Since the last ranking – traditionally two years ago – the large yacht shipyards in northern Europe and Turkey have once again been busy. New to the biennial list of the 200 largest yachts are 23 one-off vessels ranging from 78 to 134 metres. Last time, a total of 20 new entries were added, and a length of just 75 metres was enough to secure 200th place. It is noteworthy that ten of the new entries are longer than 100 metres, with six of them built in the Netherlands. Our neighbours continue to dominate the mega-yacht market with confidence, even beyond the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The longest new vessel, however, comes from the Lürssen shipyard, “Deep Blue” at 134 metres, in 23rd place. The long-established shipyard proved particularly successful in 2025 and 2026 high-yielding: In Bremen, Rendsburg and Hamburg, six new vessels were launched within a year – more than ever before. The first to be launched was the ‘Deep Blue’, followed by ‘Odisea’ (78 m), “O3” (109 m), “Boardwalk” (117 m), “Nausicaä” (114 m) and “Nixie” (102 m). That adds up to 654 metres in total! There are now more than 30 Lürssen yachts, each over 100 metres in length, sailing the world’s oceans. But the Bremen-based company isn’t just about XXL: since 2000, it has delivered more than 20 yachts under 80 metres in length.
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There is little movement in the categories above 130 metres and between 100 and 80 metres. By contrast, the 80-metre segment is becoming increasingly popular. There are no fewer than six new launches to report, three of which are the Amels 80 from Damen Yachting. Five more are on the Dutch company’s order book. But vessels from Turkish shipyards are also steadily increasing in length and volume. Leading the way is Turquoise Yachts, which is building the 77.80-metre-long “Angelique” (127th place) and is currently welding on an 81-metre-long project. Yachts of this size make it possible to create a proper owner’s deck and meet the requirements for WFY. The so-called ‘Work From Yacht’ concept is gaining popularity. On “Dragonfly”(13th place) has an entire deck reserved for the office. And on the ‘Nausicaä’ (50th place), the Japanese owner works in the glass dome on the top deck.
There have been some changes regarding the Gigas vessels previously operated by Russian shipping companies. Following its sale, the “Flying Fox” (ranked 21st) became the “Hadar” and “Amadea” (67th place) was successfully auctioned off following its seizure, presumably to the 27-year-old billionaire Abbas Sajwani.
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