Heesen builds its largest (and very future-proof!) steel superyacht
OSS - Construction of Project Falcon – at 60m (197ft.), Heesen’s largest steel superyacht to date – continued apace over the summer with the...
Saffier delivers 18 high-end daysailers in only 2 months
IJMUIDEN - Saffier Yachts of the Netherlands says it has delivered 18 of its high-end daysailers in the last 2 months. The deliveries were...
Steeler Yachts: 10 years of amazing growth, edgy designs
STEENWIJK – What a year this is! Steeler Yachts marks its 10th anniversary and has just expanded its yard for the 3rd time. Two...
Olivier van Meer designs exceptional one-off for shoaly waters
ENKHUIZEN – VMG Yachtbuilders will soon launch a unique, 15m motor yacht. Named IJver (Dilligence), the exceptional craft Olivier van Meer and his team...
Sea Eagle II: 81m, 3 masts, 21 kts, 34 winches, 3,500 sq. m. of...
AMSTERDAM – Each launch of a Royal Huisman yacht stops you in your tracks, floors you. The yard's latest, Sea Eagle II, truly takes...
Stofberg Shipyard sends you sailing back in time, in style
ENKHUIZEN – At Stofberg Shipyard, the Netherlands’ rich maritime history stares you in the face.
Since its founding in 1793 – that was the year...
Younique Yachts builds a Hoek Design ‘bystander’
MAKKUM – Every day in this northern Dutch town by the sea, Younique Yachts breaks a sweat building classic boats. ‘Legends Reborn,’ it calls...
Design award for Vaan Yachts’ highly sustainable catamaran
HELLEVOETSLUIS – Vaan Yachts BV has won an A’Design Award for its highly sustainable 12.8m (42ft.) Vaan R4.
More than half of the catamaran’s hull...
Van der Valk: Wealth of options in high-end, aluminum yachts to 40m
WAALWIJK - Yoeri Bijker, head of sales and marketing at Van der Valk Shipyard, just got back from the Moscow Boat Show. “How was...
Dutch superyacht makers see blue skies in post-COVID-19 world
VLISSINGEN – Damen Shipyards Group has created a yachting division that, it says, will boost its market position once the COVID-19 pandemic is history. Holding...
