The Top Tier
Custom Superyacht Yards
Above the production ranges sits a handful of yards that build one yacht at a time, to one owner's brief. Lürssen, Feadship, Oceanco, Heesen, Amels, CRN and Abeking & Rasmussen — no two of their yachts are alike, and every one is an event.
Full-custom building is measured in years, not months: naval architecture from a blank sheet, interiors by the world's top studios, and engineering signed off like commercial shipping. That is why custom yachts hold the top of the charter market — and why chartering one is the only way to experience a design that exists nowhere else.
Every yard below has yachts in our live data. Explore the yard, then see what is available to charter or buy right now.
Abeking & Rasmussen
GermanyEngineering-led, quietly exceptional
German yard in Lemwerder building fully-custom superyachts 60m-125m, with a reputation for engineering-led builds and SWATH vessels.
Est. 1907 · 5 for charter · 8 for sale
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Amels
NetherlandsLimited Editions, unlimited polish
Dutch yard within Damen Yachting, best known for the Limited Editions semi-custom superyacht range 55m-80m.
Est. 1918 · 3 for charter · 25 for sale
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CRN
ItalyOne-off superyachts from Ancona
Ferretti Group's full-custom steel-and-aluminium superyacht yard in Ancona, building one-off yachts from 50m to 90m.
Est. 1963 · 9 for charter · 12 for sale
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Feadship
NetherlandsThe Dutch gold standard
Dutch alliance of Royal Van Lent and Koninklijke De Vries, regarded as a benchmark for fully-custom superyachts 40m to 110m+.
Est. 1949 · 12 for charter · 55 for sale
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Heesen
NetherlandsFast aluminium, Dutch precision
Dutch builder of semi-custom and custom aluminium and steel yachts 50m-80m, known for fast lightweight hulls.
Est. 1978 · 13 for charter · 30 for sale
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Lürssen
GermanyThe world's largest superyachts
German yard behind many of the world's largest fully-custom superyachts, from 60m to over 180m.
Est. 1875 · 4 for charter · 16 for sale
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Oceanco
NetherlandsDutch builder of giants
Dutch custom yard specialising in 80m-140m superyachts, including some of the largest sailing yachts ever built.
Est. 1987 · 4 for charter · 7 for sale
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