Lurssen has completed a record year of new deliveries, handing over six custom superyachts in the first seven months of 2026. The six span 75 to 140 metres: Odisea, Deep Blue, the 117-metre Boardwalk, the 109-metre O3, the 114-metre Nausicaa, and the 102.4-metre Nixie. The yard notes that each project typically takes around four years from keel laying to outfitting, and that more than one-third of the world's 100 largest yachts are Lurssen-built, with more than 30 yachts over 100 metres now in operation.
The standouts
Nixie, the 102.4-metre new delivery, made her public debut at the 2026 Monaco Yacht Show with diesel-electric propulsion, a glass-bottom infinity pool, and a commercial-certified helipad. Nausicaa, at 114 metres, was designed by Marc Newson, according to Luxurylaunches, for owner Yusaku Maezawa. Two of the 2026 deliveries push propulsion further: one with a battery installation capable of overnight operation, and one with diesel-electric propulsion plus electric-motor stabilisers.
Lurssen CEO Peter Lurssen called delivering six yachts in a single year a remarkable achievement, describing engineering as a balance of technical expertise and creativity.
What it means
Six custom yachts of this scale in seven months is not just a production story; it is a capacity story. With build slots at the leading yards committed into 2028 and beyond, the yards that can actually deliver are the story of the next three years.
The six span 75 to 140 metres. Boardwalk is 117 metres, Nausicaa 114 metres, O3 109 metres, and Nixie 102.4 metres, alongside Odisea and Deep Blue. The yard says each project typically takes around four years from keel laying to outfitting; more than one-third of the world's 100 largest yachts are Lurssen-built, and the yard now has more than 30 yachts over 100 metres in operation.
Nausicaa was designed by Marc Newson, according to Luxurylaunches. Two of the 2026 deliveries push propulsion further: one with a battery installation capable of overnight operation, one with diesel-electric propulsion plus electric-motor stabilisers. The direction of the big-yacht market, electrification and scale, is being set in Bremen and Rendsburg.
Lurssen CEO Peter Lurssen called delivering six yachts in a single year a remarkable achievement, describing engineering as a balance of technical expertise and creativity. The quote is corporate, but the arithmetic behind it is not: with each project taking around four years from keel laying to outfitting, six deliveries in seven months means the yard was running at least two dozen major projects in parallel through the early 2020s, across its Bremen, Rendsburg, and Lemwerder facilities.
Nixie, the 102.4-metre new delivery, made her public debut at the 2026 Monaco Yacht Show, which closes the loop between the shipyard story and the show story: the record year is visible on the docks of Port Hercule. With build slots at the leading yards committed into 2028 and beyond, the yards that can actually deliver at this scale are the story of the next three years, and 2026 suggests there is exactly one yard delivering six at a time.
The record matters because capacity is the industry's scarcest resource. Six custom superyachts delivered in seven months, against four-year build cycles, means the yard carried more than two dozen major projects in parallel through the early 2020s. For an owner choosing where to place a new-build contract, that demonstrated throughput is worth more than any brochure: it is the difference between a delivery date and a hope. Nixie joins a fleet in which Lurssen already accounts for more than 30 yachts over 100 metres in operation.
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