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