The greatest complement to any shipyard is when clients are delighted with your work and recommend you to like-minded individuals who are also focused on achieving the right quality at the right price. While not all projects can be publicised in the luxury yacht world for owner-privacy reasons, below you can read about some of the partnerships we’ve enjoyed and the pride we take in their successful completion. Like every boat built, refitted or serviced with Amsterdam Yacht Builders, they remain part of the family.
Since 1921
Decades of partnerships
with satisfied clients
SY Asgard
After hauling out the 43m Abeking and Rasmussen ketch Asgard based on our in-house hoist plan, various works were carried
Read moreMY Broadwater
An innovative tandem lift combining the AYB crane with a tele crane was required to place the 52m Feadship Broadwater onto a pontoon.
Read moreSY Canova
As well as designing the hoist plan to haul out Conova, AYB made the cradle for this 43m Baltic sailyacht in 2019.
Read moreSY Foftein
After engineering the haul-out plan and pressure-washing, AYB placed the 32m Foftein in a custom heated tent in 2020.
Read moreMY Griffioen
The 27m motoryacht Griffioen, originally built by Bloemsma & van Breeman, was a welcome visitor to AYB in 2020 as we hauled her out
Read moreMY Lady Charlotte
The 39m Feadship Lady Charlotte was lifted onto a pontoon by AYB and we also pressure-washed her hull before she was transported
Read moreSY Mandarine
We‘ve welcomed the 28m Hakvoort Mandarine three times to AYB (1x floating dock, 2x lift). Activities include underwater cleaning
Read moreMY Kokoro
Kokoro is Japanese for heart and we loved assisting Moonen with the commissioning and sea trials of this brand-new 36m
Read moreSY Palmyre
AYB removed the sails of the 25m Holland Jachtbouw yacht Palmyre and gave her a good hull cleaning before Claasen
Read moreSY Ranger
As sailors ourselves, everyone at AYB enjoyed lifting the famous J-class Ranger out of the water and onto a pontoon in 2018.
Read moreSY Reesle
Another regular at AYB is the schooner Reesle. Hauled out on various occasions, our specialists have installed a controllable pitch
Read moreMY Totally Nuts
The new 50m superyacht Totally Nuts was placing on a floating docked at AYB in 2020 as we facilitated Feadship with a range of
Read moreSY Wisp
The 48m Royal Huisman sloop Wisp was lifted onto a pontoon in 2018 after which we water-pressured her handsome classic hull.
Read moreMY Suakin
Two visits have been made to date by the 37m Hakvoort Suakin. AYB activities ranged from inspection work and replacing pumps
Read moreSY Y mini
SY “Y mini” has been lifted at our shipyards facilities in Zaandam. After having cleaned the hull, The yacht had to undergo maintenance work on the stern thruster.
Read moreMY Fair Lady
AYB was delighted to be tasked with carrying out works on this classic Camper & Nicholsons motor yacht to help restore her to her glory days.
Read moreMY Soprano
AYB undertook a haul-out and then full checks and maintenance on all of this Hakvoort yacht’s valves ahead of her five year Lloyd’s Survey.
Read moreSY Puffin
AYB carried out a haul out for inspection on Puffin following her purchase. Our team also replaced her bollards and added an extra valve to a fuel line.
Read moreMY Trooper
Trooper underwent a haul out for her inspection after her sale, as well as a full paint underwater repair.
Read moreSY Arrabida
This custom refit for the 26-metre schooner Arrabida included a new livery for her topsides, galvanic isolation, a new hydraulic power-pack, an upgraded deck and major work on the propeller shaft.
Read moreSY Impression
For this Jongert sailing yacht, AYB completed a haul out and wash before her sale.
Read moreSY Ophira
The 25-metre sailing yacht Ophira, originally built by Van Dam Nordia, was hauled out and given a comprehensive new anti-fouling system, including all preparation and primer coat application as well as the anti-foul itself.
Read moreSY Borkumriff II
The 31-metre superyacht Borkumriff II was hauled out in advance of being put up for sale and, after the surveyor’s inspection, we dealt with various technical issues. These included fixing a throttle cable, which sounds simple but had a significant impact on the yacht’s electrical setup. The stainless steel and wood on the bow pulpit needed repairing and the hydraulic system was upgraded to improve flow to the bowthruster.
Read moreMY Raider
This pedigree 29-metre motoryacht from Germany was hauled out for anti-fouling and we repaired the seating and fittings in the bowthruster tunnel. An all-new sternthruster with tunnel was also installed on Raider.
Read moreMY Sherakhan
Measuring a total of 69.65 metres, the converted motor yacht Sherakhan was too large for our team to haul out, meaning that all of her works took place in the water at our AYB facility between August-September 2022.
Read moreMY Nageira
The works began as a haul-out and a respray of the topsides on one side of the yacht, due to the damage she had sustained after undergoing a collision with another vessel. We built a specially-designed container hall covered by a tent in order to enable these works to take place at our facility. Unfortunately, due to three extreme storms which were faced by the Netherlands in February this year, the tent broke and partially fell on Nageira.
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