Four Seasons Yachts
Four Seasons Yachts: the back story
The back story
About Four Seasons Yachts: the back story
Four Seasons, founded in 1960, announced its yachts at the Monaco Yacht Show in September 2022 with Marc-Henry Cruise Holdings and the shipbuilder Fincantieri. Four Seasons I was launched in March 2026; Four Seasons II follows in 2028.
A hotel brand goes to sea
Four Seasons opened its first hotel in 1960 and spent the next six decades on land, building the kind of service that guests now expect from it in 47 countries. Its move to sea was announced at the Monaco Yacht Show on 28 September 2022, as a venture between Four Seasons, the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Marc-Henry Cruise Holdings, the company of the developer Nadim Ashi, which is joint owner and operator of the yachts.
A yacht, not a ship
The founders’ brief, in their own words, was a return to the long-lost days of effortless elegance in yachting. Four Seasons I is 679 feet long and 34,000 gross tons, yet carries only 95 suites, every one with floor-to-ceiling glass and a private terrace, and as many staff as guests. Its lines are those of a private yacht: a transverse marina that opens from port to starboard at sea level, and a glass funnel at the top that holds a four-level suite.
The suites range from just over 500 to nearly 10,000 square feet.
Suites like apartments
The suites range, in the line’s figures, from just over 500 to nearly 10,000 square feet including terraces. Many can be joined vertically or horizontally, so a family or a group of friends can take a whole block. The six Signature Suites, named after Saint Barths, Milos, Saint-Tropez, Málaga, Portofino and the Loft, each have a splash pool on the terrace.
Eleven ways to eat and drink
Rather than one fare that covers everything, Four Seasons prices like a hotel: breakfast, soft drinks in your suite and the Wi-Fi are included, and lunch, dinner and drinks are à la carte across eleven restaurant and bar concepts. Sedna, the signature restaurant, is rooted in French technique and hosts a rotating Chef-in-Residence programme with chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants; Miuna serves omakase at a Hinoki wood counter.
Where it sails
Four Seasons I made its first voyages in the Mediterranean in spring 2026. Summers are spent on the Rivieras, among the Greek Isles and along the Adriatic; winters in the Caribbean, with a full-day private island buyout on Prickly Pear Island, off Anguilla. Once on most voyages the yacht anchors for a Marina Day, when the platforms open, the eFoils and paddleboards come out and a netted ocean pool is lowered into the sea.
The second yacht
Four Seasons II, revealed in June 2026, will carry 79 suites, including Yacht Residential Suites of two to four bedrooms on Decks 9 to 11, each with a kitchen and a private laundry room. It debuts in 2028.
Our advice: choose your voyage for its Marina Day and book the Limo Tender early. On a seven-night Riviera voyage, the day at anchor in a quiet bay is the one you will remember.
Why it's on our list
- Announced at the Monaco Yacht Show, 28 September 2022
- Four Seasons I launched in March 2026
- 95 suites, one member of staff for every guest
- Four Seasons II, with Yacht Residential Suites, debuts in 2028
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