Feadship has launched the 59.5-metre Project 713, the Dutch shipyard’s first vessel to carry solar cells for auxiliary power generation. Feadship says that the launch of Project 713 represents a step towards its goal of being climate-neutral by 2030. The superyacht follows recent Feadship launches, including the 84.2m hybrid superyacht Obsidian and Project 821, a […]
Has Mark Zuckerberg purchased a new Feadship? It appears he has, according to online sleuths. For years, the boating world has speculated that Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook and Meta, was purchasing a superyacht. Rumours go as far back as 2018, when (unfounded) reports stated the billionaire had quietly bought a 350-foot exploration yacht for […]
Feadship’s Project 821 has emerged from its build shed in Amsterdam. The new 119-metre superyacht, designed by British studio RWD, is the world’s first hydrogen fuel-cell superyacht. Rumours have been swirling for several years that Bill Gates could have commissioned the yacht. In 2020, global media, including the Telegraph, reported Gates had commissioned a £500m […]
The yachting world is currently speculating that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally bought a superyacht. Well, two. It’s being widely reported that Zuckerberg is suspected to be the new owner of Feadship’s Project 1010, now named Launchpad, as well as Wingman (ex-Dapple), a shadow vessel built by Damen Yachting (previously owned by Valve founder […]
Frits de Voogt, naval architect and former director of the shipyard De Voogt Naval Architects, has died at the age of 96. A statement released by Dutch shipyard Feadship confirms that De Voogt died on 20 December 2023 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. “Frits was the grand master of De Voogt Naval Architects for decades,” reads […]
Feadship’s latest 75.7-metre superyacht, known as Project 822, has been launched from drydock at the Dutch shipyard’s Van Lent facility at Kaag Island. It is the first time the vessel, which remains shrouded in secrecy, has been seen in public since its bare hull arrived in September 2021. This large-volume 75.7-metre superyacht features exterior design by […]
Feadship has launched its first vessel of 2023, the 84.2m hybrid superyacht Obsidian. The Dutch shipyard, which specialises in custom superyachts, says Obsidian marks another step closer to the goal of producing ‘carbon-neutral’ superyachts by 2030. The vessel is the first of Feadship’s new generation of large yachts furthering carbon reduction through hulls optimised at […]
Dutch shipyard Feadship, which specialises in custom superyachts, has confirmed it is entering the hydrogen superyacht market. Jan-Bart Verkuyl, Feadship director and chief executive of Royal Van Lent Shipyard, confirmed that its first hydrogen fuel-cell superyacht is in-build. “[We’re] proud to announce Feadship’s advanced solution for more sustainable yachting: a fully certified liquid hydrogen fuel-cell […]
Feadship says it has moved its 67.40m Project 823 outside of the construction hall at the Kaag yard for final outfitting in advance of sea trials later this year. The vessel’s been fully designed in-house by Feadship. The hull engineering is by Azure Naval Architects, while the exterior and interior design are by Studio De […]
Dutch superyacht builder Feadship is to debut its latest concept yacht Slice at the 2022 Monaco Yacht Show (28 September-1 October). The 85-metre Slice is the 11th Feadship concept yacht. The design is said to reflect both the opinions of current superyacht owners and new design ideas from Studio De Voogt. Feadship says Slice reimagines […]
Emerging from the yard in Aalsmeer this week for final finishing and sea trials is the newest member of the Feadship fleet. The 55m Somnium, which is Latin for dream, is designed to take three generations of family members on a series of world cruises. Somnium was designed by Studio De Voogt, with interior design […]