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Damen Yachting is a Dutch yacht builder based in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and is part of the wider Damen Shipyards Group. The company brings together the yacht-building heritage of Amels with Damen’s wider shipbuilding, engineering and support-vessel expertise, creating one of the most versatile large-yacht builders in the Netherlands.
The Damen Yachting portfolio covers Amels superyachts, Xplorer expedition yachts, Yacht Support vessels and large-yacht refit services. This gives the company a broad position in the superyacht market, ranging from luxury semi-custom and custom yachts to highly capable explorer yachts and specialist support vessels designed to carry tenders, toys, helicopters, submersibles, crew and expedition equipment.
The yacht-building heritage behind Damen Yachting is closely linked to Amels, which began in 1918 as a boatbuilding business in Makkum. Damen itself has a wider shipbuilding background dating to 1927, and the modern Damen Yachting operation is centred around the historic Royal Schelde site in Vlissingen. The company combines Dutch craftsmanship, large-yacht project management and technical shipbuilding capability.
Damen Yachting is especially known for the Amels Limited Editions concept, which gives owners the benefit of proven engineering and naval architecture while allowing extensive customisation of exterior details, interiors and onboard lifestyle spaces. Alongside Amels yachts, the company’s Xplorer range is aimed at long-distance adventure cruising and remote-area operation, while the Yacht Support range has become a recognisable category in its own right.
Yacht Support vessels are purpose-built to expand the capability of a mothership or owner programme. They can provide additional storage, guest and crew logistics, helicopter operations, dive support, watersports capacity and expedition flexibility. This has made Damen Yachting an important name not only in luxury yacht construction but also in the wider development of modern superyacht operations.
Today, Damen Yachting represents a combination of Dutch superyacht heritage, commercial shipbuilding experience and forward-looking yacht design. Its work is suited to owners seeking large, technically capable yachts, expedition vessels, support vessels or refit services backed by a major international shipbuilding group.
Notable Damen Yachting, Amels, Xplorer and Yacht Support projects include:
- Here Comes The Sun
- Energy
- Come Together
- Entourage
- Ilona
- New Secret
- Plvs Vltra
- Gene Machine
- Volpini 2
- La Datcha
- Anawa
- Pink Shadow
- Bad Company Support
- Five Oceans
- Game Changer
- Intrepid
- U-81
- Xplorer 60
- Xplorer 77
- Yacht Support 53
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Damen Yachting is a Dutch yacht builder based in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and is part of the wider Damen Shipyards Group. The company brings together the yacht-building heritage of Amels with Damen’s wider shipbuilding, engineering and support-vessel expertise, creating one of the most versatile large-yacht builders in the Netherlands.
The Damen Yachting portfolio covers Amels superyachts, Xplorer expedition yachts, Yacht Support vessels and large-yacht refit services. This gives the company a broad position in the superyacht market, ranging from luxury semi-custom and custom yachts to highly capable explorer yachts and specialist support vessels designed to carry tenders, toys, helicopters, submersibles, crew and expedition equipment.
The yacht-building heritage behind Damen Yachting is closely linked to Amels, which began in 1918 as a boatbuilding business in Makkum. Damen itself has a wider shipbuilding background dating to 1927, and the modern Damen Yachting operation is centred around the historic Royal Schelde site in Vlissingen. The company combines Dutch craftsmanship, large-yacht project management and technical shipbuilding capability.
Damen Yachting is especially known for the Amels Limited Editions concept, which gives owners the benefit of proven engineering and naval architecture while allowing extensive customisation of exterior details, interiors and onboard lifestyle spaces. Alongside Amels yachts, the company’s Xplorer range is aimed at long-distance adventure cruising and remote-area operation, while the Yacht Support range has become a recognisable category in its own right.
Yacht Support vessels are purpose-built to expand the capability of a mothership or owner programme. They can provide additional storage, guest and crew logistics, helicopter operations, dive support, watersports capacity and expedition flexibility. This has made Damen Yachting an important name not only in luxury yacht construction but also in the wider development of modern superyacht operations.
Today, Damen Yachting represents a combination of Dutch superyacht heritage, commercial shipbuilding experience and forward-looking yacht design. Its work is suited to owners seeking large, technically capable yachts, expedition vessels, support vessels or refit services backed by a major international shipbuilding group.
Notable Damen Yachting, Amels, Xplorer and Yacht Support projects include:
- Here Comes The Sun
- Energy
- Come Together
- Entourage
- Ilona
- New Secret
- Plvs Vltra
- Gene Machine
- Volpini 2
- La Datcha
- Anawa
- Pink Shadow
- Bad Company Support
- Five Oceans
- Game Changer
- Intrepid
- U-81
- Xplorer 60
- Xplorer 77
- Yacht Support 53
