Jun 9, 2026 · 12 min · 9 segments
Building a custom superyacht is often seen as the ultimate luxury project. But beyond the design, engineering, and craftsmanship lies a deeply personal and emotional journey. In this episode, we are…
Farouk NefziGuest
Sidney Bitter-LarkinHostSo Farouk, building a superyacht is the ultimate dream, but it's also an emotional rollercoaster.
When a client first approaches Feadship with a new build, what emotions do you see them experiencing?
They have been anticipating on this for a long time because they've already sold it to themselves.
So it's an emotional journey and we try to facilitate that and help them through, we call it the amazing experience together, to make them realize their dreams.
And how do you help them translate those dreams into something feasible?
I think the most important thing, and this is really at the beginning, is to simply listen.
Because by listening and really standing still by what they mean with their explanation of dreams, what they anticipate upon, what their ambition is, how they want to use the art, it translates already to a character.
And that character translates in a few very simple lines that define the exterior profile.
And with that search, the designers get to know them and they understand whether you like the sleek and very long bow lines.
Because you love those curviness and you love those very, very long lines under the hood.
You can make it look a little bit more curvy in terms of it has beautiful shapes and it's very either poetic or it's very straightforward.
So Farouk, building a superyacht is the ultimate dream, but it's also an emotional rollercoaster.
When a client first approaches Feadship with a new build, what emotions do you see them experiencing?
They have been anticipating on this for a long time because they've already sold it to themselves.
So it's an emotional journey and we try to facilitate that and help them through, we call it the amazing experience together, to make them realize their dreams.
And how do you help them translate those dreams into something feasible?
I think the most important thing, and this is really at the beginning, is to simply listen.
Because by listening and really standing still by what they mean with their explanation of dreams, what they anticipate upon, what their ambition is, how they want to use the art, it translates already to a character.
And that character translates in a few very simple lines that define the exterior profile.
And with that search, the designers get to know them and they understand whether you like the sleek and very long bow lines.
Because you love those curviness and you love those very, very long lines under the hood.
You can make it look a little bit more curvy in terms of it has beautiful shapes and it's very either poetic or it's very straightforward.
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