Lürssen's Project ZIGGY Seen for the First Time: A 101-Metre Study in Glass and Steel

Lürssen has completed the technical launch of Project ZIGGY at its Rendsburg facilities in Germany, unveiling the 101.4-metre superyacht to the industry for the first time. The vessel: commissioned by a North American client introduced by Thom Conboy & Associates, with WMG serving as owner's representative throughout the build, will now enter outfitting ahead of a 2028 delivery date.

The launch confirms what had been anticipated since the project was first reported: that Lürssen has returned to Harrison Eidsgaard, the London-based studio whose work on the 96-metre Madsummer established one of the more productive yard-designer relationships in the current superyacht market. For Project ZIGGY, Harrison Eidsgaard was given responsibility for both exterior and interior — a unified commission that Lürssen describes as producing "a coherent material language expressed through glass and steel," and which is visible in the first images in a way that a split exterior/interior brief rarely achieves.

The Design

The profile that emerges from those first images is angular and deliberate; five decks defined by sloped overhangs and surfaces that cascade toward the stern in a geometry that reads as muscular without being aggressive. The glazing is the defining element: vast structural glass panels that Lürssen has confirmed are among the largest ever fitted on one of its builds, wrapping each deck level and creating a visual transparency unusual at this scale. The studio's Hammersmith-based directors (Ben Harrison and Peder Eidsgaard on exteriors and general arrangement, Ewa Eidsgaard on interior architecture) have consistently produced work that earns its complexity; on Madsummer, Tango (Feadship), and Elandess (Abeking & Rasmussen), the exterior geometry and interior palette have read as the same conversation rather than two separate briefs. Project ZIGGY appears to continue that pattern at the largest scale the studio has worked to date.

The foredeck is uncluttered and fully certified for helioperations. The aft decks are described by the yard as hosting "a sequence of pools and wellness spaces"... a cascading arrangement that makes use of the stern's descending profile to create distinct outdoor zones at each level rather than a single consolidated deck area. The general arrangement and full list of amenities remain undisclosed, but Lürssen's own framing is pointed: "This is a high-volume yacht designed to be lived on board," with the programme developed to support seven-star service over extended periods at sea. BOATPro anticipates a volume in excess of 4,000GT; substantial even by Lürssen's standards, and consistent with the yard's description of the project as high-volume rather than simply large.

Naval architecture is Lürssen's own. Construction in steel and aluminium began last year.

Lürssen's Current Pipeline

Project ZIGGY enters outfitting as one of twelve projects on order or under construction at the German yard: a pipeline that currently spans some of the most significant new builds in the global superyacht market.

The 102.4-metre Jassj (hull 13785), designed by RWD, was launched from Rendsburg in February and is on course for its scheduled 2026 delivery. The 117-metre Boardwalk (an American-commissioned project with an anticipated 5,350GT that will become Lürssen's 20th largest yacht by length on delivery) embarked on sea trials in March. And Nausicaä, formerly Project Cosmos and the yard's first fuel-cell superyacht, is expected for imminent delivery following the completion of sea trials... a vessel whose hydrogen propulsion system represents what may be the most significant single engineering advance in the superyacht sector this decade.

When delivered in 2028, Project ZIGGY will enter the top 30 largest yachts ever built by Lürssen; a meaningful designation for a yard whose history of significant commissions extends back more than a century and includes some of the most celebrated vessels inthe global superyacht fleet.

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