In 1988 Lürssen decides to add a new division. Currently the shipyards are operating at 90% capacity with navy contracts but the company decides to split the production between naval ships and luxury yachts. From now on, the company devoted half its production capacity to the building of large yachts. In 1991 the yacht Be Mine was completed, one of the first yachts to be designed and built entirely under the direction of the newly established independent Lürssen yachtbuilding division. She went on to win the prestigious "International Superyacht Society Design Award" as well as the "Superyacht of the Year Award".