The shortlist for the 2009/10 European Yacht of the Year awards has been finalised and the nominations for all five separate categories are:
 Performance Cruiser:
 Arcona 340
; First 40
; Grand Soleil 46
J-97; 
Winner 12.20

. Family Cruiser:
 Bavaria 32
; Delphia 47
; Dufour 405
; Ovni 445
; Sunbeam 30.1

. Luxury Cruiser:
 Allures 51
; Feeling 52
; Halberg Rassy 372
; Jeanneau 57; 
Saare 41.

 Multihull:
 Catana 41
; Dragonfly 28
; Lagoon 400
; Lipari 41
; Outremer 49
. Special:
 Comet 21
K-650; 
Olsen 370
; Seascape 18
; Tofinou 12m
.The judges, made up from 11 yachting magazines across Europe, will test the nominated boats in Ijmuiden in the Netherlands in September and Barcelona in November. This is the 7th edition of the award and the winners will be announced at the Düsseldorf boat show in January 2010.