Wind-powered and super-sized; Royal Huisman's immense sailing yachts.

Colossal, striking, and a world-cruiser, Royal Huisman's 81 metre Sea Eagle will make her global regatta debut at the 2025 NZ Millennium Cup. However, she's just one of a stable of exceptionally-large, well-performing sailing yachts from Royal Huisman. 

Four of the world’s ten largest sailing yachts are either built by, or under construction at, Royal Huisman: Athena, Sea Eagle, Project 410 and 411. And there's a number of breathtaking concept designs such as APEX 850, LOTUS and the ground-breaking concept WING100 eager to contribute to this list.

Designed by internationally-renowned architects and the shipyard team, these concepts are unique examples of what can be realised in the world's largest sailing yachts. Royal Huisman is at home with any style and any design: classic, contemporary, or timeless schemes, and combined with dyna-rigs, single mast, wing sails, or a three-masted arrangement to match the owner's wishes.
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The next Royal Huisman super-sized sailing yacht will be a fitting match in the world’s top 10; possibly even becoming the largest in this elite circle. She will join the existing Royal Huisman-built, thoroughbred 'super-sized sail yachts', and, as every Royal Huisman yacht benefits from knowledge gained during previous builds, she would be the finest yet.

Sailing yachts provide the same enjoyment at anchor or at the dock as motoryachts, but are also (much) more fun while travelling from point to point; especially coupled with their ability to reach remote corners of our beautiful planet.

They offer the stimulating experience of seeing sails hoisted to catch the wind, and the slender bow cutting through the waves to pick up speed. Even those who are not keen on heeling angles, will be pleased to discover that new technologies exist to reduce lateral movement and heeling angle substantially.

In addition to the thrill of sailing and the satisfaction of Royal Huisman’s bespoke quality, future owners will also enjoy the green footprint of their yacht and the significant efficiency advantage of free propulsion power when under sail.

Last but not least, the addition of an energy-neutral-mode will prove a much-appreciated feature: spinning the propellers to generate more than sufficient electrical power for all onboard systems such as air conditioning, and recharging the batteries to enjoy silent mode while at anchor.
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For some, these features might sound like uncharted waters that require a lot more development, but not so for the shipyard. Royal Huisman pioneered hybrid propulsion with the game-changing ketch Ethereal (the world’s first hybrid superyacht) in 2009, and has since continued to refine its technological lead in some remarkable projects.

“Sustainability is crucially important for all of us and for future generations. Yacht owners and the yachting sector obviously want to play their part by reducing environmental impact and by limiting the use of valuable natural resources. It is a fact that the level of achievement resulting from these efforts can vary greatly. At Royal Huisman, we know that some owners positively encourage their design and build teams to make a difference by, for example, making their superyachts more efficient, or by applying renewable energy sources," says ​Jan Timmerman, CEO of Royal Huisman: