Feadship's 101m Destiny is handed over, the year's benchmark
Project 1014 finally has a name
Destiny was known through her whole build only as Feadship Project 1014. Construction started at Makkum in early 2023 and she went into the outfitting sheds in November 2024, after which she was sighted only a handful of times. She was launched on 1 April 2026 and began sea trials in May. Feadship handed her to her owner in early July.
She did not linger in the north. By the weekend of 4 July she had called at Poole on the south coast of England and was tracking towards Gibraltar. Three months from launch to a delivered yacht heading for the Mediterranean is quick at this volume. It points to a hull that was substantially finished before she touched the water.
The numbers, and where the directories disagree
Destiny measures 101.2 m with a beam of 15.25 m and a maximum draught of 4.3 m, on a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure. She is classed by Bureau Veritas and registered under the Cayman Islands flag. Propulsion is two MTU units on two propellers, listed as diesel-electric at 2,498 kW or 3,350 hp each, for 4,996 kW and 6,700 hp in total.
Volume is the figure nobody agrees on. BOAT International puts her at 3,840 GT, SuperYacht Times at 3,858 GT, and 3,818 GT has also been in circulation. Feadship does not publish tonnage for private deliveries, so there is no builder figure to settle it. The spread is about 40 GT, small in percentage terms and large enough to matter on any tonnage-banded fee.
The pool that lights the beach club
The signature is a glass-bottomed pool set into the broad main deck aft, dropping daylight into the beach club below. That beach club opens to the sea on multiple fold-down balconies. There is a helipad on the foredeck and, crowning the yacht, a forward-facing Jacuzzi beside an interior living area with curved windows.
The exterior is RWD's, with a navy-blue hull, a tall white superstructure, generous overhangs, a broad classic bow and sculptural hull windows. The yard drew attention to brass detailing worked across the profile for warmth. Naval architecture is by Azure Yacht Design and Naval Architecture. The interior, which stays private, is RWD again with the Paris studio Chahan Interior Design.
What the price talk is worth
Figures between USD 400m and USD 450m have been attached to Destiny in the trade and enthusiast press. None is a disclosed contract price, and Feadship does not confirm build costs, so each is an estimate worked backwards from length, volume and yard. Anyone pricing a comparable build should treat the range as unsourced.
What is verifiable is scarcity. Destiny is one of 82 motor yachts in the world longer than 100 m, which puts her inside the top five per cent of the fleet by length, and she is the sixth-largest Feadship ever delivered. That is the comparable set a valuer would actually work from, and it is a very short one.
What sits behind her at the yard
Feadship has 16 yachts on order or under construction, including a 140-metre flagship whose bow was seen by spotters for the first time this year. The 89.6-metre Project 828, named Milky Way, went out on sea trials the same week Destiny was delivered. An 80-metre, Project Thalassa, is also listed against 2026.
For anyone holding a 100-metre or planning one, the pipeline is what moves values. Demand at the very top has not thinned, and a yard with 16 hulls in the sheds is not discounting slots. It also means the comparable set for a Feadship of this size gets refreshed every year for the next several.
What is good, and what to watch
Strong points
- A fast, credible handoverThree months from launch to a delivered yacht heading for the Mediterranean is quick at 100-metre-plus volume, evidence of a hull that was substantially finished before she touched the water rather than a rushed one.
- A genuinely distinct beach clubThe glass-bottomed pool feeding daylight into the beach club below is a real point of difference against the current run of 100-metre Feadships, not just a spec upgrade.
What to watch
- No hard numbers anywherePrice, tonnage and ownership are all unconfirmed or disputed, so a reader trying to build a comparable-sales case has nothing checkable beyond length and delivery date.
- The interior is entirely unknownRWD and Chahan Interior Design are credited, but nothing about the interior itself has been published, so half of what usually justifies a valuation at this size cannot be assessed.
Practical detail
| Reported build cost | USD 400m to USD 450m in trade and enthusiast press estimates; Feadship has never confirmed a contract price. |
|---|---|
| Gross tonnage | Disputed: 3,840 GT (BOAT International), 3,858 GT (SuperYacht Times), 3,818 GT also reported. Feadship does not publish tonnage on private deliveries. |
| Flag and class | Cayman Islands flag, classed by Bureau Veritas. |
| Where she is now | Left Makkum, called at Poole on England's south coast, and was tracking for Gibraltar within days of handover in early July 2026, pointing to a Mediterranean season. |
| What is not published | The contract price, the exact gross tonnage, the interior layout and cabin count, and the owner's identity are all undisclosed by Feadship. |
Questions this story answers
What happened?
Feadship has handed over Destiny, the 101.2-metre custom yacht it built as Project 1014, and she was tracking for the Mediterranean inside three months of launch. The directories cannot agree on her volume and nobody will confirm what she cost. What is checkable is that she is the sixth-largest Feadship ever built.
What is good about it?
A fast, credible handover. Three months from launch to a delivered yacht heading for the Mediterranean is quick at 100-metre-plus volume, evidence of a hull that was substantially finished before she touched the water rather than a rushed one.
What should an owner or buyer watch?
No hard numbers anywhere. Price, tonnage and ownership are all unconfirmed or disputed, so a reader trying to build a comparable-sales case has nothing checkable beyond length and delivery date.
Who reported this?
Feadship, BOAT International, SuperYacht Times, YachtBuyer.
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