Damen Yachting finds marketing chief outside superyacht sector cocoon
FLUSHING - Damen Yachting has named Thomas Wieringa as marketing director for its high-end superyachts, SeaXplorer expedition craft and Yacht Support vessels – three...
They get no prizes for looks, but these boats foretell a sustainable future
AMSTERDAM - They win no beauty awards but the little boxy boats bobbing on the waters of Amsterdam breathe the Zeitgeist of sustainability. As...
Mulder Shipyard sells 4th Mulder ThirtySix
ZOETERWOUDE - Mulder Shipyard has sold another 36m Mulder ThirtySix last summer, the fourth after the Delta One (2017), Calypso (2019) and the Mana...
Contest Yachts drops its tried and true center cockpit for new 49ft yacht
MEDEMBLIK - Contest Yachts, founded in 1959, makes performance sailing yachts with a center cockpit. Like its 15.2m 50ft Contest which has been part...
Van der Valk launches wheelchair-accessible expedition yacht
WAALWIJK – Van der Valk Shipyard has launched the 34m Lady Lene, a three-deck aluminum expedition yacht that attracted a team of leading designers...
Build your own boat and sail back into simpler times
STOMPWIJK – Pim van den Brink has built, for a customer in France, a Class Globe 5.80m. But if you are a weekend DIY...
In VMG Yachtbuilders’ able hands, a 1938 racer comes to life again
ENKHUIZEN - VMG Yachtbuilders relishes challenging projects. Take Agile for instance, a carbon racing sailing yacht. Or, this year, the restoration of Baruna of 1938,...
Stürier Yachts’ new flagship: 21m, ocean-rated, Dutchman explorer yacht
STAVOREN - The formal introduction is yet to follow, but Stürier Yachts has already leaked the first photos and drawings of its 21m (69ft)...
After 58 years, Pikmeer cruiser brand remains powerful
GROU - In 1963, Hendrik de Groot built a steel hull for himself in his backyard. It wasn't even finished yet when a passerby...
Jachtwerf Heeg broadens portfolio with the Pointer 30
HEEG - Following the success of the Pointer 22 and 25, Jachtwerf Heeg is expanding its Pointer series with a Pointer 30, a clean,...
