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The Holland Jachtbouw 152 foot Windrose won the overall 2008 St. Barths Bucket. The Windrose is a phenomenal competitor, participating in several prestigeous races all over the world. However, the winning St. Barths Bucket is a first for the yacht and the team.

This is what Paul Dielemans,the managing director of Holland Jactbouw had to say, "It was a virtual photo finish but we took line honours just five seconds ahead of Ranger. Having come second on day two and fith in the round the island race, this was sufficient for us to be named the overall winner."

The crew who sailed the Windrose in the bucket, was new and only had one day prior to the races to practice and become accustomed her. The schooner-type rig was quite different for them but they sailed to maximum performance.

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This particular shipyard has gone through some sort of a re-branding. In effect, the Holland Jachtbouw have created a new slogan as well as a new name for themselves.

Of course they still have the same name but have 'initialized' the name. Now they are known as 'HJB' and with this also comes a slogan that runs like this...'where can we take you?' A new name, a new slogan, and a new logo goes well with the new indoor facilities completed.

We know that the new sailyacht Athos will be the first yacht to be completed in the new sprawling 69 M X 20M (LXW) indoor building hall. Managing Director of the shipyard, Paul Dielemans also gave insight into plans of refashioning the existing smaller building hall for the arrival of their 42M motoryacht project.

A new name and slogan for a new journey and a sprawling new indoor facilty housing the world's largest privately owned two-masted schooner -for now- and remodernization of the smaller indoor facility. A step in the right direction I would say.

HJB says...'Where can we take you?'

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In February 2009, the aluminum superstructure for the 42-meter "CII" arrived at the Holland Jachtbouw yard. Recently, that new structure was fitted to the hull.

"Measuring 19-meters long by 7.60-meters wide, and with a height of 4-meters, this 6.2 tonne construction took almost 2 months to build." This near 500 tonne yacht will be launched at the end of 2009.

For more information:

Holland Jachtbouw,
Vredeweg 32,
1505 HH, Zaandam,
The Netherlands.
http://www.hollandjachtbouw.nl

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"Life Saga" will be on display at the Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) in September by Holland Jachtbouw. For more information see here...

To celebrate the opening of our new HJB Refit centre, Holland Jachtbouw will be displaying the finest example yet of our rebuild capabilities at the upcoming Monaco show.

This 42.10 m motoryacht left the yard last year after an exhaustive eighteen-month refit and has received rave reviews for the quality of the work. Her owner too has expressed his delight at having a ‘better-than-new’ superyacht and was pleased to allow her to be shared with a wider public in Monaco.

Life SAGA will be moored alongside the HJB stand, number QN12 on Jetée Nord. Viewing will be strictly by appointment only, either in advance by emailing ddebruin@hollandjachtbouw.nl or at the show itself. Owners looking to refit their existing yacht or buy a used yacht and bring her to the highest Dutch standards are welcome to come aboard and see at first hand how the HJB Refit Centre can transform both motor and sail yachts.

The Holland Jachtbouw stand will also be the place to be for the latest news on the groundbreaking Hollander concept and much more besides. Make an appointment today.

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"Skylge" is up for sale and just had a reduction in her asking price. She is now asking 7.75-Million Euros down from 9.95-Million Euros.