Would You Sail a Yacht Made Entirely by Hand

In Oss, a quiet corner of the Netherlands, Heesen Yachts continues to do what few shipyards still can: build every yacht entirely by hand.

Not as a gesture to tradition, but as a matter of principle.

There is nothing outsourced. Welders, joiners, engineers and finishers all work under one roof, shaping each vessel from hull to helm with an almost obsessive attention to detail.

Materials are not simply selected; they are studied. Proportions are not calculated for effect, but refined by feel as much as by measurement.

The result is not just control over quality, but coherence.

This is the kind that only comes when the people who design a yacht are in constant conversation with those who build it.

To step aboard a Heesen is to understand this difference.

You see it in the grain match of the panelling, the silent balance of the doors, the restraint in how materials meet.

There is nothing excessive. Nothing loud. Everything fits.

Each yacht leaves Oss as an original. Not merely owned, but unmistakably made. In a market shaped by scale, Heesen’s strength is its singularity. It builds not for many, but always for one.