Moonen recently accepted a contract for a half-built boat. An owner who had Dixon 120 design in build at Royal Denship found himself in the...
Moonen’s Emile Bilterijst and daughter Dorien were present to greet the press and get us underway. Once aboard Livia, we were met with an Artline...
Moonen Groot-Ammers Yard The next stop on Thursday was a lunch date with ‘Livia’, Moonen’s latest 97’ for a cruise up the river and a chance for...
At the press breakfast, Victor announced a new Sea Axe 6711, a 67-meter lumberjack in the Fast Yacht Support Vessel class. This toy hauler on...
Amels parent company Damen is expanding the Sea-Axe fleet. They’ve built quite a few of these boats, with 24 now sold and 18 delivered. These are...
While the exterior design remains fairly constant across the LE range, the interiors are highly customizable. Most importantly, the real beauty of...
Amels has found a niche in semi-custom yacht building, utilizing the talents of designer Tim Heywood to base their “Limited Editions” series on....
Thursday, June 17th Amels Vlissingen Shipyard I’ve long heard Amels was one of the most capable yards in the world. After seeing Vlissingen...
The organization and access, given the allotted space, was a maze of simplicity. And as we all know, there is an artform and science to keeping...
Setting aside design, lay-out, fit, finish, materials, etc., there is one place onboard that epitomizes Nico’s work; the engine room. Sailboats...
While many of us who follow yachting have seen Valquest in press releases, or on BvB’s website, the pictures don’t come remotely close to showing...
Saving the best for last on this day, BvB’s performance sailing yacht “Valquest” was at the yard. Although it was originally launched last year,...
By a stroke of luck, two of his builds were at the yard on the day we arrived; “Griffeon” and “Valquest”. Although we didn’t have time to board...
Bloemsma Van Bremen Shipyard With any yard I visit, I naturally gravitate toward engineers. We may not speak with the same native tongue, but we...
Pretty Woman was still slightly skeletal, but by the time the HISWA feature is published on YF, she'll pack on a few pounds and strut her stuff.
Onboard Pretty Woman, Albert Hakvoort showed this articulated, double-hinged door that is both seamless and lays flat against the inside...
Albert Hakvoort, Sr. took us through their latest launch, the 39-meter “Pretty Woman”, a round-bilge displacement motoryacht that captures a...
Although Havvoort has a highly automated woodworking shop located off-site, they still do a few things the old-fashioned way using a few tools...
Wednesday, June 16th Hakvoort Shipyards As one of many Dutch Treats, we visited Hakvoort Shipyards in the town of Monnickendam, which should be...
Among many engineering challenges, Twizzle will feature a fold-out stern platform, again void of anything that reflects the mechanics behind the...
