- Founded
- 1976
- Headquarters
- Lunderskov, Denmark
- Shipyard location
- Same as headquarters
- Official website
- https://faurby.dk/
Brand Overview
Danish semi-custom builder of hand-finished cruising yachts in two lines — the Performance Cruiser (335 to 460) and the Deck Saloon (360 DS to 570 DS, evolved from Nordship) — at Lunderskov, Jutland, with roots going back to 1976.
Overview written fromfaurby.dkread 9/13/2026
YachtCodex Analysis
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What this builder is
Faurby Yachts builds sailing yachts at Lunderskov in southern Jutland, Denmark, and traces its roots to 1976. Its site presents two lines: the Performance Cruiser range (335, 360, 370, 400, 420, 460, and a 430 announced in November 2024) of fast bluewater cruisers, and the Deck Saloon range (360 DS, 420 DS, 450 DS, 500 DS, 570 DS) that grew out of thirty-five years of Nordship Yachts after the two merged and now carries the Faurby name. Every page publishes the same short specification — LOA, waterline, beam, draft, mainsail and jib areas, approximate tankage, displacement and ballast — with a brochure PDF and a 360° tour.
Who sails them
Faurby owners are experienced Northern European cruising sailors who want a yacht built and fitted by hand to their own layout — a longer berth, a lower sole, a galley placed where they cook — and who value windward performance and solidity over production-line price; Deck Saloon buyers are long-distance cruisers who want shelter and panoramic views under way.
Signature models
The 360 and 370 are the core of the Performance Cruiser line and the 460 its flagship; the 420 DS, premiered at boot Düsseldorf 2023 as the Nordship 420DS, opened the renewed Deck Saloon range that the 570 DS tops.
Strengths
Faurby is known for fully custom interiors cut by hand rather than by machine, slippery hulls with performance-focused keels and rudders that point higher than most cruisers, double-glazed toughened glass in the deck saloons, and a yard that also offers refit, storage and managed berths.
Considerations
The published specifications are brief (no hull length, engine, CE category or draft options), tank capacities are stated as approximate, the Faurby 430 has only a news-item announcement with three figures, and semi-custom builds mean delivered boats can differ from the page.
Analysis generated 9/13/2026
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Where they build
The building sites this yard publishes, in its own order.
Lunderskov
Lunderskov, Denmark
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 12
- Length range
- 9.98–17.4 m
- Hull forms
- Sailing Monohull 12
- Cabins
- 2–4
Models by this brand
12 models
