Holland Jachtbouw is a shipyard specialized in building large sailing yachts. It is located in the municipality of Zaandam in the Netherlands.

Holland Jachtbouw
IndustryYacht Building,
Shipbuilding
Founded1990
HeadquartersZaandam, Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsSailing yacht, Motor yacht
WebsiteOfficial Website

History edit

The shipyard was established by Chris Gongriep (1946-2016) in 1990 as De Hemmes[1] to build lemsteraken, a traditional wooden workboat type from Lemmer. The yard acquired naval architect André Hoek's newbuild management company Dutch Built in 1998 in order to transition to aluminium sailing yachts;[2] Thereafter Hoek cooperated closely with Gongriep, producing the largest two-mast schooner in history, Athos, in 2010.[3] After completing a significant expansion of the shipyard's building shed, Gongriep committed suicide on December 9, 2016,[4] and the shipyard's brand new 12,000m² facilities were subsequently rented out to fellow Dutch yachtbuilder Royal Huisman.[5]

List of yachts built edit

  Was the longest yacht upon completion.
year yacht designer length overall notes
1996 Sapphire André Hoek 30.48 m (100 ft) aluminium sloop, now Sea Dragon
1998 Belphegor André Hoek 17.50 m (57 ft) aluminium sloop, now Little Dragon
1998 Duva André Hoek 19.50 m (64 ft) wooden sloop, now Joy
1998 Aeolian André Hoek 28.00 m (92 ft) aluminium sloop, now Whirlwind
2000 Zuidwester André Hoek 14.00 m (46 ft) steel lemsteraak
2001 Groenevecht André Hoek 18.50 m (61 ft) steel lemsteraak
2000 Palmyre André Hoek 24.75 m (81 ft) aluminium sloop
2000 Skipper André Hoek 30.50 m (100 ft) aluminium sloop
2001 't Vlieghent Hart André Hoek 16.50 m (54 ft) steel lemsteraak
2001 Corian of Sark André Hoek 17.50 m (57 ft) sistership of the aluminium sloop Belphegor, now Toucan
2001 Windrose André Hoek 19.50 m (64 ft) aluminium sistership of the wooden sloop Duva
2001 Emotion André Hoek 25.00 m (82 ft) aluminium sloop
2001 Windrose of Amsterdam Gerard Dijkstra 46.32 m (152 ft) aluminium schooner
2003 Christoffel's Lighthouse Gerard Dijkstra 32.25 m (106 ft) aluminium sloop, now Nyima
2003 Whisper Edward A. Fontaine 35.46 m (116 ft) aluminium sloop
2004 Cassiopeia Bill Langan 32.10 m (105 ft) aluminium motor yacht
2005 Skylge André Hoek 41.83 m (137 ft) aluminium schooner, now Seabiscuit
2006 YII William Dixon 37.00 m (121 ft) aluminium sloop, now A Sulana
2010 Calliope Bill Langan 42.28 m (139 ft) aluminium motor yacht, now Ninkasi
2010 Athos André Hoek 62.00 m (203 ft) aluminium schooner
2012 Rainbow Starling Burgess 39.95 m (131 ft) aluminium replica of J-class yacht Rainbow (1934)
2014 Heureka William Dixon 45.00 m (148 ft) aluminium sloop
2015 Topaz Frank Cabot Paine 42.62 m (140 ft) aluminium 1935 J-class yacht original design
2016 Skade Bill Tripp 46.10 m (151 ft) aluminium sloop
2018 Arizona Knud E Hansen 26.05 m (85 ft) steel motor yacht with aluminium flybridge, sistership of Poseidon
2018 Poseidon Knud E Hansen 26.05 m (85 ft) steel motor yacht with aluminium flybridge, sistership of Arizona

See also edit

External links edit

  1. ^ Wim de Bruijn (May 1998), Holland Jachtbouw, een snel groeiende werf, Spiegel der Zeilvaart, pp. 8–9
  2. ^ Rutger ten Broeke (2006), "André Hoek", Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers, ISBN 9780393048766
  3. ^ Andrew Rogers (2015-01-15), "Building Athos", Boat International Media, Adrenaline Communicatie (published 2012)
  4. ^ Henk Willem Smits; Sonny Motké (2016-12-09), "Chris Gongriep obituary", Quote
  5. ^ Royal Huisman expands their facilities, HISWA, 2017-01-20