Feadship Unveils 115 m HIVE Concept at Monaco Yacht Show
The shipyard's largest concept design: spaces shaped around the needs of the people on board, not a conventional layout.
Monaco, 24 September 2026. Feadship has revealed HIVE, its largest concept design to date at 115 m, during the Monaco Yacht Show. Developed by Studio De Voogt under Senior Designer Jan Schaffers, together with Feadship's naval architects and engineering specialists, the concept is being presented privately at the House of Feadship.
At the heart of HIVE is an open space extending across four decks. On main deck it becomes a saloon, stage or auditorium, with terraces to port and starboard. Curved staircases connect balconies and more intimate spaces above. Service pantries, furniture storage and a green room allow the space to host events of any format.
Around the centre: a two-storey beach lounge with water-level dining for 24 or more; a circular, glass-enclosed foredeck library opening onto a secluded garden; an owner's deck with a 20 m ContraWave™ pool extending indoors as a suspended, glass-bottomed infinity pool; an underwater lounge; an observation lounge with a retractable glass roof.
The exterior sets a new direction in Studio De Voogt's design language. The long, low profile develops ideas from the Pure and C concepts. A virtual command centre frees the forward superstructure for the owner's accommodation and observation lounge. Cameras and sensors handle navigation, while retractable glass wing stations give direct views during close-quarters manoeuvring. Glazing, integrated terraces and the largely glazed superstructure bring the levels together visually.
A DC electrical architecture combines three 900 kW variable-speed permanent-magnet generators running on HVO with fuel cells and a 5 MWh battery bank. For zero-emission operation, power can be supplied by seven 75 kW solid oxide fuel cells or nine 250 kW PEM fuel cells combined with a methanol reformer. Battery capacity is approximately five times that of Savannah’s pioneering 1 MWh installation within a comparable battery-room footprint.
Voith Schneider Propellers provide highly precise omnidirectional thrust without conventional rudders. Already proven on ferries and research vessels, the technology offers exceptional manoeuvrability, is well suited to dynamic positioning and operates with exceptionally low noise levels.
