- Founded
- 1990
- Headquarters
- Dompierre-sur-Yon, France
- Shipyard location
- Masurian Lake District, Poland
- Official website
- https://www.delphiayachts.com/
Brand Overview
Groupe Beneteau's 'mindful cruising' marque, born on Poland's Masurian lakes in 1990 — seven displacement motor cruisers of 9.8 to 13.4 m for canals, rivers and sheltered coasts, on Yanmar diesels of 45 to 230 hp or Torqeedo electric drive, designed by Vripack and Tony Castro.
Overview written fromdelphiayachts.comread 9/19/2026
YachtCodex Analysis
AI-generatedAn independent reading of this builder written by AI. Unlike the specifications and descriptions elsewhere on this page, it is interpretation rather than a sourced fact — treat it as a starting point, not a citation.
What this builder is
Delphia was created in 1990 in Poland, between the Masurian Lakes and the Baltic, to design houseboats for calm waters and protected coastlines; it joined Groupe Beneteau in 2018 and set itself the ambition of leading electric boating on inland and coastal waters. The brand director's phrase for the idea is 'Mindful Cruising': navigation 'does not have to be fast to be exciting', a well-designed boat should be easy to use, simple to maintain and pleasant to live on, and the range is built for the growing number of European boaters who want an affordable, safe, comfortable way to explore rather than performance. The line-up is seven boats on three hulls: the Delphia 10 as Lounge, LoungeTop and Sedan (9.78 m, 45–110 hp diesel or 80 hp electric, air draught from 2.50 m to pass low bridges), the Delphia 11 Sedan and Flylounge (10.77 m, 57–150 hp, CE B) and the flagship Delphia 12 Sedan and Flylounge (13.40 m, 110–230 hp, twin tanks, CE B). Diesel comes from Yanmar and electric from Torqeedo; solar panels, LED lighting and the Seanapps app come with the boats. The public 2026 brochure prints a 'General characteristics' table for each model — lengths, hull width, draft, light displacement, engine power range, tanks, maximum speed in km/h, air draught, CE persons and designer — which is where the catalogue's figures come from.
Who sails them
Delphia owners are canal and river cruisers, lake boaters and coastal explorers who want a slow, quiet, easy boat for family weeks on the water — 'a tranquil stroll, a picnic on the beach, a bike ride', as the site puts it — including first-time and electric-curious owners, city dwellers cruising out of Amsterdam or the Canal du Midi, and couples planning a comfortable retirement boat rather than a fast one.
Signature models
The Delphia 10 Lounge, the open urban getaway that passes under 2.50 m bridges; the Delphia 11 Flylounge with a flybridge 'seen only on larger yachts'; and the Delphia 12 Sedan, the flagship.
Strengths
Delphia is known for displacement hulls made for inland and sheltered coastal water, for low air draught that clears canal bridges, for a diesel-or-electric choice on every 10 and 11 with Torqeedo drives, for modular one-to-three-cabin interiors with real doors and separate showers, for frugal cruising (1.2 litres an hour at 8 km/h on the 11 Flylounge's 150 hp diesel), and for Groupe Beneteau's industrial backing since 2018.
Considerations
The website's model pages print only a headline (length, beam, power range, CE, designer); the stored figures come from the brand's public 2026 brochure PDF, read as text. Where the two disagree the brochure is stored and the web headline noted (the 11 Flylounge's web '57–250 HP' is 57–150 hp in the brochure, the 12 Flylounge's '110–250 HP' is 110–230). Speeds are printed in km/h and converted to knots; engine counts are not printed (the 12 Flylounge offers one or two engines); 'CE-category C10, D10' are certified persons per category, not guests. The registered office is in Dompierre-sur-Yon, France; the brand's home and yard are in Poland's Masurian Lake District, the town not named on the site.
Analysis generated 9/19/2026
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Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 7
- Length range
- 9.78–13.4 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Monohull 7
- Cabins
- 1–3
Models by this brand
7 models
Delphia 103
History
Delphia was born among the Masurian lakes of Poland and has more than thirty years of boatbuilding behind it. Since 2018 it has been part of Groupe Bénéteau, and with that backing set itself a particular ambition: to lead electric boating on inland waters and along the coast, with ranges wholly electric by 2025. What it builds is meant for slow, quiet sailing -- time taken rather than distance covered.
History written fromdelphiayachts.com/about-us· The originsread 9/25/2026