Feadship confirmed that Milky Way, the 89.6-metre superyacht built as Project 828, arrived in Poole, on England's south coast, on 5 August 2026. The vessel had departed the shipyard in Amsterdam following her launch on 1 June 2026, a 2,623GT full-custom build with Studio De Voogt exterior styling and interior design by British studio RWD, for an undisclosed private client.
Summary
- The news: arrival in Poole on 5 August
- From Amsterdam launch to UK arrival
- A year of milestones for Feadship
- What it signals about the 2026 delivery pipeline
- FAQ
The news: arrival in Poole on 5 August
Feadship confirmed that Milky Way — the finished name for Project 828 — departed the shipyard and arrived at the port of Poole, on England's south coast, on 5 August 2026. It is the next stage for a project launched into the water on 1 June, at Feadship's own outfitting facility in Amsterdam.
Milky Way is a full-custom, 2,623GT build, with exterior design by Studio De Voogt — Feadship's in-house design arm — and interior by British studio RWD. The end client has not been disclosed, standard practice for a project of this scale.
From Amsterdam launch to UK arrival
| Milestone | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Float-out / launch (Project 828) | 1 June 2026 | Amsterdam, Feadship outfitting facility |
| Confirmed arrival | 5 August 2026 | Poole, United Kingdom |
| Length | 89.6 metres | — |
| Tonnage | 2,623 GT | — |
| Exterior | Studio De Voogt | — |
| Interior | RWD (United Kingdom) | — |
The roughly two-month gap between launch and arrival in Poole is consistent with the typical sea-trial and finishing-work window that separates a float-out from formal handover to the owner — a stage Feadship has not yet publicly announced for Milky Way.
A year of milestones for Feadship
Milky Way arrives just months after another high-profile Feadship project completed its own recognition cycle: the 118.8-metre Breakthrough became, in June 2025, the world's first superyacht fuelled with liquid hydrogen. A year before Milky Way, in May 2025, Feadship had also floated out the 100-metre Project 824 after 20 months of outfitting.
Three large-scale projects — 100, 118.8 and 89.6 metres — moving through launch, delivery or recognition within a little over twelve months illustrate the pace of one of the segment's most active yards above 80 metres in this cycle.
What it signals about the 2026 delivery pipeline
Boat International's Global Order Book 2026, published December 2025, already recorded record average length and tonnage under construction industry-wide, with yard slots committed through 2028-2029. Milky Way — full-custom, nearly 90 metres, carrying design names like Studio De Voogt and RWD — fits precisely the project profile behind those records: larger, more complex yachts on multi-year delivery timelines.
That trend lines up with brokerage-side data too: Denison Yachting's 2025 Year in Review, published 3 February 2026, recorded 470 yachts of 79ft/24m-plus sold in 2025, up 19.9% from 392 the year before, at an average sale price of roughly $8.49 million. A full-custom, near-90-metre build like Milky Way sits at the upper end of exactly the segment that report tracked.
Data in this article current as of August 2026.
FAQ
What is Milky Way and who built it? It is an 89.6-metre full-custom superyacht of 2,623 GT, built by Feadship under the internal name Project 828. Exterior design is by Studio De Voogt, Feadship's in-house studio, and the interior is by British studio RWD, for an undisclosed client.
When did Milky Way arrive in Poole? On 5 August 2026, as confirmed by Feadship. The yacht had departed the shipyard in Amsterdam following her float-out on 1 June 2026.
Has Milky Way already been delivered to her owner? Feadship confirmed the yacht's arrival in Poole, United Kingdom, on 5 August 2026, but had not publicly announced a final handover date to the owner as of that confirmation.
Who designed Milky Way's interior and exterior? The exterior is by Studio De Voogt, Feadship's in-house design studio. The interior is by British studio RWD — a cross-border design pairing typical of full-custom projects at this scale.
What other yachts has Feadship recently launched or delivered? In May 2025, Feadship floated out the 100-metre Project 824 after 20 months of outfitting. In June 2025, the 118.8-metre Breakthrough became the world's first superyacht fuelled with liquid hydrogen.
Why did Milky Way travel to Poole, in the UK? Feadship confirmed the yacht's arrival in Poole on 5 August 2026 but did not publicly detail the specific purpose of this stage — common practice includes further sea trials, finishing work, or preparation for the project's next steps.
How much time passed between launch and arrival in Poole? A little over two months: the float-out took place on 1 June 2026 in Amsterdam, and arrival in Poole was confirmed on 5 August 2026 — a gap consistent with the typical sea-trial period following a launch.
Is Milky Way associated with any industry record? No specific record is attributed to Milky Way in the sources reviewed. The project does, however, fit the profile described in the Global Order Book 2026: large full-custom yachts, amid record average length and tonnage under construction industry-wide.
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