Rebuilt SWATH Catamaran Nurja Returns to Market After Three-Year Refit

Nurja has returned to the brokerage market with a rebuild that makes a 2008 superyacht look like a much newer proposition. The 40.54-metre Abeking & Rasmussen catamaran, one of the few superyachts on a SWATH platform, came out of a three-year refit that began on 29 January 2021 and finished in August 2024.

That matters because Nurja was never a standard multihull. Built in steel and aluminium at Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder, Germany, she was delivered in 2008 and earned two Neptunes at the 2009 World Superyacht Awards. The SWATH hull form, with its small-waterplane-area twin hull layout, is the defining asset: it is designed for exceptionally low roll and steady motion at sea, a quality that has long set the yacht apart from conventional cruisers. The original concept was reportedly chosen by owner Alexander Dreyfoos to address his wife’s motion sickness, a detail that neatly explains why this yacht’s unusual engineering has always been part of its appeal.

The rebuild at Abeking & Rasmussen refreshed Nurja across the board. Focus Yacht Design reworked the interior, while the exterior received a grey repaint that replaced the earlier blue hull and white superstructure. The yard also extended the aft section of the sundeck, adding more open-air space for dining and lounging, and installed a new helideck aft on the upper deck. On the systems side, the yacht gained Crestron entertainment and Böning ship automation with dynamic positioning, upgrades that strengthen her case for high-end cruising and guest transfers.

The numbers still read like a serious large-yacht package. BOAT International lists Nurja at 926 gross tons, with five cabins for guests and crew accommodation for eight. Her 17.8-metre beam gives her the volume of a much larger vessel, while a 4.1-metre draught keeps the profile manageable. Twin 1,100 hp Caterpillar C32 engines give her a cruising speed of 12 knots, a top speed of 14 knots and a range of 3,900 nautical miles at 10 knots.

Nurja’s market story has already had one long chapter. The yacht, previously known as Silver Cloud, was sold after 1,248 days on the market before taking on her current name. Now listed through Peter Hürzeler and Adrian Soos of Ocean Independence, she is being shown at Port Adriano during the Palma International Boat Show, which runs from 29 April to 2 May 2026 at Marina Moll Vell in Palma de Mallorca. For buyers watching the brokerage end of the multihull market, Nurja is a reminder that a deep rebuild can do more than preserve a yacht’s value. It can reset the clock on what the boat can be.