Royal Huisman

Veteran captains offer up their favorite itineraries in the Western Hemisphere's top tropical charter destinations.

Two of the world’s largest sailing yachts, Eos and Athena, will undergo major refits concurrently at Royal Huisman’s refit division.

The Dutch shipyard has revealed new details of Project Phi, a radical fast-displacement motoryacht of 50 meters.

From top-notch racing to exclusive dockside soirees, this year's St. Barths Bucket lived up to expectations.

And the winners are...

Shipyards and designers unveil their latest concepts, from the radical to the traditional.

92-foot S/Y Bequia wins Class B and Overall

Michael Koppstein has a new role as brand ambassador for Lürssen in the U.S.

Royal Huisman begins construction of a monster 266-foot, three-masted schooner.

180-foot (33-meter) Vitters ketch Adele has completed an extensive refit by Huisfit, Royal Huisman Shipyard’s division for superyacht refit and repair.

While sailing yachts comprise only a single-digit percentage of the superyacht market, some significant and extraordinary yachts have launched this past year. Here’s a sampling.

A traditionally styled yacht that sails like a witch.

'Limo racing’ gets a low-key tune-up at the 2015 St. Barth’s Bucket.

Wisp, a 156-foot (48-meter) classic sloop with a performance that belies her traditional lines, is a magnificent example of revivalist naval architecture from the drawing board of Hoek Design with interior architecture by Rhoades Young Design.

A tour through Holland's shipyards reveals how a charming tradition satisfies global demand.

“Yar: Easy to handle and moves along smoothly.” This witty archaic word to describe a “proper yacht” in “The Philadelphia Story”—the memorable Hollywood film from 1940—is a fitting one-word designation for the 123-foot (37.3-meter) cutter-rigged sloop Pumula from Royal Huisman.

Designers and builders of sailing yachts greater than 100 feet (30.4 meters) are being tasked with creating vessels that not only are beautiful, comfortable and safe, but also achieve a high level of sailing performance. The proliferation of international superyacht regattas has upped the ante for owners who not only like their yachts luxurious, but also like to best their competition on the race course.

We did a little snooping around a few shipyards to find out what they’re hiding. What we found were extraordinary designers and amazing craftsmen laboring in the shadows of the big yachts. We have the inside scoop.