Royal Huisman Yachts Review

Royal Huisman Yachts is located in Holland and was founded over 125 years ago. Currently, the business is being run by Alice Huisman. The same family has overseen the shipyard development for the entire 125 years which has allowed it to maintain the continuity of purpose, according to Royal Huisman. A customer wanted her to be a test-bed for his ideas about cutting-edge domotics. When he decided to buy a bigger yacht, he turned once again to Wolter Huisman. Athena’s design envisioned a yacht measuring 259 feet, which would have possibly been the largest private sail yacht in the world.

Pricing

Royal Huisman Yachts are priced based on the customer's specific requests at the time of order. Used yachts from 2009 can be priced around $16,500,000. Older models are priced lower depending on which model and size of the yacht, but only a few are priced less than $1,000,000.

Pros

• Royal Huisman Yachts are built to custom order.
• According to owners of Royal Huisman Yachts, the company offers a lot of luxurious amenities and seeks to please their clients.
• Royah Huisman Yachts has a very long history in the yachting industry.

Cons

• Royal Huisman Yachts are not ready to sail. They are each built after an order is placed and a wait time of 18 to 24 months is necessary once the project begins.
• Royal Huisman Yachts has a waiting list of yachts to be built.

Featured Models

Royal Huisman Yachts is the builder of Ethereal and Twizzle. Ethereal is a 58-metre ketch launched in 2009 and commissioned by Bill Joy of silicon Valley. Ethereal was one of the first sail hybrids sail yachts and uses lithium polymer batteries and equipped for the installation of fuel cells. Twizzle is a 57.50-metre ketch with naval architecture - including a swing keel. Twizzle uses Royal Huisman's innovation to have a 62-metre mainmast which is the tallest ever fitted on a yacht. Royal Huisman offers a line of schooners, motor yachts, cruising and racing sailboats. They are all custom ordered to the owners specifications.

Conclusion

Royal Huisman Yachts has built their reputation on satisfying customers with high end yachts that are specifically designed for them. The Royal Huisman Yachts company takes commissions and works to fulfill those orders. The company has a backlog of orders to build that extends two years. the Royal Huisman Yachts offer start to finish customer service that many owners seem to like. A used Royal Huisman Yacht can be purchased for a fraction of the costs of a new custom ordered yacht and without the wait time. However, people who do not mind the wait and have a large budget may enjoy the Royal Huisman Yachts.