Maiora M30 Details 200GT and 21-Knot Three-Deck Layout

An in-depth look at the first yacht in Maiora’s M series

Maiora’s M30 is the opening model of the Italian yard’s M Collection, a 30.4-metre composite motor yacht that made its world debut during the 2026 Cannes Yachting Festival. An additional technical review published on 15 October has brought the shipyard’s underlying design and engineering figures back into focus.

Part of Next Yacht Group, Maiora is positioning the M30 as a three-deck yacht for owners who want open social spaces without surrendering the separate accommodation and service areas expected on a vessel over thirty metres. The name signifies the first unit of a new design line, not merely a restyling of an older production model.

The shipyard gives an overall beam of 7.5 metres and a draught of approximately 2.1 metres, with construction in composite across the hull and superstructure. Buyers should use the final vessel specifications to confirm any variations associated with equipment and loading.

Volume, engines and seagoing figures

The published specification places the M30 at 200 gross tonnes, with an approximate full-load displacement of 110 metric tonnes. Gross tonnage is an indicator of enclosed volume rather than yacht weight, making the two figures complementary rather than interchangeable.

Propulsion is from a pair of MAN V12-2000 engines rated at 2,000 horsepower each, driving four-bladed Detra Class S propellers manufactured in Nibral alloy. The yard quotes a maximum speed of 21 knots, with actual performance on a given voyage depending on loading, hull condition and sea state.

The combination is intended to balance relatively brisk motor-yacht travel with the interior volume of a larger-feeling vessel. Range, machinery access and fuel burn at realistic passage speeds are still among the questions an experienced captain or buyer should address before specifying an itinerary.

Quartostile styling and uninterrupted circulation

Quartostile, working through designers Franco Carone, Matteo Broglia and Andrea Sartori, developed the exterior of the M30. The visual concept connects the near-coupé silhouette and extensive glazing with a desire to make the yacht’s deck areas feel like one continuous living environment.

Maiora describes this philosophy as visual, functional and perceptual continuity, using walkaround routes and flexible connecting spaces to reduce the distinction between enclosed saloons and the outside decks. An opening hatch built into the port-side walkway is one of the details intended to make circulation feel more coherent when closed.

The beach area connects directly with the aft cockpit, bringing waterside leisure space closer to the social centre of the yacht. Those features should be examined for safe operation, access for cleaning and suitable handling procedures when the vessel is under way rather than judged solely on photographs.

Main-deck owner suite and five guest cabins

The interior was developed by the Maiora Style Centre working with ACUBE, continuing the exterior’s understated approach. On the main deck, a saloon of approximately 36 square metres can support alternative layouts for dining and seating, with broad windows maintaining outward views.

Forward lies a full-beam owner’s suite of around 30 square metres, with a study area, chaise longue, dressing space and private bathroom. The yard says the owner’s accommodation can be customised, although any changes should be carefully coordinated with stability, structure and practical service arrangements.

Four additional guest cabins sit on the lower deck, bringing the advertised guest capacity to as many as twelve people in five cabins. Crew quarters can accommodate up to five persons in three cabins, including a private cabin for the captain, while the galley has separate crew access.

What the first M30 indicates about Maiora’s direction

The raised wheelhouse incorporates a lounge and stowage for watersports accessories alongside the navigation station, reflecting the effort to use available volume efficiently. As with all yachts in this size category, the bridge remains a working technical environment even when the design also provides guest-facing finishes.

The new technical analysis gives buyers more specific information than the launch-stage design descriptions, while leaving some essential acquisition questions for detailed review. Yacht managers will want confirmed fuel capacity, stabilisation arrangement, tender facilities, machinery access and any documentation relevant to commercial operation.

Maiora has already premiered the model, so this report concerns the fuller understanding of an existing vessel and its new design family rather than announcing a fresh launch on 16 October. The M30 provides a detailed reference point for comparing new-generation Italian yachts around the thirty-metre mark.