Princess Yachts has revealed the first exterior and interior images of its new 33-metre Odyssey 108, marking a significant step in the British builder’s return to the 30-metre-plus yacht market.
Unveiled during the Monaco Yacht Show 2026, the new imagery also reveals a major design collaboration with London-based Harrison Eidsgaard, which is working alongside Princess Yachts on the Odyssey 108’s interior styling. A physical scale model is also being displayed in Monaco as the engineering programme moves towards production.
The first Odyssey 108 is scheduled to enter the water in 2029, ahead of its world premiere in 2030.
Odyssey marks Princess Yachts’ return above 30 metres
The Odyssey programme represents an important strategic move for Princess Yachts.
At 33 metres, the Odyssey 108 will be the company’s first yacht over 100 feet for almost a decade and signals a renewed push into the larger yacht and superyacht sector.
Princess CEO Will Green said the original ambition behind Odyssey was to return the Plymouth builder to the 30-metre-plus market while drawing on more than six decades of yachtbuilding experience.
A year after the programme was announced, Green said the project is becoming increasingly tangible, with design development progressing, engineering underway and the first physical hull tank tests successfully completed.
The significance extends beyond a single model. Success with Odyssey could give Princess a new platform from which to compete for owners moving beyond the company’s established production yacht ranges into larger, longer-range vessels.
Harrison Eidsgaard joins Princess on Odyssey 108
One of the most significant announcements surrounding the project is the appointment of Harrison Eidsgaard to work alongside Princess’s internal design team on the interior.
Founded in 2005, the London studio has extensive experience across large custom superyachts, as well as aviation and residential design. Princess is working directly with founding partners Ewa Eidsgaard and Ben Harrison.
For Princess, the partnership brings established large-superyacht design experience into a programme that sits above much of its traditional production portfolio.
Ben Harrison, co-founder of Harrison Eidsgaard, said the two companies share a design philosophy centred not only on aesthetics but also on functionality, purpose and attention to detail.
He described working on Princess’s first yacht over 100 feet for almost a decade as a privilege and said Odyssey represents an important new chapter for the British yard.
Hybrid Fast Displacement Hull undergoes tank testing
Underneath the new styling is arguably one of the most important technical elements of the Odyssey programme.
The 108 uses a new Hybrid Fast Displacement Hull, developed with Princess’s long-standing naval architecture partner Olesinski.
The hull is intended to combine the efficiency and range required for extended passage-making with the performance and seakeeping associated with Princess yachts.
Extensive computational fluid dynamics analysis has already been undertaken, while the hull has now completed its first programme of physical tank testing to validate the CFD predictions before the design progresses towards production.
That development work is particularly important because Princess is attempting to give the Odyssey 108 two characteristics that do not always sit naturally together: genuine long-distance cruising range and relatively high maximum speeds.
More than 2,600nm of range and up to 21 knots
Princess is targeting a range of more than 2,600 nautical miles at nine knots.
Three MAN V12 engine options will be available. At the top of the range, twin MAN V12X-2200 engines are expected to deliver a maximum speed of approximately 19 to 21 knots.
An alternative installation using twin Rolls-Royce MTU V12 2000 M96Z engines, each producing 2,222hp, will also be offered.
Those figures position Odyssey differently from a conventional high-speed Princess motor yacht.
The emphasis is instead on allowing owners to undertake significantly longer passages while retaining the ability to cruise at higher speeds when required.
277 GT across three decks
The Odyssey 108 will have a gross tonnage of 277 GT and use a tri-deck configuration.
Princess says extensive glazing and carefully managed sightlines have been used to increase natural light and maintain the connection between the interior and surrounding sea.
The first interior concepts revealed in Monaco show the direction being developed jointly by Princess and Harrison Eidsgaard, with the layout intended to balance large social spaces with more private areas for owners and guests.
Standard accommodation is for eight guests across four cabins, while an optional five-cabin arrangement increases capacity to ten.
Crew accommodation is designed for five across three cabins as standard, with an alternative layout allowing as many as seven crew.
Princess strengthens its large-yacht design capability
Princess’s own design team remains closely involved in the programme.
Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Design and Development at Princess Yachts, said Harrison Eidsgaard’s experience at the highest levels of superyacht design has complemented Princess’s own approach.
Lawrence said the teams share the view that yacht design should extend beyond appearance to encompass how the yacht functions, feels and contributes to the overall onboard experience.
He described Odyssey 108 as a “hugely important development” for Princess.
The collaboration provides an interesting model for a production yacht builder moving further into the superyacht sector: retaining its established engineering, manufacturing and design infrastructure while bringing in expertise from the large custom yacht market.
What happens next for Odyssey 108?
Engineering and development will continue over the coming years as Princess prepares the first hull for launch.
The first Odyssey 108 is scheduled to enter the water in 2029, followed by its world premiere in 2030.
That gives Princess a substantial development window in which to complete engineering, testing and production preparation for what will become one of the most significant new models in its portfolio.
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The Odyssey 108 matters because this is more than Princess simply adding a larger model. It represents the Plymouth builder’s deliberate return to the 30m-plus market, supported by a new hull platform, long-range capability and a design partnership bringing Harrison Eidsgaard’s custom-superyacht experience into the programme.
The 2,600nm-plus range, physical tank-testing programme and 2029 launch timetable also show that Odyssey is moving beyond the concept stage. For the UK yachtbuilding sector, a successful move back above 100 feet would be a significant development for Princess and the wider British marine supply chain.