Since 1978 - fast, family-built Dutch superyachts that balance speed with efficiency.
Speed, elegance and Dutch engineering, built under one roof.
Heesen is the family-founded Dutch yard that made its name with fast aluminium superyachts. Since 1978 the Oss shipyard has designed, engineered and built its yachts in-house, giving it complete control over quality, weight and performance.
Famous for lightweight construction and clever hull design, Heesen delivers yachts that are quick, seaworthy and increasingly efficient, without giving up the finish and comfort expected at the top of the market.
Heesen pioneered the use of aluminium for large yachts, cutting weight to gain speed. Working with naval architects, it developed the Fast Displacement Hull Form, a design that delivers high speed with far lower fuel consumption.
Because everything happens in one shipyard, from design to sea trials, Heesen can push performance and quality further than yards that outsource, and deliver semi-custom yachts on a reliable timeline.
From a young aluminium yard to a benchmark for speed and efficiency.
Frans Heesen founds the shipyard in the Netherlands, focusing on fast, lightweight aluminium yachts.
Heesen launches some of the fastest superyachts of their size, cementing a reputation for performance.
With the Fast Displacement Hull Form, Heesen combines high speed with dramatically lower fuel use.
Design, naval architecture, construction and testing all take place at the Heesen shipyard, an unusual level of control that shows in the precision of every yacht.
The result is a superyacht that is light, fast and beautifully finished, backed by a family yard that has been perfecting the same formula for over forty years.
Lightness is not a detail. It is the whole philosophy.
The essentials behind the fast Dutch superyacht.
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Yes. When a Heesen is available for charter, we arrange it with full crew, catering and a tailored itinerary on the French Riviera and worldwide. We recommend enquiring well in advance.
Heesen is known for fast, lightweight aluminium superyachts designed and built entirely in-house. Its Fast Displacement Hull Form delivers high speed with much lower fuel consumption.
Heesen builds fast superyachts up to around 80 metres, in both semi-custom and fully custom projects.
Heesen yachts are designed and built in-house at the shipyard in Oss, in the Netherlands.