- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Greifswald, Germany
- Shipyard location
- Same as headquarters
- Official website
- https://ryckyachts.com/en/
Brand Overview
HanseYachts AG's young day-boat brand from Greifswald — one model, the 9.16-metre RYCK 280 outboard cruiser with a stepped reverse-bow hull, walk-around decks and 250 to 350 hp, Motorboat of the Year 2021.
Overview written fromryckyachts.comread 9/19/2026
YachtCodex Analysis
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What this builder is
RYCK introduces itself as "the new, cool boat brand from Germany — different, stylish, fast and safe", with HanseYachts AG, the Greifswald group behind Hanse, Dehler, Moody, Fjord and Sealine, vouching for the build. Its range is a single boat, the RYCK 280: 9.16 m over the anchor, 2.81 m beam, a stepped GRP hull with a reverse bow that the page says sits well in the water at speed, walk-around side decks with high freeboard and guardrails, a T-top or lounge option on deck and a cabin with wet room below, on a choice of three outboards from 250 to 350 hp. The page prints its figures under 'Your Ryck in numbers' — length overall with and without the engine, hull length, beam, draft with and without the engine, air draft, tanks, displacement, CE category C and eight persons — and lists the 280 as Motorboat of the Year 2021 and a Boat of the Year winner in the Elegance category.
Who sails them
RYCK owners are weekenders and watersports families who want a fast, easy, safe outboard boat for bays, water skiing and short trips — the page sells it by use (speed and performance, cruise and swim, trips and weekends, surf and fun, dive and climb) rather than by specification — and who value a big-yard build behind a small, new brand.
Signature models
The RYCK 280 is the brand: its only model, the 2021 Motorboat of the Year, in Cruiser, T-top and lounge-deck configurations.
Strengths
RYCK is known for the RYCK 280's stepped reverse-bow hull, walk-around decks with high freeboard, up to 350 hp of outboard power, a cabin with wet room in a 28-footer, the HanseYachts AG group's production behind it, and its 2021 Motorboat of the Year award.
Considerations
A one-model brand, so the catalogue entry is a single page. The specification block prints metric and imperial side by side; LOA is stored as the 'incl. anchor' figure with the 'incl. anchor arm + engine' length noted, and draft as excluding (min) and including (max) the engine. Engine power comes from the page text ('from 250 to 350hp'), not a specification row, and the engine count is not printed. No speeds or range are given.
Analysis generated 9/18/2026
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Where they build
The building sites this yard publishes, in its own order.
Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
HanseYachts AG
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 1
- Length range
- 9.16 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Monohull 1
- Cabins
- 0–1
Models by this brand
1 model
