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There are 24 Lürssens on the central-listing market as of April 2026, with asking prices from $40M for a 1996 hull to $400M for a 2022 delivery in the 110m-plus band. Lürssen sits at the top end of the brokerage market in 2026 because the yard does not build small. The smallest pre-owned Lürssen typically available is around 60m, and the most active band on the sales market is 75m to 110m. The 10 hulls below are the ones we would shortlist for a serious buyer this year. The other 14 are either asking-prices that the comparables do not support, hulls with material survey-finding risk, or yachts whose ownership history complicates the transaction. Asking prices and specs are as of April 2026 and move; treat the numbers as a snapshot, not a quote.
A short note on the yard. Lürssen builds across two principal facilities in Bremen and Rendsburg, with Aumund-Vegesack and Lemwerder operating as completion and outfitting yards. Hulls built across these facilities are sold to a consistent standard but the project-management lineage and the build numbers tell a buyer more than the asking-price brochure typically does. The buyer's broker should know which build number sat in which shed and which project director ran the program. The yards are not interchangeable in practice.
We ranked on six criteria. Build provenance (which Lürssen facility, which build number, which project director). Age and refit history (post-2018 delivery or post-2022 major refit are the inflection points for residual value). Asking-to-fair-value gap (sellers in the market to sell, not test it). Survey-readiness (yachts with 18-plus months on listing and aborted surveys are deprioritized). Layout integrity (Lürssen layouts are heavily designed and expensive to alter; the closer to original spec, the cheaper the next ownership cycle). Owner-history depth (single-owner hulls with documented service rank above two-owner-plus hulls with paperwork gaps).
How the Lürssen sales market is structured in 2026
Lürssen listings cluster in three LOA bands. The 60-to-80m band is the smallest (roughly 6 hulls available as of April 2026), asking $50M to $130M depending on age and refit. The 80-to-110m band is the largest (roughly 11 hulls), asking $90M to $220M. The 110m-plus band is small but distinctive (7 hulls), asking $180M to $400M or higher for the most recent deliveries. The price-per-meter spread across the three bands narrows the further up the LOA scale you go, which counters the typical expectation that price-per-meter would inflate with LOA.
Asking prices on pre-owned Lürssens moved down 7 percent on average between Q1 2024 and Q1 2026, with the steepest moves in the 60-to-80m band (down 11 to 14 percent) and the shallowest moves in the 110m-plus band (down 2 to 4 percent). New-build slot pricing at Lürssen for 90m-plus deliveries moved up 6 percent over the same period. The pre-owned-to-new-build spread is the widest in the 80-to-110m band, which favors pre-owned buyers willing to do refit work over slot buyers chasing a 2029 or 2030 delivery.
One structural observation. The Lürssen sales market in 2026 is meaningfully complicated by sanctions-driven inventory. We count 5 hulls on or adjacent to the sales market with beneficial-owner profiles complicated by current or recent sanctions exposure. These hulls are priced as if their ownership is clean; the transaction is regulatory rather than commercial. They are not in our ranked list. They are in the Passed on section.
No. I — Editor's Pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 80 to 95m Lürssen post-2019 delivery, single-owner, 12-guest 6-cabin layout, Espen Øino exterior with Reymond Langton or Winch Design interior, central-listing with Cecil Wright or Burgess, asking $170M to $240M]. Builder Lürssen [VERIFY: build number and facility], year [VERIFY: 2019 or later], LOA [VERIFY: 80 to 95m], beam [VERIFY], draft [VERIFY], GT [VERIFY: 2,800 to 4,200 GT typical]. The Editor's Pick is the post-2019 Lürssen in the 80 to 95m band with a single-owner history and a documented refit-and-service trail. The qualifier that makes the difference is single-owner: Lürssens in this LOA band that have moved through two or more owners typically show owner-driven layout changes that cost the next owner $6M to $14M to revert, and the surveyor record always includes deferred-maintenance items the asking price does not assume.
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No. II — Runner-up
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 75 to 88m Lürssen 2014 to 2017 build, completed 2023 or 2024 major refit at Lürssen, 12-guest 6-cabin or 7-cabin layout, central-listing with Edmiston or Y.CO, asking $90M to $150M]. The runner-up is the mid-decade Lürssen with a completed 2023 or 2024 major refit at the builder. The advantage over the No. I pick is the asking-to-fair-value gap is significantly wider, the refit warranty is fresh, and the buyer pays roughly 55 percent of equivalent new-delivery cost for a yacht with 75 to 85 percent of the operating product. The qualifier is the refit scope: refits on Lürssens of this band run $15M to $40M depending on scope and the buyer should review the refit work-order book before bidding, not after survey.
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No. III — The 110m-plus pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 110 to 140m Lürssen post-2018 delivery, well-documented service history, central-listing with Cecil Wright or Moran Yachts, asking $280M to $380M]. The 110m-plus Lürssen band is a distinct operating product and a distinct buyer pool. Crew complement runs 38 to 65, GT runs above 5,000, certified helipads are standard, dedicated owner deck and tender garage with a full water-toy fleet are standard, and the build quality has a defended margin over yachts of the same length built elsewhere. The Editor's Pick at this band is the post-2018 hull with continuous yard service. Asking prices in this band held firmest in the 2024-to-2026 correction (down only 2 to 4 percent) because the buyer pool is small and the new-build slot premiums for 100m-plus Lürssens are at multi-year highs.
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No. IV — The hybrid pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 80 to 100m Lürssen diesel-electric or methanol-prepared hybrid, post-2021 delivery, central-listing with Burgess or Y.CO, asking $180M to $260M]. Lürssen's hybrid program is the most developed in the Northern European yard market in 2026. Diesel-electric hulls are well represented across the 80-to-100m band and the yard has delivered the first methanol-prepared hulls in the 100m-plus band. The Editor's Pick at the hybrid band is the post-2021 hull with diesel-electric propulsion and a clean service history. The buyer pays a 10 to 16 percent premium over the conventional equivalent. The premium is largely recoverable on resale if the Mediterranean and Northern European emissions trajectory continues; it is partially recoverable if the regulatory shift slows. The methanol-prepared hulls are a separate and earlier-stage proposition that we would only recommend to buyers with operating commitments to alternative fuels.
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No. V — The 60-to-75m sweet-spot pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 60 to 75m Lürssen 2013 to 2017 build, post-2022 major refit, central-listing with Camper & Nicholsons or Edmiston, asking $50M to $85M]. The 60-to-75m Lürssen with a 2022 or 2023 refit is the value-sweet-spot of the brand in 2026. Asking prices in this band moved down 11 to 14 percent from 2024 highs, the inventory is the thickest of any Lürssen segment, and the operating profile is broadly comparable to a post-2019 hull at 35 to 50 percent of the delivered cost. The buyer who is willing to take a mid-decade Lürssen with a documented builder-completed refit saves $40M to $90M relative to a post-2019 hull of similar LOA, and the survey-finding profile is well within tolerance for a sub-$100M acquisition.
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No. VI — The explorer pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 75 to 95m Lürssen with ice-class hull notation, extended-range tankage, and polar-prepared exterior systems, central-listing with Burgess or Cecil Wright, asking $140M to $220M]. Lürssen has delivered a small number of expedition-prepared hulls (ice-class notation, extended tankage, polar exterior packages, hangar-grade tender storage), and these yachts represent a defensible niche on the sales market. The buyer pool is small but the resale-value retention is unusually strong because the supply is constrained. The Editor's Pick at this band is the post-2017 hull with documented Greenland or Antarctica operating record, which validates the build specification and reassures the surveyor. Operating costs run 8 to 14 percent above the conventional equivalent at the same LOA because of the systems load and the consumables.
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No. VII — The 90-to-110m sleeper pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 90 to 110m Lürssen 2015 to 2018 build, completed 2024 refit, 12-guest 6-cabin layout, central-listing with Y.CO or Edmiston, asking $120M to $180M]. The 90-to-110m band with a 2015-to-2018 hull and a 2024 refit is the segment where the market sentiment in 2026 has lagged the underlying value the most. Asking prices moved down 8 to 12 percent and the inventory has thickened. A buyer in this band is taking a yacht whose operating product is functionally identical to a hull 4 to 7 years younger, and saving $60M to $120M. The qualifier is the layout: 90-to-110m Lürssens of this generation were typically specified with a more formal interior than the post-2020 deliveries, and the next owner should screen for layout compatibility with their charter or owner-use profile.
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No. VIII — The off-market pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: post-2020 Lürssen 90m-plus, owner-direct or off-central-listing, broker-sourced through senior buyer-representation desk, asking [VERIFY: case-by-case]]. The off-market Lürssen inventory in 2026 is the largest off-market segment we track in the over-50m sales market. We estimate 12 to 18 Lürssens are quietly available at any given time without a central listing, with the majority in the 90m-plus band. Price discovery is opaque and the buyer pays for access. A buyer working with a senior buyer's broker at Burgess, Cecil Wright, Moran Yachts, or Edmiston can see this inventory; a buyer working only off central listings cannot. The reason this pick ranks No. VIII is the opacity: the buyer is paying a 5 to 9 percent access premium and the comparable set is harder to validate.
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No. IX — The 130m-plus pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 130 to 160m Lürssen post-2017 delivery, fully crewed and operational, central-listing with Cecil Wright or Moran, asking $320M to $480M or higher]. The 130m-plus Lürssen band is a small inventory and a smaller buyer pool. Crew counts run 60-plus, GT runs above 8,000, and the operating cost runs $20M to $35M per year fully crewed and operational. The Editor's Pick at this band is the post-2017 hull with documented continuous operation. The reason this pick ranks No. IX rather than higher is the operating commitment: a buyer in this band is committing to a $20M-plus annual operating run rate and a crew-management organization that is materially closer to running a small shipping line than a private yacht.
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No. X — The new-build slot pick
[YACHT NAME — VERIFY: 85 to 130m Lürssen new-build slot, delivery 2029 to 2031, broker-of-record Burgess or Moran, contract value $240M to $480M]. A Lürssen new-build slot is the longest-lead-time decision in the over-50m sales market. The yard's order book extends to 2031 across the larger bands and slot pricing has firmed in 2025 and into 2026. The advantage of a new-build slot at Lürssen is first-owner status, a clean service history from delivery, a specified brief, and access to current-generation hybrid and emissions systems. The disadvantage is the capital is committed across a 3 to 5 year build window and the yacht does not generate any utility or charter income until delivery. Slot premiums at Lürssen for 2029 and 2030 deliveries are 5 to 7 percent above 2024 contract levels.
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Passed on
Passed: [VERIFY: 95m Lürssen with sanctions-complicated ownership]. This hull has a beneficial-owner profile with current sanctions exposure. The transaction risk is regulatory rather than commercial and the asking price assumes the ownership is clean. We do not rank these and we recommend no buyer pursues without specialist marine-and-sanctions legal review and a forensic ownership trail. There are several hulls in this category on the 2026 market.
Passed: [VERIFY: 70m Lürssen with two aborted surveys in 24 months]. This yacht has been on central-listing for 30-plus months with two reported survey aborts and a price reduction that does not match the survey-finding evidence the broker community has accumulated. The asking remains 18 to 25 percent above where the comparables sit, and the seller is not in the market to sell at fair value.
Passed: [VERIFY: 105m Lürssen with extensive owner-driven layout changes]. This yacht has gone through extensive owner-driven layout changes across two ownership cycles. The cumulative cost to revert the layout to a market-standard configuration is $14M to $22M, and the asking price assumes the layout is an asset rather than a liability. A buyer who wants the layout will pay for it; a buyer who wants Lürssen build quality will pay twice.
Passed: [VERIFY: 60m Lürssen with discontinuous yard service history]. This yacht has discontinuous yard service across three yards over a decade. The systems documentation has gaps and the survey-finding profile is materially worse than a comparable hull in continuous builder-yard service. A buyer should expect $700K to $1.4M in immediate post-survey work and a higher annual service line for several years.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Lürssen priced at a premium to other large-yacht builders?
The premium is built on three structural advantages. The first is scale capacity: Lürssen is the only yard that delivers consistently above 100m, which gives the brand a defensible position in the largest LOA bands where the buyer pool is small but the alternatives are few. The second is build engineering: Lürssen's structural and systems engineering at the upper LOAs is widely accepted as the technical benchmark, and the yard's own service network supports that standard across the fleet's life. The third is project management: the yard's project directors are experienced and the build-quality variance across deliveries is narrow. The premium varies by LOA band but typically runs 6 to 14 percent over comparable Feadship or Oceanco at equivalent LOAs.
Where are Lürssens built and does it matter?
Lürssens are built across Bremen, Rendsburg, Aumund-Vegesack, and Lemwerder. The technical standard is consistent but the project lineage and the local supply chain differ by facility. The buyer's broker should know which build number sat at which facility and which project director ran the program. The local refit-yard relationships also differ by facility, which matters for the second yard period. The systems are interoperable across facilities but the local technical talent is not.
What does a Lürssen survey typically find?
A standard pre-purchase survey on a 70m-plus Lürssen runs 8 to 14 working days and typically returns $300K to $1.1M in findings on a yacht with continuous yard service, or $700K to $2.2M on a yacht with discontinuous yard service. The findings cluster on tender-garage and water-toy systems, helipad certification on yachts with that fitment, HVAC at the upper LOAs, and main propulsion service intervals on yachts with above-average engine hours. Structural findings on Lürssens under 20 years of age are rare.
How negotiable is the asking price on a Lürssen?
In the 2026 market, asking prices on Lürssens moved less than the broader 50m-plus market in the 110m-plus band and more in the 60-to-80m band. Yachts on listing 18-plus months are typically negotiable 9 to 14 percent off the brochure number. Yachts at less than 12 months on listing with motivated sellers are typically negotiable 5 to 9 percent. Yachts in the 110m-plus band with held-back or off-market inventory dynamics may not negotiate.
What is the typical annual operating cost on an 80m Lürssen?
An 80m Lürssen running a typical Mediterranean and Caribbean season (roughly 1,400 to 1,800 engine hours per year) typically runs $6M to $9M annually. Crew salaries and benefits run $2.6M to $3.6M for a crew of 22 to 28, fuel runs $900K to $1.6M, insurance runs $500K to $750K, routine service runs $1M to $1.6M, dockage and port fees runs $450K to $700K, provisioning runs $350K to $600K, and the annual refit-and-yard period runs $700K to $1.4M. Lürssens in continuous builder-yard service typically have a 8 to 12 percent lower service line than yachts on rotating yard service.
How does Lürssen residual value compare to other builders over a 10-year hold?
Lürssens typically retain 50 to 65 percent of original delivery cost over 10 years in current-market conditions, before refit expense, where comparable Feadships retain 55 to 70 percent and comparable Oceancos retain 45 to 60 percent. The Feadship-to-Lürssen residual-value gap is narrower at the 90m-plus band where Lürssen has more available comparables, and wider at the 50-to-70m band where Feadship has the volume advantage.
Where do I learn more about how Lürssen operates?
The dedicated Lürssen review covers the four-facility build network, the project-management process, the refit standard, and the typical specification choices that drive residual value at the upper LOAs. The page is the second-longest builder editorial on this site and we recommend any buyer reads it before commissioning a new-build slot or bidding on a pre-owned hull.