 2026: 220 metres, 16,000 metric tons and 54 suites for 110 guests, under three patented Solid Sails of 1,500 square metres each. Amandira, the traditional Phinisi from Aman at Sea, completes the list: five air-conditioned cabins and a crew of fourteen in the remote Flores Sea.
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| Vessel | Brand | Size & suites | Guests | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evrima | The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection | 624 ft · 149 suites | 298 | Sailing |
| Ilma | The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection | 791 ft · 224 suites | 448 | Sailing · Forbes Five-Star |
| Luminara | The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection | 790 ft · 226 suites | 452 | Sailing since 2025 |
| Four Seasons I | Four Seasons Yachts | 679 ft · 95 suites | Near 1:1 staff ratio | Sailing since March 2026 |
| Orient Express Corinthian | Orient Express Sailing Yachts | 220 m / 721 ft · 54 suites | 110 | Entered service 2026 |
| Amandira | Aman at Sea | Phinisi · 5 cabins | Intimate · crew of 14 | Sailing (Indonesia) |
| Amangati | Aman at Sea | 9 decks · 47 suites | 94 | Upcoming, 2027 |
| Four Seasons II | Four Seasons Yachts | 679 ft · 79 accommodations | 12 Residential Suites | Upcoming, 2028 |
What Is Coming Next, and When?
Two vessels are announced and not yet carrying guests, and they are the most distinctive propositions of the eight. Amangati arrives in 2027 as Aman at Sea's inaugural purpose-built yacht, carrying more than 35 years of Aman legacy across nine decks and just 47 suites, each with a private terrace, for only 94 guests. She is designed by SINOT Yacht Architecture & Design, and her name is Sanskrit for "peaceful motion". Her 2027 voyage schedule is published, but sailings are enquiry-only, with no public online pricing, which in practice means the best suites move through advisors rather than a booking engine.
Four Seasons II debuts in 2028, sharing her sister's dimensions of 679 feet and 34,000 gross tonnes but configured very differently: 79 accommodations rather than 95, including 12 Yacht Residential Suites across the upper decks. Ranging from two to four bedrooms, these are described as the largest suites at sea, with sprawling terraces, open-concept living, well-appointed kitchens, and private splash pools in select suites. Published fares give a sense of the scale: Yacht Residential Suites start from around US$75,200 per suite and run to US$166,100 for a three-bedroom of roughly 3,078 square feet with a 1,701-square-foot terrace, sleeping eight adults, while the four-bedroom is already waitlist only. If you are travelling as an extended family or a group of friends, this is the single most significant thing arriving in the category, and it is worth planning around, because 12 suites across a two-year booking horizon is very little inventory.
How Does the Timeline Change What You Should Book?
The practical consequences differ by how soon you want to sail.
- Sailing this season? You have six vessels and four brands to choose from, which is the widest choice the category has ever offered.
- Want the newest ship? That is Four Seasons I among motor yachts, and the Corinthian among sailing yachts, both in their first full year.
- Want Alaska or Asia-Pacific? Only Luminara reaches them, so your dates follow her deployment rather than the other way round.
- Set on Aman? Amandira can sail you this year in Indonesia; Amangati means waiting until 2027 and enquiring rather than booking online.
- Need multiple bedrooms? Four Seasons I connects suites today; Four Seasons II's Residential Suites in 2028 are the purpose-built answer.
- Booking a milestone trip two or three years out? The 2027 and 2028 arrivals are the ones to register interest in now, before schedules open publicly.
One point of vocabulary worth keeping straight, because it affects expectations rather than facts: these eight vessels span a very wide range. Ilma and Luminara carry around 450 guests; the Corinthian carries 110; Amandira carries a handful. All are marketed as yachts, and all genuinely enter harbours the large ships cannot. But the onboard feeling of 450 guests and 110 guests is not the same, and it is worth deciding which you actually want before comparing fares.
What Do the New Arrivals Actually Add to the Category?
Each of the recent and forthcoming vessels solves a different problem. Luminara extended the Ritz-Carlton's range into Alaska and the Asia-Pacific, which until 2025 the collection could not reach. Four Seasons I brought residential architecture to sea: floor-to-ceiling windows, extensive ocean-facing terraces and suites designed to be joined together, alongside a transverse marina and a 20-metre pool that reads as a private deck rather than a ship's lido.
The Corinthian did something no hotel brand had attempted: a genuine sailing yacht at scale, with three carbon-fibre sails that many sailmakers had abandoned as impractical because of the forces involved, realised by Chantiers de l'Atlantique using patented panels. It also brought French gastronomy under Yannick Alléno and a Guerlain spa to the water. Amangati, when she arrives in 2027, will take the category in the opposite direction: fewer guests, more space each, and the restraint Aman is known for on land. Four Seasons II in 2028 answers the one request the current fleet cannot fully meet: multi-bedroom accommodation designed as such, rather than assembled from connecting rooms.
How Do You Reserve a Place on the Newest Yachts?
Inventory is the constraint in this category, not availability of dates. The Corinthian has 54 suites. Four Seasons I has 95. Amangati will have 47, and Four Seasons II just 12 Residential Suites. On vessels this small, a single popular voyage can sell its best categories long before the sailing date, which is why enquiring early is not a sales line but the actual mechanism by which people get the suite they want.
All four brands are reserved through WhataHotel!, operated by Lorraine Travel, a luxury advisory since 1948, and each carries its own added value. The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection adds a US$500 onboard credit per stateroom on qualifying bookings, a suite upgrade rate 30 days before sailing subject to availability, Starlink Premium Wi-Fi and 5× Marriott Bonvoy points per US$1 of fare. Orient Express Sailing Yachts adds a US$750 onboard credit per suite plus Accor HERA privileges and waitlist clearance, genuinely useful on a yacht of 54 suites. Four Seasons Yachts adds an on-board food and beverage credit of up to US$2,000 alongside Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits, and Aman at Sea a US$750 onboard credit on every 2027 Amangati sailing plus Preferred Partner privileges, the only practical route to a season that carries no public online pricing at all. Each brand also has a dedicated perks page: The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Four Seasons Yachts, Orient Express Sailing Yachts and Aman at Sea.