Wake
Issue No. 01 — The Owners
Twelve yachts that actually run the world’s water, told through the people who built them — the seizures, the court fights, the half-billion-euro handshakes. No renderings, no concept fluff, no listicle ghosts. The record, written properly.
Azzam
180.61 m · Lürssen · 2013
Eclipse
162.5 m · Blohm+Voss, Hamburg · 2010
Dilbar
156 m · Lürssen · 2016
Koru
127 m · Oceanco (Alblasserdam, Netherlands) · 2023
Sailing Yacht A
142.81 m · Nobiskrug, Kiel, Germany · 2017
Octopus
126.2 m · Lürssen (hull by HDW, Kiel) · 2003
Rising Sun
138 m · Lürssen (Bremen) · 2004
Amadea
106.1 m · Lürssen (exterior: Espen Øino International; interior: François Zuretti) · 2017
Scheherazade
140 m · Lürssen (Bremen); exterior Espen Oeino, interior François Zuretti · 2020
Flying Fox
136 m · Lürssen · 2019
Serene
133.9 m · Fincantieri · 2011
Dubai
162 m · Platinum Yachts FZCO (hull begun by Blohm+Voss / Lürssen) · 2006
The Golden Ghost
Myths · the $4.8bn boat that never got wet
Editorial, from public record. Photography credited per page, self-hosted. The yachts profiled in WAKE are not charter listings.
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