Project "Deep Blue": Lürssen crowns shipyard anniversary with 134-metre yacht
Sören Gehlhaus
· 30.06.2025
Not much is known, as usual with newbuildings from Lürssen. Even after 150 years - The Bremen shipyard is celebrating its anniversary this year - is usually kept under wraps when it comes to the really big yacht projects. The only thing that well-informed yacht spotters seem to have agreed on is a length of 134.20 metres.
Giga with extravagant exterior
The traditional shipyard welded the steel-aluminium hull in its own halls in Vegesack, from where it was moved to the 219-metre-long covered floating dock on the opposite side of the Weser. In Bremen-Aumund, water now got under the keel of the gigayacht. And in addition to two Azipod propulsion units and two pairs of fin stabilisers, something extravagant came to light. The last two really big Lürssens, "Blue" (160 metres, 2022) and "Opera" (146 metres, 2023), docked in discreet white.
The owner of Project "Deep Blue" does not appear to be aiming for visual discretion. Even though no details of the design studio are given, the exterior reveals a stylistic blend of many different Lürssen designs. In terms of colour, the aluminium superstructures are reminiscent of "Kaos"which contrast with the white steel hull in a kind of Monza blue, stretching the window strips and making them appear flat.
Style melange from many different Lürssens
The front, rapidly curved part of the superstructure bears the features of "Amadea" and is reminiscent of the wings of a bird of prey. Again, the aft decks are similarly oval in shape to those on "Ahpo". At dusk, the lines of "Deep Blue" accentuate a flood of LED strips, as previously seen in "Luminance" has seen.
The bow section is unique. Compared to similarly sized Lürssens, the stem appears lower and ends in a bowsprit that could be modelled on the beak of a griffin or swordfish. The course of the mast in the style of a dorsal fin would fit in with the latter. With all this speculation, one more conjecture is allowed regarding the 134 metre long yacht's proper name. Why not "Blue Marlin"?
