Dutch yard Feadship has launched Project 826, an 80-metre superyacht that makes a bold visual break from conventional superyacht styling. Designed by UK sailing yacht specialist Malcolm McKeon, the graphite-hulled vessel is defined by low freeboard, a clean uncluttered profile, and just two decks above main, giving her a proportioned, almost understated presence on the water.
McKeon’s sailing pedigree, spanning 200-plus yachts, clearly influenced the design. The plumb bow, hull form that widens gradually aft, and an overall emphasis on connecting with sea and sky all echo high-performance sailing yacht thinking. Full-height glass walls, teak decks, and black accent panels complete a signature look that avoids the busy superstructure common on many comparable yachts.
The standout feature below decks is the beach club, the largest ever fitted to a Feadship at 165 square metres. It sits on two levels with casual seating, a bar, and wide teak-covered hatches that fold out to become terraces sitting 700mm above the water. The engineering solution here is noteworthy: the hatch gear is housed within the doors themselves rather than in hull sections, keeping sightlines open and maximising the sense of space. Light filters through the glass bottom of the 6.37-metre main deck pool above, creating what Feadship describes as an island oasis atmosphere.
Fitness spaces, a yoga area, massage room, and a watersports zone connect to the beach club, with folding hull doors opening those gym spaces into open-air terraces. On the main deck, a touch-and-go helipad doubles as a pickleball court. Starlink receivers keep the mast clean and dome-free, and propulsion is refreshingly straightforward: diesel direct to shafts, with three Scania gensets for auxiliary power.
Feadship Director Jan-Bart Verkuyl said McKeon’s brief pushed the yard’s engineering capability, particularly around the stern architecture and beach club openings, but that market response has validated the result as something the industry had been waiting for. Interior design is by Milan studio m2atelier.
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