When Caribbean Sailing Yachts (CSY) folded in 1981, the molds and some of the unsold inventory were purchased by John Coats and his brother to form Antigua Yachts. The CSY 44 became the ANTIGUA 44. They also built the ANTIUA 53 which was based on the MORGAN OI 51. Years in Business: 1981 – 1984

The company began as Astilleros del Sur. They changed their name in 2023 to Zonda Yachts, a division of Zonda Yachts Group. Servetto 351, San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina., +54 11 4725-0965 +54 9 11 3695-0706 info@zondagroup.com.ar The US distributor is Auster Yachts (http://austeryachts.com) 300 Old Lupton Rd, Merritt, NC 28556, USA info@austeryachts.com Years in...

Founded by Percy Sly. Nautivela shipyards became one of the leaders of the Argentine market, in the construction of fast sailing pleasure, with maximum comfort and safety in construction. Builder of ROY 20, ROY 26, ROY 32, ROY 38 and ROY 43. Somehow related to the Italian builder of the same name which is still...

Established by Don Ignacio Martinoli an Argentinian citizen born in Italy, the yard started by building new boats of his own design, as well as repairs and maintenance of sport and commercial vessels. Edgardo Martinoli: An Argentinian born in 1973, Edgardo Martinoli became interested in sailing at an early age. He studied at the Liceo...

M Boats Av. Calle Espana 1651 (Rta. Panamericana, Colectora Oeste, Km 47.5) Parque de Negocios, Galpon 7 Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone: +54 348 443 3313 E-mail: info@mboats.com.ar Website: www.mboats.com.ar Years in Business: 0 – present

ASTILLEROS PANDORA S.A. Montevideo 84, a media cuadra de la ruta 197 (Ex Larralde) Tigre Buenos Aires Argentina Tel.: (54 11) 4749-5900 – Cel.: 15 3361-8334 Email: info@astillerospandora.com.ar Years in Business: 0 – present

Escalada 1146, San Fernando (1646) Buenos Aires. ARG Tel: (54 11) 4746 5714 Years in Business: 1965 – present

Originally located in Canada, then moved to Argentina. Guillermo “Memo” Castro is the founder and president of 40 Grados Sur, a shipyard that has been the building Antares Catamarans since 2010. Antares Yachts Phone numbers: +1 904 506 8794‬ – USA +63 945 687 5035‬ – Asia +54 9 11 6361 6327 – Argentina Years...

Windrush Yachts 8 Blamey Place O’Connor Western Australia 6163 Australia tel.+61 8 9314 1317 fax: +61 8 9331 3255 brett@windrushyachts.com.au http://www.windrushyachts.com.au Years in Business: 0 – present

Swarbrick Bros Yachts first operated out of a small workshop in Carrington Street, Claremont until 1977 when they moved to larger premises in Osborne Park. The Swarbrick family started building yachts commercially in 1965, and were pioneers in Australia building composite yachts with the introduction of the S&S34 in 1968.The business was sold to the...

Founded by Jim, Ken and Ron Swanson of Sydney, Australia. Best known for their, sturdy, canoe-sterned cruising yachts (designed by Ron Swanson), of which the SWANSON 28, 38 and 42 were the most popular. Years in Business: 1950 – 1985

Originally a division of the Sydney Yachting Centre Pty Limited and located at The Spit, Mosman NSW 2088 Australia. Geoff Pearson and his partner Bob Vinks took over production in 1996. – 2006 Managing Director and major shareholder of Northshore Yachting Services, Heath Walters, acquired Northshore Yachts. Located at: Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Unit...

Marten Marine was founded in New Zealand by Steve Marten in 1972. Marten Marine established an international reputation for composite yacht construction ranging from luxurious cruising yachts through to America’s Cup and other racing yachts. (Builder of the famous KZ1 that raced against Dennis Conners catamaran in the 27th Americas Cup.) In 2005, the company...

Hutton Yachts 206 Harbord Road Brookvale, NSW Founded by Paul & Carl Hutton. Years in Business: 1978 – 1982

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Previously Access Sailing Systems. 4/4 Cumberland Avenue SOUTH NOWRA NSW 2541 AUSTRALIA Postal: PO Box 5048, NOWRA DC NSW 2541 Telephone: +61 2 4403 0595 Email: info@hansasailing.com Years in Business: 1992 – present

Australian builder of mainly powerboats. For a short while during the 1980’s they built the Farrier designed TRAMP and SUPERTRAMP folding trimarans. Years in Business: 0 – present

Builder of Formula 15 Skiffs, 125 Dinghies, Impulse Dinghies and Sabre Dinghies. They previously built some Paper Tiger Catamarans as well. Formula Sailcraft Factory 3 53 Macaulay Street Williamstown, Victoria. Australia 3016 Years in Business: 0 – present

Catamarans designed and built by John Gross in Australia. Years in Business: – present

Founded by Reg Gardner. Endeavour Yachts was one of Australia’s largest yacht builders in it’s day. Besides the Endeavour sailboats, they also built catamarans from 23ft to 47ft, trailer sailers, Adams 8 and Adams 11 yachts and G.R.P. Dragons.(Dates are approximate) Years in Business: 1965 – 1990

DINGHY SPORTS 5C – 89 DARLEY STREET MONA VALE, NSW 2103 AUSTRALIA Phone: {61 2} {02} 9997 1636 Fax: {61 2} {02} 9979 9825 EMail: MARK@DINGHYSPORTS.COM Years in Business: 1979 – present

Cavalier Yachts was created as a partnership between Peter Smith and John Salthouse, trading as Salthouse Custom Glass Boats Ltd, later changed to Custom Glass Boats Ltd. They initially produced the successful Cavalier 32 as well as the Coronet Trailer Sailer and the Corsair 36 launch. Salthouse and Smith amicably parted company with Smith taking...

Well known Australian boat builder. David Binks produced the first fibrerglass yacht built in Australia and then perfected a system of sandwiching a lightweight foam core between two layers of fiberglass, a concept that was embraced by boat builders around the world. In 1972, a fire destroyed the Binks factory including the moulds of boats....

Australian High Performance Catamarans 50 Craig Street Long Gully Vic 3550 Australia Email: ahpcinfo@ahpc.com.au Phone: + 61 3 5443 6910 Fax: + 61 3 5441 2963 Years in Business: 0 – present

Established by Adrian and Sue Keough. Austral Yachts 20-22 Cottage Lane South Australia 5163 AUSTRALIA Telephone 08 8329 9955 Facsimile 08 8329 9956 International + 61 8 8329 9955 Email sales@australyachts.com.au Years in Business: 1972 – present

About History of the company Australian company McConaghy is a truly legendary name in the yachting world. Few shipyards can boast that they have successfully built high-end composite yachts for over 50 years and have maintained a leading position in the industry. The company was founded in 1967 by John McConaghy and started its way...

Headquarters in Austria Sunbeam Yachts OG Köstendorfer Landestraße 7 A-5163 Mattsee Phone: +43 (0)6217 / 55-81-0 Sale: +43 (0)6217 / 55-81-27 Fax: +43 (0)6217 / 55-81-10 E-Mail: sunbeam@sunbeam.at Years in Business: 1957 – present

Builder of inflatable boats and catamarans. Purchased SEMPERIT boat factory in Kirchberg (Upper Austria). Builders of inflatable boats since the 1950’s. Grabner GmbH Weistracherstr. 11, 3350 Haag Austria / Europe Tel.: +43 7434 42251-0 Fax: +43 7434 42251 66 E-Mail: grabner@grabner.com Years in Business: 1975 – present

About History of Sunbeam Yachts With a history spanning over 180 years, Sunbeam Yachts, formerly known as Schöchl Werft, stands as a testament to tradition, innovation, and unwavering dedication to craftsmanship. Established by the Schöchl family in 1838, their humble carpentry workshop laid the cornerstone for a shipyard that would later evolve into Sunbeam Yachts....

About The Frauscher History The history of the Austrian shipyard Frauscher began in 1927 with Engelbert Frauscher, who founded a small boatbuilding business in Vienna. In the beginning, the shipyard built small wooden sailing yachts. But in the 1940’s the first racing motorboat came out of the company’s gates and since then this specialisation of the...

Sales Trimax-Yachts NV Geldenaaksebaan 329 3001 Heverlee Belgium BTW nr. 0451313779 Phone: 0032 – 16 – 291991 Email: jan.dewit@trimax-europe.com Years in Business: 1999 – present

SPIRIT YACHT BVBA NOEVEREN 197 2850 BOOM BELGIE TEL:+32 38881382 FAX:+32 38443302 info@spirit-yacht.com Years in Business: 0 – present

Founded in 1970 by Norbert Joris. Etap was purchased by Dehler Deutchland in 2008. Dehler then declared bankruptcy later in 2008 and in January 2009 ETAP was declared insolvent. The company brand and moulds were purchased by MIC Industries in March 2009. It is not known, but seems unlikely, that MIC ever produced any boats....

See also Spirit Yachts Address: Noeveren 195 Boom, Belgium Years in Business: – present

About History of the company Etap Shipyard was founded in Belgium 40 years ago. Even then, she set out on a course to create unusual yachts (both sailing and motor) with unique technical solutions. In recent years, Etap has been building absolutely unsinkable sailing yachts – their special feature is that these boats have two...

Years in Business: 0 – present

Besides it’s own line of sailboats, this company built many O’day’s under license at it’s location in Brazil during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil No longer in Business Years in Business: 1977 – 1995

About Company history Brazilian shipyard MCP Yachts entered the shipbuilding market in the early 80’s. The 120ft aluminium yacht, built in 1994 and presented at the Nice Boat Show, helped her to gain international fame. Today the company is ranked number one not only in Brazil, but also in the whole of South America in...

www.yachtsmiths.com Phone:(902)463-0741 Toll Free: (866) 856-7848 Fax: (902) 463-3664 Address: 2 Maitland St. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada, B2Y 3L7 Years in Business: 0 – present

Original contact: Windward Marine Ltd. 116-1251 No. 2 Rd. Richmond, BC (CAN) No longer in business Years in Business: 0 – present

From company web site: ANDY WIGGERS, born in Groenlo, Holland in 1950, was the youngest of eleven children. His father, a master of the crafts, owned and managed a local furniture and a wooden shoe factory. This is where he was first introduced to woodworking, a very special skill developed and refined with the teaching...

Before forming Whitby Boat Works, Kurt and Doris Hansen had been building wooden sailing dinghies such as the ALBACORE since 1958. The company, located in Ajax, Ontario, CAN built more than 600 Alberg 30s, about 250 Alberg 37s, nearly the same number of Whitby 42s, 19 Whitby 45s and a few 55’s. An excellent resource...

Wegu, located in Canada and Germany, built a number of small, mostly trailerable, cruising sailboats in the 1970’s and early 1980’s. As of 2014 the parent company was still in business but no longer a manufacturer of boats. Years in Business: 1973 – present

Canadian firm founded by Fraser McGruer and Hubert Vandestadt. Importer of the Macgregor trailer sailors and builder of a number of other models designed by Vandestadt. (Nephew to E. G. van de Stadt) Address was: West Shore Rd. Owen Sound Onatario, CAN N4K5P1 Years in Business: 1965 – 1987

Email: General Info info@tomcatboats.com Ted Strain emstrain@globalserve.net Tom Strain tom@tomcatboats.com Phone: Office (905) 584-1236 Manufacturing (905) 715-7977 Address: Office 17559 Innis Lake Road, Caledon, ON L7K 2L1 Manufacturing: 19420 Bathurst Street, Newmarket, ON L3Y 4V9 Years in Business: 0 – present

Ticon Yachts of Oakville, Ontario CAN began when David de Eyre purchased the rights to the TMI-30 (originally built by Chrysler as the CY-30) from Texas Marine Industries. The first Ticon 30’s were produced in Oakville Ontario, Canada. By 1983, Mr. de Eyre had arranged to have them built by Kelt Marine in Aurora, Ontario....

Founded by Johann Tanzer, Tanzer Industries Ltd. was one of the largest sailboat manufacturer in Canada for more than 20 years. The Tanzer line ranged from 16 to 35 feet. The most successful model was the TANZER 22 with more than 2200 built. But other models including the 26 were also built in large numbers....

Builder of new ANDREWS 28. 184 Commercial Place Penticton, BC V2A 3H7, Canada Phone: 250.492.4214 Fax: 250.492.4241 Cell: 250.809.9434 Principal Ivan Ivandic ivan@sylvanayachts.com Principal Vladimir Ivandic vlad@sylvanayachts.com Sales Enquiries ivan@sylvanayachts.com Years in Business: 2007 – present

Spencer Boats. Ltd. of Vancouver, BC, Canada, was formed as a partnership between Phil Hantke and designer John Brandlmayr to build eighteen- foot plywood cruisers and runabouts. In the early 1960’s the product line changed to fiberglass hulled custom and semi-custom sailboats. Over the years, dozens of different models were produced in sizes ranging from...

Founded by Donald Skene. (Ottawa, CAN) Sold to F. Wallis White and George Carlyle in 1970. Sold to Carl Strike and partners in 1979. Original address: Skene Boats Ltd. 2793 Fenton Road Gloucester, ON Canada MID: ZSK No longer in business. Years in Business: 1968 – 1992

Founded by Haydn Gozzard at Exeter, Ontario. (CAN) Years in Business: 1980 – 2008

Sceptre Marine c/o Shelter Island Marina #22/23 West Yard 6911 Graybar Road Richmond, BC V6W 1H3 Tel (604) 948.9924 Fax (604) 648.9286 Years in Business: 1978 – present

A division of Stanley Hatch Enterprises LTD Hwy 48, R.R. 2 Stouffville, Ont. L0H 1L0 Tel (416) 640-6544 Out of Business Years in Business: 1983 – present

Saga Marine was founded by Allan Poole, a veteran boat builder in the US, UK, and Canada. SAGA MARINE 423 Lakeshore Road St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2R 7K6 Voice: 905-646-4040 Fax: 905-646-2991 Toll-Free in US: 800-560-SAGA Years in Business: 1995 – present

Richmond Marine was founded by David Thorpe, sometime Yachting Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, and winner of the Prince of Wales Cup in 1950’s. (No longer in business.) Years in Business: 1965 – present

This from founder Raymond Wall: “When we started Qaunta Yachts we thought it was it was the perfect time. The recession was going to bounce back and sales would be as before, meanwhile we would get the tooling done and be ready for the restart. But it didn’t restart as before, we built 12 over...

2324 Harbour Road Sidney, BC V8L 2P6 Canada Phone: (250) 656-1157 (877)-656-1157 www.philbrooks.com Years in Business: 1950 – present

Founded by Ian Bruce, co-developer (with Bruce Kirby) and original builder of the International Laser. No longer in business under this name. In 2007 Performance Sailcraft Europe and Vanguard merged to create Laser Performance. (laserperformance.com) (It is assumed that the Canadian company became part of this larger entity at this time or even earlier.) Years...

Paceship began as Industrial Shipping Company Limited of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, a builder of small plywood speedboats. When the plant was rebuilt after a fire in 1956, it became one of the earliest manufacturer of small fiberglass runabouts and sailboats. The line soon expanded to include larger sailboats which they began marketing under the...

From PDQ Website: (www.pdqyachts.com) Fall 87 – A passion for perfection, a love of the creative process and a drive to build great boats brought three extraordinary men together to build the first PDQ Yacht. These three men were Dr. Harvey Griggs, MIT graduate in structural engineering and the man who commissioned the first yacht,...

Founded by Stanley & Mao Ouyang and based in Ontario Canada. Builder of the Aloha sailboats. Years in Business: 1972 – 1985

Ontario Yachts was one of the few companies that were able survive the boating-industry-wide slump that began in the mid 1980s. They did this, in part by branching out to non-marine applications. For example, they built the fiberglass support for the pitcher’s mound for Toronto’s Skydome Stadium. Since 1986, Dirk Kneulman Jr. and Don Oakie...

Canadian subsidiary of Olympic Yachts of Greece. Some models may have been built in both countries???. Original builder address: Olympic Yachtcraft Corp. 2615 Marcel Street Montreal 382 Quebec, CAN No longer in business. The parent company, Olympic Marine of Greece, is still in business. Years in Business: 0 – present

Founded by Allan Nye Scott. The company purchased the molds for the ALBERG 22, and commissioned the design for the ALBERG 29, and 34. Located first in Belleville Ontario, CAN, and later Bloomfield, Ontario, CAN. Years in Business: 1975 – 1989

Founded by Dennis Furnis. One of his partners was Chuck Walters. At the peak of production they employed about 15 people and built around 7 boats per year. Original Address: 395 Francom Street Ajax, Ont., CAN No longer in business. Thanks to Jack Gutter who was in touch with a former employee. Years in Business:...

Address Mailing: NorseBoat PO Box 15 Belfast, PEI C0A 1A0 Canada Physical: 32 Breckenridge Lane Flat River, PEI C0A 1R0 Canada info@norseboat.com Years in Business: 2004 – present

J.J. Nash Industries. Founded by Joe Nash in the early 1970’s and located at Stratroy Ontario, CAN The company built a 20′ and 26′ model. A 33′ model was in the works shortly before the company closed (1990?). (information courtesy of Jack Gutter, Brian Hart, and number of others.) Years in Business: 0 – 1990

Mirage Yachts Ltd. was formed in February of 1972 by Dick and Irene Steffen, for the purpose of building the Mirage 24 designed by C&C. Up until this point they had owned a large volume C&C dealership in Point Claire, Quebec. At the time C&C did not build any model smaller than the 27. Dick...

Founded by George William McVay after he left his position as manager at Industrial Shipping, builder of Paceship Yachts. McVay was also designer of a number of models that were built by the firm located at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. original address: McVay Fiberglass Yachts Ltd. Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada Years in Business: 1965...

Founded by Don Martin. His design and boat building firm has been responsible for the design and construction of more than 600 composite craft up to 27 meters (88 feet). Martin’s background in competitive sailing includes multiple North American Championship wins and participation in several Admirals Cup Regattas. In match racing he has been involved...

Originally located: Clinton, ON, CAN No longer in business. Years in Business: 1972 – present

Originally located in Vannes, France. There was also a subsidiary in Ontario,Canada. Aquired by Kirie and many Kelt models were continued under the FEELING name. It doesn’t appear that any boats called ‘Kelts’ were built after 1989 in either country. The address for the Canadian firm was: Kelt Marine Inc. 22 Allaura Blvd. Aurora, Ontario,...

9 Barrie Blvd. St. Thomas, Ontario Canada N5P 4B9 tel. (519)633-1058 kantermarine.com Years in Business: 0 – present

Years in Business: 1904 – 1990

Location was: Independent Yachts Ltd 2194 Regent Ave. Montreal, CAN Hull ID prefix:ZIY No longer in business. Years in Business: 1977 – 2003

Hughes Boat Works was founded by brothers, Howard and Peter Hughes and first located at Willowdale, Ontario, Canada, (near Toronto) where they built small dinghies. In 1965 the company moved to Scarborough, Ontario, and from 1965 to 1967 they built the HUGHES 24 (using tooling purchased from Tanzer Industries Ltd.), the HUGHES 27 (designed by...

No longer in business. Years in Business: 0 – present

Started by George Hinterhoeller, the company became a part of C&C Yachts in 1969. Later, Hinterhoeller took a number of former C&C employees, and started his own firm at St-Catherines, Ontario in 1977. During it’s period of operation, the firm engaged the design talents of Mark Ellis for the more cruising oriented NIAGARA 35, 26,...

Richard Navin CEO Address was: Halman Manufacturing Co. Durham Road Box 659 Beamsville, Ontario Canada No longer in business. Manufacturs code: ZHL Years in Business: 1978 – 1997

Grampian Marine was one of the first manufacturers fiberglass sailboats in Canada. It was founded by Jim Bisiker, owner of a construction company at Oakville, Ontario. Bisiker, along with Dick Kneulman and John Burn began building small fiberglass boats under license from Dyer Yachts of Rhode Island, USA. At the time, Dyer was at the...

H. Ted Gozzard and his family have been in the boat building business since 1970, starting out in Bayfield, Ontario with the opening of Bayfield Boat Yard Ltd. Many of the original Bayfield boats are in use today and have garnered a loyal following around the world. In the family alone there is almost 100...

Founded by Bill Goman and designer, Steve Killing, both originally from C&C Yachts. The company soon merged with Express Yachts. Original Address: Goman Boat Ltd. Victoria Street On The Bay P.O. Box 697, Midland Ontario, Canada L4R 4P4 Years in Business: 1981 – 1985

Address was: Exe Fibercraft Ltd. London Road S Box 760, Hwy. 4 Exeter Ontario, Canada Manufacturer Identification Code: ZEX Years in Business: 1975 – 1992

Highly respected builder of heavy duty fiberglass cruising sailboats that was located at Richmond, BC, (CAN). The most popular models where the FRASER 30 and 41. The company mostly sold boats as kits and finishing was done elsewhere. When the company closed, some of tooling was passed on to Spencer Yachts also of BC. Years...

Founded by Herman Schwill. Original contact information: Schwill Yachts Factory St., Odessa, Ontario CAN No longer in business. Years in Business: 1971 – 1986

Location was: 800 Ford Blvd. Industrial Park Chateauguay Quebec, CAN No longer in business. Years in Business: 0 – present

aka Cooper Yachts Ltd. Founded by Forbes Cooper. Builder of ‘Prowler’ line of Powerboats. Initially built Catalina sailboats under license for sale in Canada. Address was: Cooper Enterprises Inc. 1642 Langan Ave. Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 1K5 Canada No longer in business. Years in Business: 1970 – 1990

Location was: 17 Sideroad Erin, ON CANADA N0B 1T0 (No longer in business) Years in Business: 0 – present

Channel Cutter Yachts is owned and operated by Bryan Gittins. He bought the molds and the design of the Falmough Cutter 34 and started building them in Nanaimo BC in 2003. He continues to build them to this day (2019). Channel Cutter Yachts 3300 Bissel Road Ladysmith, BC Canada V9G 1E4 Email: channelcutteryachts@shaw.ca Phone: (250)...

Years in Business: 0 – present

Years in Business: 0 – present

Founded by Al Nairne. Based in Vancouver, BC. During a visit to California, Nairne saw a CAL 20, and was so impressed that he made arrangements with Jack Jensen of Jensen Marine to build Cal boats in Canada. Calgan built some 300 Cals (20′ 25′ 28′ 29′), and developed its own line of Crown/Calgan sailboats,...

Founded by Paul Tennyson who began building the CORNICE dinghy as part of his reinforced plastics business. In 1971 CS dropped dinghy production and began building keelboats under a new name, CS Yachts. In its best year, 1986, CS built 175 30s, 33s, and 36s and the company moved to an expanded 100,000 sq. ft....

Named after the two founders, Croce and Lofthouse, who developed the CL 16, first built in 1968. CL BOATWORKS Head Office: 446 Hamilton Road Belleville, ON. (905) 871-4625 Years in Business: 1953 – present

C&C Yachts was formed in 1969, when Canadian boat builders Belleville Marine Yard, Hinterhoeller Ltd. and Bruckmann Manufacturing joined forces with the design firm of Cuthbertson & Cassian Ltd. New capital was raised through a stock offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Although Ian Morch of Belleville Marine Yard was the first president, he resigned...

Erich Bruckmann, along with George Cuthbertson and George Cassion, was one of the founding partners of C & C Yachts. From the early 1960’s through to the late eighties, the C & C Custom Yachts Division was run by Erich Bruckmann, with his eldest son Mark close at hand. During that time, C & C...

Bombardier Recreational Products In 2003, Bombardier Inc. sold its Recreational Products Division to a group of investors: Bain Capital (50%), the Bombardier family (35%) and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (15%). Years in Business: 0 – present

Bayfield Boat Yard was founded by Ted Gozzard and originally located in the village of Bayfield, southern Ontario. It became one of the largest sailboat manufacturers in Canada. At its peak it employed 65 full time employees and moved to a larger facility 20 miles away in Clinton Ontario. Ted left the company in 1981...

Location was: Niagara-on-the Lake Ontario, CAN No longer in business. Years in Business: 0 – present

MIC – QAY Former Address: 20 ALDEN RD MARKHAM ON L3R2S1 CANADA Years in Business: 1988 – 1997

Abbott Boats of Sarnia, Ontario was started by Bill Abbott. In the ’60s, he built NORDIC FOLKBOATS and DRAGONs, (first of wood and later of fiberglass). The ABBOTT 22, introduced in 1964 was the first in a line of fiberglass racer-cruisers that bore his name. This was followed by the ABBOTT 28, the ABBOTT 33...

Xiamen Hansheng Yacht Building Co.,Ltd Sales office in China Name: Caprice Lam/Wendy Wen/Angel Hui Tel: 86-592-6882975/6 The company also builds boats under the revived Passport brand, among others. Years in Business: 1984 – present

Founded by Bryce Fuhriman and builder of the Celestial line of cruising sailboats. After 2002 the yard focused on building Passport and Outbound yachts. Years in Business: 1980 – present

Founded as a Joint Venture between Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty.Ltd. and Joseph H.H. Kong. Kong had been the Manager of the American Marine plant in Hong Kong. Holverson was a well known and respected builder based in Australia. Between 1975 and 1990, hundreds of craft were built by the firm in Hong Kong under the...

Shanghai Far East FRP Boat Co., Ltd. is recognized as the biggest dinghy builder in China. The goal is to produce various high quality sailboats and boat fittings for our customers. “Even better than our faith is the honesty of our objective.” In the same year, Far East was licensed by the International Sailing Federation...

Cheoy Lee Shipyard has been owned and operated by the same family for more than a century. As a building and a repair yard at Po Tung Point in Shanghai, Cheoy Lee began producing steam powered craft. After 1936, the business moved to what was then the British territory of Hong Kong. By the mid...

About Company history Shanghai Far East FRP Boats was founded in 2002 by Weifeng Lu. The shipyard started with the production of Optimist class yachts under the ISAF license. In 2003 the company built and sold about 230 yachts, in 2004 sales exceeded 1000 units. By 2007 the shipyard had received official approval from ISAF...

Years in Business: – present

The late Ian Bashford founded Bashford Boats (now known as Sydney Yachts) in the early 1980’s. The company produced one design yachts such as the J-24 and the ETCHELLS 22. The early 1990’s brought the launch of the new larger BH Boats. The first yacht off the drawing board and into production was the Sydney...

AD Boats shipyard produces the Salona line of sailboats. AD Boats Ltd. Matoševa 8, 21210 Solin CROATIA Sales Tel: +385 (0)21 275 022 +385 (0)91 22 11 530 info@adboats.hr Years in Business: 2002 – present

MORE BRODOVI D.O.O. Prisoje 25 d 21232 Dicmo Croatia T: +385 (21) 837 104 E: info@more-boats.hr Years in Business: 0 – present

Years in Business: – present

About The strange fact is that a country with such a long coastline as Croatia has major boat builders once or twice and that’s it. But one brand immediately comes to mind – Salona Yachts. Company history Salona Yachts does not boast faded captains in double-breasted jackets and caps, but given that the history of...

History Devoti Sailing started in 1992, owned by Luca Devoti who is an Olympic medallist in Finn class.   “I was born in a small village on Lake Garda called Castelletto di Brenzone. It’s a place where the sport of sailing runs though everyone’s veins. Sailing was a way to survive before the long road...

Founded by Aage Walsted who bought the original yard in 1949. Since then the company has built more than two hundred boats, mostly sailing yachts. Besides smaller racing-boats like Dragons and 5.5 meters, the company later produced a line of larger luxury cruisers working with such designers Aage Neilson and Olin Stephens. Today the yard...

Børge Quorning founded Quorning Boats in 1967 with the aim to build safe high quality trimarans with good performance. Now known worldwide represented with boats in more than 25 countries. QUORNING BOATS APS Skærbækvej 101 7000 Fredericia Denmark +45 7556 2626 info@dragonfly.dk Years in Business: 1967 – present

The Danish yard Nordship Yachts ApS was founded in 1978 under the name Buchwald Yachtværft. In 1988 Lars Buchwald acquired the rights for the Nordship boat program and changed the name to to Nordship Yachts ApS. Parent Company: True Boat Builders (https://www.trueboatbuilders.com/en) Nordship Yachts ApS Fabriksvej 5 6640 Lunderskov Denmark +45 7555 9155 info@nordship.dk Years...

NORDBORG BAADEBYGGERI A/S Mads Clausensvej 2 DK-6430 Nordborg Denmark Telefon: (+45) 74 45 14 67 Fax: (+45) 74 45 36 86 E-mail: nbb@nordborg-baadbyg.dk Years in Business: 1937 – present

Harager 18, Ferup DK – 6640 Lunderskov Danmark Telefon +45 75 55 91 51 Telefax +45 75 55 90 26 motiva@motiva.dk Years in Business: 0 – present

Well known Danish builder of custom yachts founded by Paul Molich. Years in Business: 0 – present

Founded by boat builder Oluf Jørgensen, who went on his own and created the successful Luffe 37, built at one of the most successful shipyards in Denmark. In 1983 the Luffe 44 was introduced, the fastest boat in Sjælland Rundt Race (the Danish boat race around the island of Zealand) that year as well as...

Still in business but no longer a builder of yachts after 1995. LM Glasfiber Group Jupitervej 6 6000 Kolding Denmark Years in Business: 1940 – present

No longer in business. Years in Business: 0 – 1980

Faurby Yachts Denmark AS of 2013, Faurby Yachts are built by Nordship Yachts, also of Denmark. Parent Company Name; True Boat Builders (https://www.trueboatbuilders.com/en) Years in Business: 1976 – present

(From the company website) The brothers Børge and Albert Børresen built their first DRAGON class sloop in 1935. Their father Peter Børresen had had a boat builder’s yard in Vejle. The boat was built in an open shed in their spare time. By 1938 the first workshop was built with room for one boat. Albert...

Founded by Ole Botved and originally located on Copenhagen harbor. Botved Boats is best known as the builder of the Coronet line of powerboats which were sold around Scandinavia, Europe and the UK for a number of years. There were at least 2 sailboat models that were turned out in limited numbers. Became Coronet Boats...

Bianca Yacht started in 1964 in Rudkoebing Denmark, when Holger Leth Christensen built boats of wood, primarily the Mahogany “Peti”. His first Fiberglass boat, the Bianca 27, was also first built there. Since then, the Bianca family produced a number of models including the Bianca Queen Motorsailer, followed by a long line of sailboats such...

Years in Business: 1961 – present

About Company history The shipyard X-Yachts was founded in 1979 by Lars Jeppesen, Niels Jeppesen and Birger Hansen. The company started with the construction of IOR (International Offshore Rule) class yachts and the rapid success of the young shipyard in this field attracted the attention of amateur yachtsmen who needed fast and quality yachts. This...

About Danish shipyard Nordship Yachts confidently holds a leading position in the segment of sailing yachts with a deck salon. History The company was founded by Lars Buchwald in 1978 in the Danish province of Lunderskov and was originally named after the founder of Buchwald Yachtværft. During the first 10 years the workshops worked under...

About History of the company Good Scandinavian cruisers have been launched under the Faurby brand since 1976. However, the shipyard’s name has never been heard. She has never pursued fame or volume, only quality and customers who share her aesthetics. The company consistently produces no more than 10-15 yachts per year and, as Faurby is...

About Do you like to travel as a family on small waters and the coast? Water games and family picnics outdoors are your typical weekend activities? The Danish trimarans from the Quorning Boats shipyard, known as Dragonfly, are designed just for you. History The Quorning Boats shipyard was founded in 1967 by Borg Quorning. From...

About History of the company Brandt-Møllers Bådebyggeri was founded in Denmark in 1946 by Oscar Brandt-Møller. In the first post-war years, the company received small orders and barely made ends meet. But it was during this period that the first production model was designed, which helped the shipyard to gain a foothold in the market....

Located on the small island of Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. Principals include Stig Nordblad, founder and longtime owner of Finngulf Yachts, Karl-Johan Stråhlmann (designer), Peeter Sääsk (Managing Director) and owner Thomas Nielsen. Saare Yachts Nasva 93872 Estonia info@saareyachts.com https://saareyachts.com Tel: + 372 50 87 913 Years in Business: 2007 – present

Ridas Yacht & Composites Mäe 2 Jõgisoo EE 76402 Harjumaa ESTONIA Tel: + 372 678 2287 Fax: + 372 678 2288 Email: INFO@RIDASYACHT.COM Years in Business: 1993 – present

Company history «At the Helsinki Boat Show 2007 I had lunch with Stig Nordblag, founder of Finngulf Yachts. We talked about life and sailboats. The Stig had recently retired and complained that he was already tired of his only hobby – washing his car. And so we decided to start something new. Here we have...

Years in Business: 1975 – present

Nordic Yachts, founded Steve Nordtvedt, was in business from 1977 – 1991. Steve later joined his brother Gary at Norstar Yachts. Years in Business: 1977 – 1991

Nautor’s Swan Headquarters P.O. Box 10 68601 Pietarsaari FINLAND F + 358 6 760 1 777 E email@nautors-swan.com Borgo SS. Apostoli, 29 50123 Florence (Italy) T +39 055 240 382 E info@nautorswan.com Years in Business: 1966 – present

Nauticat Yachts Oy, during its existence, evolved to one of the leading boatyards, building traditional motorsailers and pilothouse sailboats. By the end of 2009 over 2750 Nauticats had been launched in different parts of the world. In addition to the famous “Grand Old Lady”, the Nauticat 331, the range included the traditional motorsailers, Nauticat 38...

Current builders of Jonmeri as well as newer Maestro models. Years in Business: 0 – present

Länsivene Oy was founded by Rauma Unaja Tätilä’s brothers Osmo, Onni and Atso. They produced motor boats, as well as nearly every MP sailboat. Except for one, all MP boats manufactured by Tätilä continue to sail (2012), and one of the exceptions was destroyed by a fire on the winter dock. Years in Business: 1978...

Founded by Jorma Nyman. From company website: JONMERI has a long reputation within sailing people around the world to be known as high quality, reliable and comfortable off-shore sailing yacht. The JONMERI boats are used for cruising and racing in coastal waters as well as for ocean passages by blue water sailors. JONMERI sailing yachts...

Located Joensuu, Finland, (northeast of Helsinki) No longer in business. Years in Business: 0 – 1976

Jakobstads Båtvarv Gamla Hamnsvägen 31 68600 Jakobstad Finland Tel. +358 (0)6 723 1210 mobile +358 (0)50 592 3400 Email yard: info(at)jakobstadsbatvarv.multi.fi Years in Business: 1904 – present

Fiskars began as an ironworks in 1649, and is one of the oldest private companies in the western world. One of the most visable products made by the company today is the orange handled scissors. No longer a builder of sailboats. Years in Business: 1649 – present

Founded by Stig Nordblad. Finngulf Marin Ky was first a brokerage firm but began to build their own yachts in 1981. The first boat was the FINNGULF 34 which, within two years, was replaced by the more popular FINNGULF 36. Years in Business: 1980 – present

E-mail: info@finnflyer.fi Phone: +358 (0)504674988 +358 (0)407201374 Yard Finn Flyer Marina Ab Fågelvägen 30 AX-22240 Hammarland Aaland Islands, Finland Office Finn Flyer Marina Ab Skillnadsgatan 26 AX-22100 Mariehamn Aaland Islands, Finland Years in Business: 1976 – present

Eagle Marine Kotolahdentie 20 48310 Kotka Finland Phone:+358 500 550 572 Email:info@eaglemarine.fi Years in Business: 0 – present

The Degerö boatyard was founded in 1980 by Risto Kristeri and Seppo Mäkelä. to build yachts that people would want to spend time on, whether at sea or in port, and the designs and specifications were developed with this in mind. EGERÖ BOAT OY FIN-10210 INKOO, FINLAND tel. +358 9 2214 502 fax. +358 9...

Builder of fiberglass pleasure boats, power and sail. It was located in Finland. No longer in business. Years in Business: 1967 – 1982

Avance Yachts Ltd. Öjä, Kokkola Finland Years in Business: 0 – present

Though the company still exists (2009), it no longer manufactures boats. Years in Business: 1953 – present

AERODYNE YACHTS LTD Suolahdentie 541 44330 Hytölä, Finland Tel. +358 (0)20 743 1930 Fax +358 (0)14 543 102 E-mail > AERODYNE@AERODYNE.FI Years in Business: 1997 – present

About Company History The Finnish shipyard Ocean Quality Systems (OQS) was founded in 2010 in the famous Jacobstadt yachtbuilding centre. The inspiration and first head of the company was Peter Granholm. The founders included 4 firms, subcontractors of the famous Nautor‘s Swan and Peter Granholm.Baltic. In an effort to create a completely unique product, the...

About Company history The Nautor AB shipyard was born in 1966. Living in a shipbuilding region with a long tradition, the founder of the company Pekka Koskenkyla was inspired by the idea of creating a production of high quality yachts. Educated in the USA, he enlisted Sparkman & Stephens to design his first yacht. It...

About Company history Despite the name, Nauticat has not built or is building catamarans. Siltala Yachts is a family shipyard founded in 1961 when founder Pentti Siltala started building small boats from the new GRP. His first boat was a 33 foot high deckhouse sailing yacht, the Nauticat 33. It started the history of the...

About Company history Maestro Boats Shipyard is located on the west coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, a place where the best Finnish shipbuilders are traditionally concentrated. It is only 20 km from the yard to the assembly boathouses of the famous Nautor’s Swan company and less than two km to the no less famous...

About History of the company The talented Finnish naval architect Jorma Nyman founded the small shipbuilding company Jonmeri in the 1980s. It took the company less than 10 years to make a name for itself and gain a foothold in the market for cruising and sports cruising sailing boats. One of the most famous boats...

About Company history The history of the Scandinavian shipyard began with the young yachtsman Stig Nordblad. In 1980 he decided to build a sports yacht for the ¾-tonne world championship. The legendary Finngulf 34, which was the impetus for the company, was based on rare (even today’s) advanced solutions. The yacht, for example, had aluminum...

About History of the company The west coast of Finland, especially Ostrobothnia, has specialized in shipbuilding since prehistoric times. On 16th century maps these places were marked: ships are «built here . Jacobstad, where the Baltic Yachts shipyard was founded, is still considered the centre of shipbuilding in the region. In 1973, several young craftsmen...

Founded subsequent to the fuel crisis and recession of the early 1970’s that brought the recreational boat building industry to the edge of collapse. It brought the builders Jouet, Lanaverre, Arcoa, and a few others under one roof in order to combine dealer networks and to provide other economies of scale. (Arcoa, a manufacturer of...

Known for its twin-keel sailboat, this company has undergone a number of ownership changes. Current owners (2019) are Christophe Riotte and Yoann Cotte. Contact: contact@wrighton.fr Years in Business: 1978 – present

French builder founded by Henri Wauquiez in 1964 and located at provincial town of Neuville en Ferrain, near the Belgium border.   Early on, Wauquiez maintained a strong association with British designers, most significantly with Holman and Pye in the 1960s and 70s, and later with Ed Dubois. Also with Andrew Winch for interior design. ...

Years in Business: 0 – present

Hervé NOLLET: Founder and designer. CONTACT INFORMATION Les Ateliers des Bassins Zone technique n°8, Bassin à flot n°2 33300 BORDEAUX – FRANCE +33 6 26 79 65 82 contact@rosewest.fr Years in Business: 2004 – present

Originally called Sysba Marine, RM Yachts of La Rochelle build a range of fast, light displacement, passage making cruising yachts. Constructed in marine plywood/epoxy with grp decks for weight reduction and enhanced performance, hard chined directional stability, they all feature large aft cockpits, wide side decks and cutter rigs. Boats have either twin keels with...

First built in 1985 by Jeantot Marine which was founded by René Bernard and Philippe Jeantot who designed most of the earlier Privilege catamarans. In 1996 Jeantot Marine was sold to La Groupe SGGR and subsequently Alliaura Marine was formed. In 2000 Alliaura purchased the Kirie Shipyard and continued to build Feeling Yachts, along with...

CONTACT: Phileas Boats 1 rue Hubert Pennevert ZI des Soeurs Est 17300 Rochefort FRANCE Ph. +33 (0) 546 844 978 Fax. +33 (0) 546 844 980 Years in Business: 1993 – present

Phantom International pioneered foiling beach catamarans, designing, testing and producing foiling cats since 2012. 40 rue des Frères Boussac 35800 DINARD – FRANCE Tel: +33 2 99 56 06 53 Years in Business: 2012 – 2020

French builders of POGO line. Chantier Naval Structures ZA de Kerbénoën 29120 Combrit Ste-Marine France History from company website: 1987 – The yard Structures is based in Quimper (Finistère), by Christian Bouroullec. 1990 – The company expanded and moved to Combrit-Sainte-Marine. Bertrand De Broc, Catherine Chabaud, Dominic Bourgeois, Marc Guillemot or Eric Drouglazet come to...

Founded by naval architect Gérard Danson, Outremer is a French builder of ocean going cruising catamarans. The death of Danson in 2005 marked the end of a first era. In 2007 Outremer was purchased by, and became a member of, the Grand Large Yachting group. 726, Av. Robert Fages , FRANCE Phone:+ 33 (0)4 67...

Z.A. de Toul An Ibil 29217 Plougonvelin Tél+33(0)2 98 380 034 Fax. +33(0)2 98 380 033 contact@oleacomposite.com www.oleacomposite.com Years in Business: 2001 – present

NAVAL FORCE 3 34 rue Sénac de Meilhan 17000 LA ROCHELLE France contact@nf3.fr Tel. 05 46 45 04 15 Years in Business: 0 – present

Founded by Bruno Voisard, a legend in the catamaran and charter business. Purchased by Bavaria Yachts in 2014. Years in Business: 1994 – present

French firm founded by designer Gilles Ollier. Since 1981, Multiplast has been designing and manufacturing multihulls and monohulls in high tech composite materials. Chantier Multiplast Parc du Golfe 56000 Vannes France Phone. +33 (0)2 97 40 98 44 Fax. +33 (0)2 97 46 03 58 Years in Business: 1981 – present

AELMOR SAS 17 rue de KERDEVOT 29500 ERGUE GABERIC FRANCE Phone +33 (0)7 88 34 35 56 Email info@multido.fr Shipyard: Viet Industry Co., ltd 531 Dien Bien Phu Street W.3,D.3 HCM City Vietnam Years in Business: 0 – present

Created in 1999, Marsaudon Composites was one of the first companies to settle in the former U-boat base in Lorient. It occupies more than 7,000m² of production space on site. As a recognised specialist for its mastery of composites, Marsaudon Composites is today (2020) a shipyard manufacturing its own range of extremely high-performance catamarans, racy...

MARÉE HAUTE SERVICE Z.A de Grignallou
TREGUNC 29910 infos@mareehaute.fr 02 98 56 56 03 Years in Business: 2003 – present

Years in Business: 0 – present

Owner Philippe Joubert has run his yard, with the same passion.. His boats are a marriage of the classic lines of yesterday with the advanced technology of today. The hulls are constructed in GRP but generous use of teak and mahogany make these boats stand apart. CHANTIER NAVAL LATITUDE 46 Rue Elie Barreau 17000 LA...

Although the company had been in existence since 1944, the boat building enterprise began in 1955 with collaboration of Lucien Lanaverre, and Christian Maury, the designer of the 420, the boat that put Lanaverre on the map. They began first by building wood 505’s, but soon afterwards, Lanaverre became one of the pioneers of GRP...

Originally a subsidiary of Jeanneau Technologies Avancées (JTA), and later, a part of CNB, a division of the Beneteau Group. Years in Business: 1984 – present

At it’s peak, La Prairie was one of the largest French manufactures of dinghies and sailboats, with 30 employees and producing 5000 boats per year. Later it was purchased by the German Metzler Company. Years in Business: 1965 – 1978

Feeling goes all the way back to 1912 when the Kirié shipyard, founded by the Kirié family, set up shop in a small garage on Rue de la Forêt in the Sables d’Olonne. The shipyard originally built small sailing boats. In the 1950s, production turned more towards speed boats. In the ‘60s, the founder’s son...

Founded by Jean-Pierre Jouët. In 1970 Jouët, along with Lanaverre, became a subsidiary of Yachting France. Since the Jouët name continued for a number of years until the entire enterprise folded, we have included all boats called Jouët under the listing of both builder names. (Jouët AND Yachting France) Years in Business: 1925 – 1970

Founded by hardware store owner, Henry Jeanneau who started by racing and then building small power boats. His first fiberglass model was introduced in 1960 and the first sailboat in 1964. TIME LINE 1956 M. Henry Jeanneau starts boat building in his Fathers workshop following his success in the “Six heures de Paris” power boat...

JPK Composites ZA de Kerhoas 56260 Larmor-Plage Tel 33 2 97 83 89 07 Fax 33 2 97 83 78 46 jpk.composites@wanadoo.fr Years in Business: 1992 – present

Since 1994, J Composites site has been adapting and building the Johnstone plans for the European market. J Composites 1 Allée Titouan Lamazou CS 20402 Olonne sur Mer 85109 Les Sables d’Olonne Cedex France Phone : +33.(0)2.51.23.79.90 Fax : +33.(0)2.51.23.79.99 www.jcomposites.eu Years in Business: 1994 – present

IDB Marine route du phare de Pouldohan F-29910 TREGUNC FRANCE +33 (0)6 08 93 01 14 EMail: info@idbmarine.com Years in Business: 0 – present

Part of the Poncin Yacht Group which eventually became the Catana Group (2014). Harmony Yachts Z.I. de la pénissière – BP 27 17230 MARANS Tel: +33 (0)5 46 00 87 45 Fax: +33 (0)5 46 00 87 29 Years in Business: 2005 – 2011

Early French builder of dinghys and small cruisers, first of plywood and later of FG. More notable models are the 445, 485, MOWGLI. Also known for an early innovation of the the self bailing double bottom. No longer in business. Years in Business: 1959 – present

Founded by Olivier Gibert and the daughter of Henri Jeanneau. A number of Gib’sea models were similar to ones built by Jeanneau. Absorbed by Dufour in the mid-1990’s. No new Gib’Sea’s have been built since 2009. Gib’Sea models of the 1980’s were very widely used in the charter trade. Years in Business: 1972 – 2009

In 1974, two brothers, Jean-Louis and Jean-Pierre Garcia, both metalworkers by trade, started building steel boats, about 60 in all. They then shifted to building hulls using aluminum. The brothers left the business in 2006, In 2010 Garcia Yachts joined Allures Yachting and Outremer as part of the Grand Large Yachting group. The following year,...

A Groupe Beneteau brand. Headquarters: 162 quai de Brazza 33072 Bordeaux cedex France +33557809487 Years in Business: 2019 – present

Brothers Maurice and Pierre Edel created the Edel company around 1956. They were one of earliest builders of fiberglass sailing yachts in France. The company was established in Meyzieu (close to Lyon). In 1961 they introduced a line of trailerable sailboats which were a big success. In 1981, Maurice Edel and Sylvestre Langevin began work...

Builder of Chassiron sailboats. Located at: 17320 Marennes France No longer in business Years in Business: – present

Founded by Chantal Jeanneau, (daughter of Henri Jeanneau). Located at Andilly, France. The yard itself and the name were purchased by Dufour. Years in Business: 1983 – 2011

French builder of Dinghies. No longer in business. Years in Business: 0 – present

Fouded by Michael Dufour. Among the early successful boats were the SAFARI 27, ARPEGE 30 (1966), and the DUFOUR 35. DUFOUR YACHTS s.a. 1, rue Blaise Pascal 17187 Périgny cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)5 46 30 07 60 Fax: +33 (0)5 46 45 46 96 Years in Business: 1964 – present

Founded by Louis Costantini and taken over by his son Gilles and Marc Costantini in 1957. Best known as the builder of of Eric Tabarly’s Pen Duick II, winner of the 1964 Transatlantic race and designed by Gilles Costantini. Innovators in boat contruction using the newest materials of the time including plywood, aluminum and plastic...

Formerly located at: Construction Navale Franck Roy Route de La Rochelle 17230 MARANS Years in Business: 1999 – 2021

Chantier Ofcet 1 rue de la Trinquette 17000 LA ROCHELLE – France Tél. +33 (0)5 46 55 07 09 contact@chantier-ofcet.com Years in Business: 0 – present

Launched in 1984, Catana is a company dedicated to the construction of fiberglass composite cruising catamarans. Olivier Poncin formed the PONCIN YACHTS Group in 2001 and launched the Poncin line (2001-2004). He takes over Catana in 2003. Next he launches Harmony Yachts in 2005 (and built until 2011). Poncin Group became the CATANA Group in...

French Yard, founded by Otto Tiefenbach. (Bon-Encontre, Lot-et-Garonne.) Most noted as builder of the KARATE (9.8M), SAMOURI, SHOGUN, among other popular models. (Thanks to ‘Super Dorade’ for providing corrections and additional information still to be added.) Years in Business: 1960 – 1982

From the CNB website: CNB (Construction Navale Bordeaux) was founded by Dieter Gust and Olivier Lafourcade on the right bank of the Garonne River, on the site of the former Chantiers et Ateliers du Sud-Ouest, which among other things, built the 5-masted France II in 1911 (at the time, the largest combined sail-and-engine powered ship...

Lat 48° 45′ 47” N – Long 3° 15′ 10” W ZA Convenant Vraz 22 220 Minihy – Tréguier FRANCE Tel +33 2 96 92 44 37 Years in Business: 2005 – present

Part of the Catana Group. BALI Catamarans – CHANTIER CATANA ZONE TECHNIQUE DU PORT 66140 CANET-EN-ROUSSILLON FRANCE info@catanagroup.com Tel : +33 (0)4 68 80 13 13 Years in Business: 2014 – present

Founded in 1986 by its current owners and situated 5 kilometres from Bordeaux, the B2 Marine shipyard is known for its range of transportable sailboats and motorboats. Sailboat models include the BLUE DJINN (1995), and the more recent DJINN 7. Address : Parc d’Activités des Augustins – 33360 LATRESNE – FRANCE Tel : 05 56...

Years in Business: 1928 – present

The ASTUSBOATS company was created by Jean-Hubert POMMOIS in 2004. Astusboats Le cranic 56400 BRECH FRANCE Tel.: +33 (0)6 86 64 18 36 contact@astusboats.com Years in Business: 2004 – present

Archambault Shipyard was founded in 1959 by Emmanuel Archambault. In November 2012, Gilles Caminade purchased the business retaining Emmanuel Archambault as general manager. It appears operations ceased in 2014. In 2015, Archambault was purchased by BG Race, a company founded in 2013 by Louis Burton and Servane Escoffier. At the end of 2017 BG Race...

Since it was founded in 1973, Alubat has successfully followed a niche strategy concentrating on lifting keel aluminium boats – an area that was ignored by other manufacturers. Alubat is now Europe’s leading aluminium boat builder offering a range of monohull lifting keel and monohull ultra light displacement fin keel boats. The Ovni range of...

Years in Business: 0 – present

About Story Catana dates back to 1984, when in the town of Cogolin at Cogolin.Saint Tropez two travellers, Thierry Goard and Jean Pierre Pradais, built the first catamaran designed by Australian designer Locke Crowther, the Catana 40. The project was good (under the Phisa brand these catamarans are still in production now) but the Catana...

Founded in 1884 on the quays of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, Chantier Beneteau has sailed through the ages and the generations, placing innovation at the heart of its development. In 19th century boats were called luggers, dundees, and smacks, all with sails, but for these fishing boats, performance was judged by who got back to harbour first, since...

In 1973 ALUBAT shipyard was created. In 1978, the OVNI 28 was the first aluminium lifting keel boat with hard chines, and this set the tone for future designs of the brand. From 25′ to 58′, 26 models have been available over 50 years, with the collaboration of the architects Philippe BRIAND, Marc LOMBARD, Alain MORTAIN...

About History of the company The Wauquiez shipyard started its history in 1965. Its creator, Henri Wauquiez, had nothing to do with the yachting business. He was involved in leather and was a major player in the business, with factories operating since the 19th century. In the early 60’s the fashion for new materials, and...

About Company history The French shipyard Swissat Yachts was born in 2008 when its creator Jurg von Ins was looking for a suitable yacht for a long cruise. It was to be a fast yacht with good sailing characteristics while still offering a high level of comfort on board. Not having found anything that met...

About History of RM Yachts The French shipyard was founded in 1989 by Jean-Claude Audrey. The very first RM900 model of this shipyard was made of epoxy-soaked plywood and reinforced with a metal structure from the inside. In 1995  shipyard turned for design and engineering to Marc Lombard, well known for working on winning racing...

About Do you think you’ve seen everything? What about a Jacuzzi on the flybridge or a Turkish bath in a boat? The catamarans from Privilège Marine are designed to amaze and it’s not just about size.  Story Ironically, Privilège Marine became famous even before its appearance. In 1985 he founded the Jeantot Marine yard and...

About History of the company Christian Bouroullec founded the Pogo Structures shipyard in 1987. An excellent racer, he wanted to build boats for offshore racing and cruising with small crews or for singles. The first production boat Pogo 6.50 (Mini class) was launched in 1994. A couple of years later Michel Mirabel won the Transquadra...

About History The history of the future winners of transatlantic races began on the Mediterranean coast of France, in the town of La Grande-Motte. Here Gerard Danson, a young engineer at the Conati shipyard, designed a catamaran for long-range cruising. Safety, speed and comfort were at the heart of the design. The first 40-foot model...

About Company history The history of the French yard Latitude 46 is complicated. Should it be considered the beginning of 1929, when the Tofinou was born, or 1987, when Philippe Joubert made it world famous? Legend has it that the classic wooden 7 metre Tofinou was built by Captain Merle in the already non-existent state...

About The History of Lagoon The Lagoon, now a powerhouse of innovation and excellence, was born as a racing division out of Jeanneau Shipyard in 1984. But its very first steps were in the right direction. The same year the team built a trimaran for the famous movie Water World. During the next two years,...

About History of Jeanneau Yachts Jeanneau boats and yachts have existed since 1957. The company’s creator Henri Jeanneau, always passionate about cars and aeroplanes, discovered a new hobby — a vivid interest in motorboats. First, he built a racing boat with a wooden hull, on which he won the 6-hour Paris race. Victory ignited him,...

About Company history From an early age, JFA Yachts founder Frédéric Jaouen was keen on yachting, and in 1987 he took part in the Transat des Alizées regatta where he met the owner of Le Guen Hémidy Marine in Carentana. It was here that he first took up shipbuilding and met his future partner Frédéric...

About Company history The first Malango 870 was built by Denis Bourbigot and presented at the Grand Pavois exhibition in 2005. The boat was received with interest by the public and then the young boat builder over a mug of beer in the pub offered his friend Dominique Gouze to create the IDBmarine shipyard. Already...

About The history of Garcia Yachts The Garcia Yachts shipyard has been designing and building adventure yachts for extreme sailing since 1974. It was then that two brothers, Jean-Louis and Jean-Pierre Garcia, metalworking students, began building steel boats. Driven by the admiration of travellers such as Bernard Moitessier and Joshua Slocum, they built about 60...

About Fountaine Pajot is a pioneer in building cruise catamarans. With little caveat, it can be said that in the early 1980s the French company practically created this niche, opening up a world of travel for millions of dreamers in love with the sea. In 2014, the company’s contribution to the local community, where Fountaine...

About Company’s history The Feeling brand was born from the famous Privilege Marine shipyard in Sabre d‘Olonne, located on the Atlantic Ocean. Under the new brand name, the company has been producing single hull sailing boats for long journeys. Company status After Privilege Marine joined Hanse Yachts in 2017, the Feeling brand ceased to exist....

About History of Dufour Yachts The Dufour Yachts shipyard was founded in 1964 based on strong faith in one’s ideas. Engineer Michel Dufour worked for a company that produced parts for locomotives in the French oceanside town of La Rochelle. In the late 50s, he discovered the miraculous properties of a newly introduced material in...

About History of the company Dieter Gust, one of the founders of the shipyard, was born in Germany and moved to France in 1978 where he became interested in sailing. One day he went around the world and decided to build his own yacht. However, the shipyard that was building the boat for Gust became...

About Company history «Six years sailing around the world with 4 children gives you an idea of what’s important on board,”»says Jean-François Delvoye, founder of Boreal. This 12-meter yacht trip culminated in two years spent in Patagonia. When Delvoie returned home, he decided to use his experience to design the perfect boat for his future...

About Company history The founder of Black Pepper, Michel Douville de Franssu, came into this business from a completely different area, and only the name of the company reminds us of his past. De Franssu was involved in the transformation of aromatic materials for perfumery and worked with coffee, cocoa, vanilla and pepper. His company...

About Company history The Archambault Shipyard was founded in 1959 by Emmanuel Archambault and built sailing boats designed by Michel Joubert and Bernard Nivelt. Archambault has gained fame primarily due to its versatile high-speed models, which had very affordable prices for everything else. The bestsellers included, for example, the monotype Surprise, created in 1976. The...

About History of Bali Catamarans Bali Catamarans, born from the visionary mind of Olivier Poncin, has emerged as a trailblazer in the world of sailing multihulls. He acquired the renowned Catana brand in 2003, and after that, he saw the need for innovation in the catamaran industry. Dissatisfied with the limited scope of the “blue...

About According to Aurelien Poncin, founder of AP Yacht Conception, the Aureus Yachts brand was born out of a desire to shake up convention, combine speed and comfort, the pleasure of being at sea and modern urban design, different from the conservative marine adopted today. History It is no secret that dynastic communications play not...

About There is no other shipyard in the sailing world where all employees and customers are so genuinely committed to the ideas of its creator. The life of Chantiers Amel is the embodiment of the dream and faith of Henri Amel himself, or Captain Amel, as he was majored in life. History Henri Amel was...

About History of the company The Alphena Yachts shipyard appeared in 2007. Bruno Mottet, the founder of Alphena Yachts, had as his main goal the creation of cruising yachts that incorporated the best of offshore racing boats, their reliability and dynamic properties. The technical team of the new company consisted of the famous offshore driver...

About History of Allures Yachts Friends on the student bench, engineers Stephan Constance and Xavier Desmarest shared a dream of sailing long distances. To make this dream come true, they had to find the right yacht, both in terms of limited budget and other parameters. After much research and inquiries from other travellers, it turned...

About History of the company Alliaura Marine Holding was founded in 1996: it has assembled several shipyards under its management and as a result has obtained a number of production lines of yachts of different types. The Jeantot Marine Shipyard, created by the famous Philippe Gianto in 1985 and building the Privilege series of catamarans,...

About Company history The young brand Advance Cruising was born in 2010. The start was an ambitious idea to design a new generation sailboat that will combine the advantages of a single and multihull yacht. The result was presented at Salon International du Multicoque in France in 2013. Advance Cruising presented the C329 trimaran with...

WinnerYachts BV was founded by Riet Vader and Dick Rus. The first boat was the WINNER 9.50, designed by Cees van Tongeren of the Van De Stadt Design, (as have been all later models) was a success on the race course and commercially. This was followed, in 1991, by the WINNER 11.20, and then the...

Founded by Bernd Breymann and Klaus Enzmannn. A family/brand of catamaran designs, the first of which was the F1, introduced in 1979. It is said the concept is based on the designers dissatisfaction with a trend towards complexity and fragility in many high performance ‘off the beach’ catamarans at the time. In 1986, the faster...

Founded by Peter Schmidt. With the introduction of the SERIUS 31 in 1988, the company has specialized in the ‘deck salon’ cruising yacht. The yard has been led by Torsten Schmidt, son of the firm’s founder since 2000. SIRIUS -WERFT GmbH Managing Director Torsten Schmidt Aschebergerstraße 68 24306 Plön/Holstein Germany Tel: 0049 – 4522 –...

BWC Illmensee The builder of the newer ‘Flying’ line of sailboats. Successor to SUDPLAST Purchased by Raabe GmbH in April 2019. Gewerbestrasse 5 – 88636 Illmensee – Germany Telephone +49 (7558) 920900 Fax +49 (7558) 920909 info@bwc-illmensee.de bestellung@bwc-illmensee.de Years in Business: 1963 – present

Founded by Ralph Schatz and Andreas Labek. CONTACT: SL Performance Race Boats GmbH Marienstraße 56 D-73614 Schorndorf GERMANY Tel. +49/7181/9647235 Ralph mobil. +49/152/09373420 Andreas mobil. +43/660/3000120 Email slperformance@web.de Years in Business: 2008 – present

Years in Business: 1970 – present

Founded by Reinhard Genzel. The company was formed initially to sell boats of the de Kloet shipyard to German customers. Beginning in 1976, hulls are no longer manufactured in Hagen, but in Holland at Dekabo. After the company folded, Genzel contines to build boats in small numbers. He founds the company “Phantom Yachten GmbH &...

Ott Yacht GmbH Torenstrasse 10 D-88709 Meersburg / Germany Tel. +49 (0) 7532 7145 Fax: +49 (0) 7532 1836 Years in Business: 0 – present

Founded by Rudolf Eberhardt with his work colleague Wolfgang Tiersch. he built a mold made of plaster for a dinghy cruiser. Thus, the first Neptune ever and the foundation of the shipyard were created in 1964. Neptun Yachten GmbH Dieselstraße 8 33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrück Tel. 05242 / 968 198 Fax 05242 / 968 197 info@neptun-yachten.de Years...

In business circa 1960 – 1980 Located at: Lengericher Weg 4557 Fürstenau Kreis Osnabrück Germany Builder of the Carina, Marina and, to a lesser extent, the Sabrina models during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Years in Business: 1960 – 1980

Founded by Leonhard Mader. 1956 was the first Flying Dutchman built. 1960 was the first Korsar built. 1962. The first Flying Dutchman in FG. (Epoxy resin with glass fiber.) 1964. The first Korsar in FG, also in epoxy. 1965: epoxy foam sandwich construction introduced. 1972. Became supplier of Finn dinghy’s for the Olympics in Kiel....

Originally a department of Thyssen Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden, specializing in fiber composite technology in naval shipbuilding. The company changed to its current name in 2021 MFH Maritime Faserverbundtechnik GmbH & Co. KG Zum Zungenkai 4a D-26725 Emden Tel. +49 4921 9369 300 Fax +49 4921 9369 301 info@mfh-emden.de www.mfh-emden.de Years in Business: 1987 –...

Founded by Paul Lindenberg, yacht designer and builder. Years in Business: 1976 – present

No longer in business. Years in Business: – present

Founded by Arne Linde, the yacht-designer Hakan Södergrön and Lothar Köhler. and located near Stockholm, Sweden. After a number of changes in ownership, the company moved to Germany. Helmsman-Yachts Jan Schümann Mirowerring 12, 24787 Fockbeck, Germany (D) Tel.:04331-669828 Fax.:04331-696144 E-Mail:info@Helmsman-Yachts.com Years in Business: 1973 – present

Hanse Yachts, the creation of Michael Schmidt, has become one of the major forces in European boat building. Hanse AG now owns the following sailboat brands (as of 2020): Moody (2007) Dehler (2009) Privilège (2019) HANSE AG Postfach 3165, D-17461 Greifswald Tel. +49 (0)3834 / 5792-0 Fax. +49 (0)3834 / 5792-81 Years in Business: 1990...

Planning, manufacturing and selling sporty leisure and family dinghies since 1968. Gruben Bootsbau GmbH Riedheimer Straße 4 D – 88677 Markdorf Telefon: + 49 (0) 75 44 – 25 50 Mobil: + 49 (0) 172 – 765 70 87 E-Mail: info@gruben.de Years in Business: 1968 – present

Founded by Dieter Gade. Still in business. (as of 2008) Tel: +49 (0) 241 / 56 20 28 Fax: +49 (0) 241 / 56 20 29 E-mail: info[at]gade-boote.de www.gade-boote.de Besucheradresse: Eilendorferstr. 153, 52078 Aachen-Brand Years in Business: 1966 – present

Grosse Str. 25 49459 Lembruch Tel .: 0 54 47/2 74 Fax: 0 54 47/6 27 Shipyard location : Around the Hah 72 49448 hude Tel .: 0 54 43/10 85 Fax: 0 54 43/24 46 From the company website: The company’s and family history, from 1897 with Heinrich Fricke, through his son Georg Fricke,...

Fiberglas Technik Lehmann & Sohn GmbH Fritz-Reuter-Straße 5 21629 Neu Wulmstorf Tel.: +49 (0) 40 / 7 00 50 81 +49 (0) 40 / 7 00 13 81-0 Fax: +49 (0) 40 / 7 00 65 19 Years in Business: 1964 – present

Purchased by Neptun Yachts in 2020. Neptun Yachten GmbH Dieselstraße 8 33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrück +49 5242 968198 info@deltania-yachts.de Years in Business: 2006 – present

Dehler Yachts has been one of Europes largest, and most successful builders of production sailboats. Founded by Willi Dehler (Willi Dehler Shipyard), and later joined by his brother Heinz. The first boat was the WINNETOU, a small sailing dinghy, of which nearly 400 were built. This was followed by the Varianta, Optima, Delanta, Sprinta, Sprinta...

US site: www.bavaria-yachts.com Years in Business: 1978 – present

Business premises: Kirchweg 2 26215 Wiefelsstede Email: office@beaconax.com Telephone: 04402-9392601 Years in Business: – present

Founded by Klaus Scheeberger. Scheeberger was killed in plane crash in the late 1970’s and the company folded soon afterward. Years in Business: 1957 – 1978

No longer in business. Years in Business: 1960 – present

One of the premier yacht builders in the world located near Bremen, Germany. Founded by Georg Abeking and Henry Rasmussen. In the beginning they were builders of work boats and wooden yachts with a reputation of the highest quality and durability. The Hunt designed Concordia’s are just one example. Since the mid 1970’s they have...

About History of Alva Yachts The German brand Alva Yachts emerged from the PICA Yachts in 2020. By that time the team already had six years of prior expertise in crafting electric-powered sailing and motor yachts, which is why Alva Yachts carries forward a legacy of innovation and sustainability. Current status Having already launched over...

About Company history Like many other experienced yachtsmen, for a long time Michael Schmidt could not find a sailing boat that would meet seemingly simple requirements: light hull, speed and pleasant design. With a wealth of experience in yachting and shipbuilding, he knew exactly what a good boat should be. With these thoughts, he came...

About The yachts proudly named Winner are the decoration of a popular class of sports cruisers. They successfully perform in regattas and are suitable for long sea trips with comfort. The history of the company The Dutch shipyard Winner Yachts was founded in 1986 by Riet Vader and Dick Rus. The brand quickly became known...

Company history Despite its young age, the German shipyard Viator Marine has managed to make a decent entry into the shipbuilding market. The company has already taken part in the collaborative work on the catamaran Coboat, and in 2018 it laid down its first hull of its own, the Volt project(Explorer 42 DS). Due to...

About The history of the company The Varianta brand appeared in the depths of the Dehler shipyard when in 1966 Willy Dehler first launched Varianta 65, designed by the Dutch architect E. G. van de Stadt. A few years later this yacht became a European bestseller among GRP yachts. The press called Varianta 65 the...

About Company history Henningsen & Steckmest Yacht and Dockyard (Scalar Yachts) was founded in 1958. The company’s founders, Hans Jürgen Heningsen and Franz Steckmest, were already experienced craftsmen at the time and their first order was a 15 metre Viking passenger boat for a local transport company on the River Schlei. A year later, Henningsen...

About The history of the company The German mechanic Rudolf Eberhardt and his partner Wolfgang Tiersch experimented in his basement in the early 60’s with a new material of that time – resin. His friends worked on a new gypsum-based cruise boat. So, in 1964 the first Neptun was created, which became the foundation for...

About The history of the company Nobody knows how to build catamarans better than the French, the French believe. The Nautitech shipyard, founded in 1994 in Rochefort, specializes in the production of sailing vessels of this type. Status She’s active. Since 2014 owns a well-known German company.Bavaria Yachts. Production The shipyard is located on the...

About The history of the company Once upon a time, in the early 19th century, John Moody, a local fisherman and skipper, lived in Swanwick, South England, near Southampton. He often had to fix his boat and, with time, he began to repair the boats of his colleagues. In 1827, he founded a repair shop....

About History of the company In the mid-2000s, Dariusz Konopczak founded a small company, Mantra Yachts, which produced boats for beginner yachtsmen and racers. They were lightweight sailing boats made of fiberglass. Later on the shipyard expanded its line with motor catamarans designed for different purposes. Status It’s not working. Production . The company never...

About Do you keep an eye on the latest developments, are you impressed with modern design and like to amaze others? Probably worth paying attention to Hanse Yachts. The choice is wide: the German shipyard offers models from 31 to 67 feet. The price/quality balance «has» always been the main principle of the Hanse Yachts...

About Company history Excess, a young brand of catamarans, part of the Beneteau group, received its official christening in September 2018. One of the main developers of the new brand was naval architect Bruno Belmont, who has spent most of his professional life specializing in multihull construction. He has been involved in sailing since childhood,...

About Sailing yachts produced at the Polish Navikom shipyard called Viko were sold under the Deltania brand. The description of the shipyard, models and their specifications can be found on the Viko Yachts page.

About History of the company Fanatical yachtsman and experienced engineer Willie Deller wanted to give everyone a chance to try their hand at racing. With many lake races in Germany, the “trailer rocket” was a natural choice in the early 60s. After almost 60 years, Dehler is still not building large yachts, despite modern fashion....

About Company history Comfortina brand dates back to 1964. Founded in the small Swedish town of Arvik, the company has become famous for its Scandinavian-style sailing ships around the world. Its boats are very popular even many years after their release. Some models have not left the range for years. One of the most successful...

The company produces a large range of fiberglass cruising sailing yachts from 30 to 65 feet, all with a traditional aft cockpit layout. The motor yacht range includes several families of yachts from 33 to 55 feet in length.

About Company history The British company Topper Sailboats owes its origin to the Shortboat of the same name, which was designed in the late 1970s by British designer, yachtsman and writer Ian Proctor. The Topper class dinghy dinghy was conceived as a fiberglass dinghy, but in the late 1970s British entrepreneur John Dunhill together with ICI...

About Company history In 1995, naval architect Nick Newland, with extensive experience in the British defence industry and a passion for sailing, founded the Swallow Yachts. In 2004, Nick’s son, Matt Newland, joined the control. He came to the conclusion that the chosen strategy of the company is not viable and decided to expand the...

About The History of Spirit Yachts The famous British brand that produces wooden classic sailing yachts, was founded by designer and passionate yachtsman Sean McMillan in 1993. Spirit Yachts was his second attempt to develop a business. As a year earlier, the bank had taken over his previous venture, the McMillan Yachts, while Sean even...

About Company history In the early 1970s, the creator of Northshore‘s future shipyard, Brian Moffat, owned two shipyards, in Havant and Itchenor. The company produced custom boat hulls, including for Fairway Marine with Fisher ketches. The company later became known as Northshore Yachts. In 1975 the first Southerly 25 with a centreboard appeared, and in...

About The history of the company The story of Saturn Yachts began with Roger Burroughs. This talented businessman joined the shipbuilding industry in the 90s. He initially worked for…Hylas Yachts and promoted the shipyard’s products to the British market. This allowed him to gain experience, learn how to interact with contractor yards and designers. In...

About Company history The history of Rustler started long before the launch of a separate brand. The first Rustler 31 was designed in the mid-60s by Kim Holman on behalf of Russell Anstey, who set up a shipyard to build the model. The shipyard was named Anstey after his name and the name of the...

About Company history When the company’s founding fathers Martin Wadhams and Nick Peters decided in 1992 to launch the first RS400 and RS600 models, they dreamed of a structure that would evolve and preserve the company’s spirit. Indeed, the RS Sailing range was rapidly expanding, as was the community of RS Sailing adherents, who began...

About Story of Oyster Yachts Since its inception in 1973 by Sir Richard Matthews, the brand has been a beacon of innovation and quality in yachting. With a humble beginning marked by the creation of the cruiser-racer UFO2, Oyster Yachts set on a journey that would define the next five decades of excellence in yacht...

About History of the company The history of the British Northshore Shipyard from Itchenor began in the 1930s. At that time the shipyard was called Gazeby Yard and was engaged in creating small wooden boats. During the war years, the shipyard worked for the defence industry and built landing crafts. Northshore Shipyard’s world fame came...

About Story . In the sailing world, the Gunfleet brand is not yet awe-inspiring – the company is new enough. But it is worth finding out who is behind the creation of these central cockpit yachts as the eyebrows rise up. Gunfleet Marine owes its launch in 2010 to Richard Matthews himself, the man who...

About Company history As is often the case in the yachting world, we wanted to build a boat, but we got a shipyard. The story of Discovery Yachts started with this scenario. In the late 1990s, Sun Sail charter company founder John Charnley and his wife Caroline Charnley decided to build a 50 foot ocean-going...

About History of the company This story took place at Rock on the north coast of Cornwall County. In the early 1970s, local architect Roger Dongray designed a 22-foot gaffer tender and wanted to build it out of wood. A friend of Dongray’s, with whom they raced Lasers «together in the Kemel estuary», Peter Keeling...

Olympic Marine was founded in 1969 in Lavrio as an builder of yachts and ships. (During the 1970’s, there was also a Canadian subsidiary, Olympic Yachts of Canada, builder of the OLYMPIC DOLPHIN, and a few other sailing cruisers. See Olympic Yachts of Canada.) In the mid ‘70s, the Marina was extended, the technical equipment...

Specialized in buiding of saiing yachts for the charter trade. No longer in business. Location was: Dromor Yachts 190-10 Kalivia-Thoricou-Attiki P.O.B. 1 Athens, Greece Years in Business: 1977 – present

Pauger Carbon Ltd Registered seat: 5/A Naphegy tér, 1016 Budapest, Hungary Workshop: 3 Összekötő út, 2475 Kápolnásnyék, Hungary Tel: +36 30 446 5937 / Tamas Korenchy E-mail: info@paugercarbon.com www.paugercarbon.com Years in Business: 0 – present

Builder of 8M One Design. Address: 1112 Budapest Cseresznye St. 26/a Telephone: 00-36-20-931-35-89 00-36-20-458-59-65 E-mail: hunboat@hunboat.hu Web page: www.hunboat.hu Years in Business: 2002 – present

Boat building and design 8229 Paloznak, Deák Ferenc u. 10. Hungary Attila Déry: +3670 543 0829 Advanced composite technologies, tool manufacturing and design 2091 Etyek, Hrsz. 1506 Hungary Zoltán Mezey: +3670 258 1035 Years in Business: 2006 – present

Builder of high performance carbon sailboats. Takarodó út 3., Székesfehérvár, Hungary +36 20 244 7926 office@codeyachts.com Years in Business: 2012 – present

Hungarian Shipyards & Crane Factory Budapest, Hungary (No longer in business) Years in Business: 1970 – present

About History of the company The Flaar shipyard started the story with a small workshop in a family garage in Budaxi. The founders Attila Déry and Zoltán Mezey started production in 2006. The first studied naval architecture and the second was a doctoral student in composite materials at the University of Budapest. Both were passionate...

Original address: Snapir Sailing Craft Ltd. P.O. 10077 Haifa, Israel No longer in business. Years in Business: 0 – present

Founded by Peter Zuanelli and later managed by his sons, Mario and Francesca. The yard is located a short distance for Lake Garda. It is thought that production of fiberglass sailboats began in earnest when the firm assumed the assets of Alpa Yachts, which at it’s peak, was one of the largest producer of fiberglass...

Founded by designer, Alessandro Vismara. Address: Piazza S.Benedetto Del Tronto 1 Viareggio (Lucca) 55049 Italy Tel. +39 0584 371194 +39 0584 371253 Years in Business: 1984 – present

T-Yachts Via Corpo Volontario di Liberazione 20 34075 San Canzian D’Isonzo GO – Italy Tel +39 0481 473 770 Fax + 39 0481 473 277 email: info@tyachts.it www.tyachts.it Years in Business: 2000 – present

Cantiere Se.Ri.Gi SpA Via Curiel 49 I-33051 Aquileia UD Italy Tel +39 0431 91304/919301 Emai: info@solarisyachts.com Years in Business: 1973 – present

Founded by Sandro Franchini. Sly Yachts – Cantiere del Pardo SpA Headquarters Via Fratelli Lumière, 34 47122 Forlì (FC) – Italy Tel: +39 0543 782.404 Fax: +39 0543 782.405 Marketing and sales Dept. marketing@sly-yachts.com Purchasing Dept. purchasing@sly-yachts.com Technical Dept. technical@sly-yachts.com After sales Service aftersales@sly-yachts.com Years in Business: 2005 – present

Founded by Ernesto Quaranta, and known for it’s plywood chined craft. SIBMA Navale Italiana Via Garibaldi 294 – 18020 Dolcedo (Imperia) Italy Tel. + 39 0183 28012 e-mail: info@sibma.it Still in Business (2015) Years in Business: 1962 – present

Cantiere Rinaldi Via Europa, 11 Monticelli Brusati 25040 Brescia Tel: 0039 030 653225 Fax: 0039 030 6850853 email: ettorerinaldi@libero.it Years in Business: 0 – present

Years in Business: 0 – present

Proteus Yachts S.a.s. P.IVA 02686800232 Email: proteusyachts@tiscali.it Cavaion Vse (VR) Italia Tel/Fax:: +39 0456269231 www.proteusyachts.com Years in Business: 0 – present

The shipyard “Politi nautical building”, whose owner is Guido Politi, began in 1975. In 1981 he oversees the building of a 10m sailing cruiser/racer for I.O.R. designed by “Fontana Maletto Navone” in Como. The boat begins brilliantly in 1982 at the world championship of 3/4 Ton Cup in Trieste. With this boat, with deck and...

1969 The activity begins in Avigliana (TO) in via Lago Grande with the production of the first PANDA 29. 1970 It moves to via Pontetto 19, also in AVIGLIANA (TO) and begins the series production of the KOALA 39 as well. 1974 Acquisition of the COSTAGUTA shipyard in Genoa Voltri. The PANDA, MANIA 35, KOALA...

Email: nautivela@nautivela.com Offices: via Gardone 8 Milano, Italy Tel. +39 02 55212116 Shipyard: Pza Misurina 1, San Giuliano Mil.se Milano, Italy Tel. +39 02 9880212 – Fax +39 02 98287959 Years in Business: 1961 – present

Mylius Yachts Via XXV Aprile 19 29027 Località Maiano Podenzano (PC) Tel.: (+39) 0523 550 026 Fax: (+39) 0523 556 145 Email: mylius@mylius.it Mylius West Europe Jean Marie Vidal Mob. +33(0)619673359 SY unl Sa 10 rue Crespin 1206 GENEVA (Switzerland) Tél. + 41(0)793093909 Villefranche sur Mer (Côte d’Azur – France) Tél. +33(0)493019002 Fax. +33(0)493019884 Mylius...

Maxi Dolphin s.r.l. Via Gandhi, 9 25030 Erbusco (Brescia) Italia E-mail: info@maxidolphin.it Tel. +39 030 7762100 Fax. +39 030 7704639 Years in Business: 1987 – present

Italian boat builder (Star class) Years in Business: 1981 – present

Sede Legale/Head Office: Via Sommacampagna, 63/H (Scala C) – 37137 – Verona (VR) – ITALY Cantiere/Yard: Via Libero Grassi, 4 – 61040 – Monte Porzio (PU) – ITALY info@itacatamarans.com Years in Business: 2017 – present

CANTIERE DEL PARDO Srl Via Fratelli Lumière, 34 47100 Forlì (FC) – Italy Tel: +39 0543 782.404 Fax: +39 0543 782.405 e-mail: info@grandsoleil.net www.grandsoleil.net Years in Business: 1974 – present

Founded by Danilo Folli. The company secializes in the construction of Star class sailboats. Years in Business: 1977 – present

tel. +39 393 3961370 EMail: info@exsol.eu Years in Business: 0 – present

Crus Yacht Project manager Marco Croci Address Via Montevideo 13 – 20123 Milano Email info@crusyacht.it Tel +39 349 3969739 Fax +39 02 27718451 Years in Business: 2006 – present

Founded as Sipla in Forli it began as a builder of wooden FLYING JUNIOR class dinghies. The COMET 910 was introduced in 1971, a design collaboration of Van de Stadt and Finot. This yacht was a huge success both on the international racing scene and commercially. It remained in production for more than 15 years...

C.N.A. CANTIERE NAUTICO s.r.l. Via Cagnona 913 47030 S.Mauro Pascoli (FO) Italy tel. 0039 0541 938040 fax. 0039 0541 938084 e-mail: info@centronauticoadriatico.com Years in Business: 1984 – present

Founded by master shipwright Gino D’Este (1916-1990) at Fiumicino near Rome. Viale Traiano, 182 00054 Fiumicino (RM) Tel. 06/6505864 Fax: 06/6505004 e-mail: info@cantierinavalideste.it Early History: http://cantiereginodeste.altervista.org Years in Business: 1955 – present

Years in Business: 0 – present

B-Yachts became Luca Brenta Yachts Srl after Luca Brenta purchased the company in 2018. Registered office: Via Gabrio Serbelloni 5 – 20122 MILAN Operating Office: Via Sciesa 24 / a, 20135 MILAN Phone + 39 02 87 03 91 51 info@b-yachts.com lucabrentayacht@pec.it Years in Business: – present

Founded in 1956 by Danilo Cattadori, Alpa was one of the first builders of fiberglass sailing boats in Europe. Early on the company gained a reputation for its high quality fiberglass FLYING DUTCHMAN class boats. The first larger yacht was the ALPA 50, introduced in 1969. Far more successful was the Van de Stadt designed...

Advanced Yachts Via Brera, 6 20121 Milan Italy Phone: +39 02 433507224 Mobile: +39 333 4328506 sales@advancedyachts.it Years in Business: 2009 – present

About The History of Solaris Yachts With roots tracing back to the rich maritime history of Aquileia, Solaris Yachts has emerged as a beacon of innovation and craftsmanship in the world of sailing. Since its inception in the 1970s, the brand has been a torchbearer of seafaring heritage, feeling that they are continuing the legacy...

About Italian group Sly Yachts is building racing and cruising sailing yachts from 35 to 61 feet. The hulls are made of fiberglass and carbon fiber composite, the yachts have an avant-garde and very recognizable exterior. The history of Sly Yachts began in 2005 with just a few models, and in 2014 the company bought...

About History of the company «Concept of beauty individually. The important thing is that no matter what beautiful things are, they don’t make sense if they can’t be shared»- this is the worldview Vittorio Moretti had when he founded Maxi Dolphin in 1987. As the founder of the new shipyard and the famous Italian wine...

About Company history The company Kelly Yachts was founded in Genoa in 2006. Kelly Arena, founder of the company, received an excellent yachting education: first he graduated from the University of Genoa with a degree in Design «of pleasure yachts, then he defended»his thesis at the University of Southampton on the design «and technical features...

About History of the company Italia Yachts shipyard was established in 2011. Its founders are Franco Corazza, Marco Schiavuta and Francesco Pisciotta. – great enthusiasts and sailing professionals who have participated in campaigns for America’s Cup, Admiral’s Cup, world and European championships. Since the introduction of the first model Italia Yachts – it was Italia...

About History of the company ICE Yachts is a youngItalian brand in the sailing shipbuilding industry. The shipyard was created on the basis of CN Yacht 2000 and adopted all the accumulated experience and was able to get qualified personnel with many years of experience. ICE Yachts builds boats using the latest developments and modern...

About The history of the company Grand Soleil yachts (translated as “great sun”) have a French name, but are being built in Italy. The cheerful name reminds about holidays and joys of life. This was the mood in 1973 when Giuseppe Giuliani, founder of the Cantiere del Pardo shipyard, started his business. It must be...

About The history of the company The Italian shipyard Franchini was born almost immediately after World War II. In 1945 its founder Michele Franchini, nicknamed Guido, opened a small production facility in the port of Riccione. At first the shipyard was building fishing boats, but by 1953 there were single orders for wooden pleasure boats....