MOST READED

NARRATED ARTICLES

NEWSLETTER

Luxury boating stories, delivered to your inbox every week.

EDITOR'S CHOICE

PRINT EDITION

ONBOARD ESSENTIALS

Pure originality. A gift collection for the individual who has it all and values distinction above all else.

Leviathan and Draak underway in parallel, seen from the air.

Oceanco · Monaco Yacht Show 2026

Oceanco Takes a New Build and a Rebuild to Monaco, Side by Side

Leviathan and Draak share one owner and one mission. Showing them together puts the yard's Life Cycle Support division on the same stand as its new construction, for the first time.

Oceanco will present two yachts at the 2026 Monaco Yacht Show: Leviathan, 111m/364ft, delivered in November 2025, and Draak, 93m/305ft, delivered in June 2026 after a comprehensive rebuild. Both belong to Gabe Newell, and both were built to operate together.

It is the first time the yard has brought a new build and a rebuild to the show at once, and that pairing is the story. A new flagship draws the crowd. Placing a rebuilt yacht beside it, with equal billing, is a deliberate signal about where a modern superyacht builder now expects to earn.

111m
Leviathan. New build, delivered November 2025
93m
Draak. Rebuild, delivered June 2026
2
Companion hulls in Gabe Newell's Inkfish fleet
Bow view of one of the yachts running toward the camera
Bow on, running toward the camera.

The rebuild as headline

Draak was delivered in June 2026 following a comprehensive rebuild by Oceanco's Life Cycle Support, reimagined for an entirely new operational purpose. She now supports Inkfish expeditions with specialist diving facilities, a capable tender fleet and heavy-duty lifting systems.

Many of the design and operational principles introduced on Leviathan were carried across to Draak. For a broker or a yard director, that is the useful part: a refit here is not a cosmetic freshen up but a change of role, executed to new build standards on an existing hull.

Leviathan, delivered in November 2025, was drawn around life aboard. Communal spaces are laid out to encourage guests and crew to mix, while low maintenance materials are chosen to keep crew productive rather than occupied. Dedicated facilities, including a dive center, laboratory and hospital, support the science that Inkfish exists to serve.

"With Inkfish, we try to focus on being of service to the scientific community"

Gabe Newell · Inkfish

One fleet, and a widening supply chain

The two yachts are companions by design, built to work as a pair rather than as a matched set. The show also marks just over a year since Newell joined the Oceanco team, in July 2025. Across that period the builder has widened its group, adding Alewijnse and Winel to the specialist companies Aluship, Lateral and Mercury already inside it.

That vertical reach is the quieter subplot at Monaco. Owning more of the supply chain gives a yard more control over cost, schedule and the kind of unconventional, mission specific work that a project like Draak demands. Leviathan and Draak go on display at the cruise terminal, with hospitality spaces across the show.

At a glance
Leviathan
111m / 364ft. New build, delivered November 2025
Draak
93m / 305ft. Rebuild, delivered June 2026
Owner
Gabe Newell. Companion yachts in the Inkfish fleet
Rebuild
Oceanco Life Cycle Support
On display
Cruise terminal, plus hospitality spaces at the show
Occasion
Oceanco's first show pairing a new build with a rebuild

All figures from Oceanco's official communication, 4 August 2026. Monaco Yacht Show dates not stated by the yard.

The two yachts underway in parallel, seen from astern.

Shipyard
Built by Oceanco

Source: Oceanco, official communication, 4 August 2026