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Hungry like the Wolfhound

Sometimes a project calls for a considerable amount of work while demanding a very tight schedule – it’s something that the Amsterdam Yacht Service team can accommodate through detailed advance preparation which draws on the shipyard’s extensive experience catering to a variety of client needs. For Wolfhound – the classically stunning, 2021-launched 36.94-metre schooner built to a design by John G Alden from 1927 – that request entailed a complete respray of the topsides, and a complete strip and re-varnish of her gaff-rigged wooded masts.

Melody sings again

Amsterdam Yacht Service gets a lot of visiting sailing yachts looking for a wide range of maintenance needs. For Melody, the 41.54-metre Olivier van Meer design, that meant coming in for an extensive refresh on her way down to the Mediterranean. While the schedule extended to include some work on the swing keel mechanism, the primary reason for Melody coming into AYS was for what Robert Binnekade, Managing Director of AYS, calls “the AYS equivalent of a car detailing job”!

Licence to keel

When it comes to choosing a shipyard for your maintenance or haul-out work, it’s not just about the facilities, hardstanding and the lift that are important – it’s the added value that can prove the differentiating factor. For Amsterdam Yacht Service, this means not only having everything on hand to make your project – from a simple antifoul refresh to a full refit – run smoothly, but also drawing on the combined experience of our expert inhouse team, who we collectively refer to as the boat doctors.

Amsterdam Yacht Service makes its Metstrade debut

Amsterdam Yacht Service is pleased to announce its first-ever participation in Metstrade, taking place in Amsterdam RAI from 17–19 November. Visitors are welcome to meet the Amsterdam Yacht Service team at Stand 07.425 located close to the Refit Cluster in the Superyacht Zone.

VIDEO: Classic Yacht Renovation – Preserving a way of life

A classic yacht is a legacy, and we treat it that way. We restore your yacht to its original glory, without losing its soul. We blend old craftsmanship with modern technology. Amsterdam Yacht Builders brings your classic back to life. Read more about our Classic Yacht Renovation services here.

Race relations

Amsterdam Yacht Service sees all sorts of projects arrive for all sorts of works, but sometimes there can be a bit of a change of pace. Enterthe VO65 Team JAJO, a true round-the-world racer with the credentials to back her up. First launched for the 2014-2015 edition of The Ocean Race, where she placed second […]

Monaco Yacht Show & METS Amsterdam

Amsterdam Yacht Service is pleased to share its upcoming show calendar for this season. Robert Binnekade will be attending the Monaco Yacht Show, and would be delighted to meet with clients to discuss all their service, maintenance and repair requirements. Whether you have a specific project in mind or simply wish to explore how our […]

Atlantic returns

Getting repeat clients is always a thrill, not just because it’s testament to the capabilities Amsterdam Yacht Service offers, but also because it’s like greeting old friends. We were especially thrilled in late Spring this year to welcome back the mighty 64.5-metre schooner Atlantic, who trusted the AYS team to help with some involved work […]

BLOG 6. “Hull 405: Classic Lines, Modern Heart”

It’s been a while since we’ve blogged about our 17-metre Pieter Beeldsnijder-designed motor yacht that we acquired part-complete in 2023. That’s partly because we’ve been so busy with a vast array of other projects that have been coming through the yard – from stunning sailing schooners like the 64.5-metre Atlantic to sections of a bridge […]

From Mandarine to Melody

It’s no secret that Amsterdam Yacht Service caters to an incredibly diverse range of clients, from motor yachts to commercial vessels, tourist boats, and even – on occasion – civil engineering companies floating sections of bridges into place. Few could argue, however, that the stars of the yard are the stunning sailing yachts that make […]

VIP treatment

It’s not only yachts, tourist boats and commercial vessels that get a revamp at Amsterdam Yacht Services – the shipyard itself is constantly upgrading its facilities. Most recently, AYS has taken a proactive approach to expand the drainage and water treatment system that serves the one and a half hectares of hardstanding, where vessels will frequently undertake out of water repairs and maintenance.

Five stars for Three Point 4

While a lot of the more intensive work we undertake at Amsterdam Yacht Service revolves around refit, repair and maintenance of steel and aluminium vessels and their systems, our team has the flexibility to tackle pretty much any material. That was ably demonstrated this winter when we took in a 29-metre Maiora called Three Point 4 for various works.

Holy Trinity

While the Amsterdam Yacht Service team brings a wealth of experience and expertise across a broad range of disciplines, they will still freely admit that every day is a learning day. In the case of the 16m Amel Super Maramu sailing yacht Trinity, the learning came from the yacht’s owner who, in the course of outlining how she wanted the yacht’s interior refreshed, showed the potential of AI as a quick visualisation tool.

Home away from home

One of the things that always strikes us is the vast array of projects that float through the Amsterdam Yacht Service facilities, from classic sailing superyachts to commercial vessels, tourist boats, and even bridge components.

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2026

2025 has been a dynamic and rewarding year for Amsterdam Yacht Service. Our team has continued to expand and refine its expertise, successfully delivering a diverse range of maintenance, refit, and custom projects for clients across the globe.

Multiplying returns

It’s perhaps the greatest compliment we can receive when customers come back for a return visit to our state-of-the-art facilities in Amsterdam. Sometimes it’s for larger works that make use not just of our hardstanding areas or large sheds but also our expert inhouse team of engineers, carpenters and fitters – and sometimes it’s for general maintenance jobs.

Join AYS at Metstrade 2025!

The Amsterdam Yacht Service team will be present at the Amsterdam RAI exhibition centre for all three days of Metstrade, 18–20 November 2025. It’s the ideal moment to meet us in person and discover more about our state-of-the-art facilities and onsite expertise: everything you need to ensure your next build, maintenance, or refit projectruns seamlessly from start to finish.

Meet us at the MYS

Members of the Amsterdam Yacht Builders team will spend two days in and around Port Hercules this week as they visit the Monaco Yacht Show. If you would like to meet up and discuss any potential project we would be delighted to do so on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 of September. It’s sure to […]

Happy days

The long summer days are finally here, and it’s time for most yachts to switch from maintenance mode to magical-days-on-the-water mode. For the team at Amsterdam Yacht Service, of course, the work never stops – even during summer, we have vessels coming through for haul-outs, services and all manner of works.

Atlantic crossing

Few things can match the glamour, beauty and sheer elegance of the 64.5-metre sailing yacht Atlantic – a 2010-launched recreation of the original schooner Atlantic which first touched the water in 1903.

Simplifying survey

While the Amsterdam Yacht Service team can turn its hand to pretty much anything, and while the shipyard itself can handle pretty much any type of vessel, not every project involves complex hull repairs or hotwork.

A bridge too far?

We pride ourselves on the variety of vessels and projects we work on here at Amsterdam Yacht Service – from yachts to tourist boats to commercial vessels and workboats, they all come to take advantage of our in-water berthing, haul-out and hardstanding, refit sheds and inhouse expertise.

Near and Far Niente

It’s perhaps fitting that a 32.7-metre modern classic motor yacht styled after the Dutch herring luggers of the early 1900s should land in a Dutch refit and maintenance specialist shipyard, and that’s exactly what happened in the Autumn of 2024.

The gold standard

It’s one thing finishing a summer season then heading to a shipyard with a list of works to do over the winter and plenty of time to complete that list – but quite another when you arrive in the Spring and need to get those works completed in time for the summer charter season.

BLOG 5. ‘The making of a modern classic’ – An inside job

As we make steady progress with the construction of Hull 405 – the Pieter Beeldsnijder-designed 17-metre steel yacht that had laid part complete for two decades, before we acquired her in 2023 in order to finish her build – we are starting to think about some of the fun stuff.