Lynx Yachts
Netherlands · NijkerkGrade B36 of 40Nijkerk builder of 20 to 34 m steel support vessels and small explorers, founded by an engineer and merged with the US brand Outer Reef.
What happened, 2023 to 2026
- Sep 2024OwnerMerger with Outer Reef Yachts; Nijkerk becomes its European yard
- May 2025BuildFirst Outer Reef Adventure 780 launched
- Sep 2025Build32.5 m full-custom yacht in build
- Mar 2026BuildSteel cut for the 33.8 m YXT 34, delivery 2028
What it adds up to. A niche in support vessels and a merger whose control terms were never published.
Who runs it
- Top seatFounder Slim Bouricha (not on the LinkedIn roster)
Organisation. Founder with contractors
What it shows for a new yard. A founder with contractors and no management layer: nothing to map, nothing to hire from.
The top team as read on LinkedIn1 people read as staff, October 2026
Three people on LinkedIn: a part-time construction manager and two externals.
Lynx Yachts has no visible organisation on LinkedIn; it is a founder with contractors. Nothing to map.
Production and operations 1
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Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview
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Identity
- Full name: Lynx Yachts (legal entity name not found). source
- Founded: 2011, by Slim Bouricha, a Tunisian-born engineer and businessman. He started the company while he built his own 33.4 m yacht, Heliad II (launched 2013). source 1 source 2
- Headquarters and yard: Bellstraat 1-A, 3861 NP Nijkerk, the Netherlands. One temperature-controlled build hall and a 70 m quay; up to 3 yachts at once, up to 40–45 m. source
- Ownership: private. In September 2024 Lynx announced a "strategic merger" with Outer Reef Yachts (US brand, CEO Jeff Druek, builds its Classic series in Taiwan). The Nijkerk yard was to operate as "Outer Reef Yachts – Netherlands"; Lynx keeps its own name. Equity terms and who controls the combined company were not published. source 1 source 2 source 3
- Sister brands: Outer Reef Yachts (merger partner, 2024).
Size
- Employees: not found. The company site speaks only of "a team of highly skilled artisans". source
- Revenue: not found (private company).
- Boat International Global Order Book position: not found. The yard builds below 40 m, a range where it does not appear in the published top rankings.
Product
- Size range: about 20 m to 34 m in current lines; yard capacity up to 40–45 m. Outer Reef range planned at the Dutch yard: 24–43 m. source 1 source 2
- Hull materials: steel hulls, aluminium superstructures on some builds (the 32.5 m custom build is steel and aluminium). source
- Semi-custom series on a proven platform: YXT (support or "shadow" vessels: YXT 20, 27, 34), Crossover (24, 27), Adventure (24, 30, 32), Audace (45/50). Full-custom builds also offered, often grown from a semi-custom base. source
- Specialty: shadow vessels, that is, support yachts that follow a larger yacht and carry tenders, submarines and vehicles. source
- Notable deliveries and builds 2023–2026.
- Outer Reef Adventure 780 (ex Lynx Adventure 24), 24 m steel explorer, launched May 2025 in the Netherlands. source
- 32.5 m full-custom steel and aluminium yacht, in build, delivery date not stated. source
- YXT 34 hull 1, 33.8 m, the largest YXT so far; contract September 2025, steel cut March 2026, delivery planned Q1 2028. source
Leadership
News 2023 to 2026
- 2026-03
Lynx cuts steel for the first 33.8 m YXT 34 shadow vessel, delivery planned Q1 2028.boatinternational.com
- 2025-10
Lynx announces construction of a YXT 34 after a contract signed in September 2025.lynxyachts.com
- 2025-09
A 32.5 m full-custom yacht, sold through Christie Yachts, is reported in build at Nijkerk.boatinternational.com
- 2025-05
The first Outer Reef Adventure 780 (24 m, steel) launches from the Dutch yard; its debut was slated for the 2025 Fort Lauderdale show.yachtbuyer.compowerandmotoryacht.com
- 2024-09
Outer Reef Yachts and Lynx Yachts announce a merger; Nijkerk becomes Outer Reef's European yard and the Lynx Adventure 24 is renamed Adventure 780.megayachtnews.com
- 2023–2024
No other dated corporate news found (the company news page holds only editorial articles for 2023).lynxyachts.com