There can be few yacht builders like PG Johansson, who can boast an unbroken career with the company he co-founded almost 50 years ago. In that time PG Johansson has witnessed every twist and turn of a colourful, exciting and technically pioneering industry accumulating a wealth of fascinating stories, some familiar, some still untold. In this blog PG will be recalling his experiences of the yachts he has built, the people he has met and some of the more unusual events on the journey to turning clients’ dreams into reality.
Last Saturday, 28 January, we were reached by a very sad and shocking message. Our long-term Baltic Yachts family member, friend, colleague and one of the Baltic Yachts original founders, Jan-Erik “Janne” Nyfelt had passed away. Baltic Yachts lost a person that have contributed greatly…
In a series of Tell Tales I have covered several tings regarding Baltic Yachts history during our 50 years. I have tried to cover things like our basic philosophy and thinking but also individual projects and people involved. What I have covered so far is…
In my earlier telltales I mentioned the canting keel 56 footer we made as an interim yacht between the 97 Pink Gin and the 152. This is the 152 story. Sometimes around 2003 – 2004 the Pink Gin owner, Professor Näder, started to talk about…
September 10th, we got a very sad message. Baltic Yachts first designer and long-term cooperating partner, Robert Wilson Ball, had died. This came as a shock to us. Rob Ball was the chief designer at C&C Design when we started Baltic Yachts, and he was…
In one of my earlier Tell Tales I covered the first Pink Gin we were involved in creating. This was the 97 FT Yacht we produced and delivered in spring 1999 and as a spin-off we delivered a Baltic 40 as an interim boat to…
The, soon to be, 50 years of Baltic Yachts existence have been extremely interesting and has given me and many others, in our company, an interesting life including many interesting clients and projects that has resulted in valuable and appreciated memories in our memory banks.…
To have had the possibility to be active in a branch like yachting business has been a privilege and honor. To have the possibility to work together with, in my opinion, the best boatbuilding team, some of the best designers, subcontractors, and most of all…
Many of the projects we have produced through the years has left valuable memories in our memory bank. We have done everything from extreme racing, performance cruising projects, with extensive weight saving in order to achieve the clients’ and our own goals. We have also…
In my previous blog I covered mainly our serial production models and the reason/reasons why we, during later years, moved over to large custom projects. As I mentioned, the main reason, was the cost increase and the fact that serial production yards had changed to…
Looking back at Baltic Yachts history and going trough the files and statistics of all the project that has been executed during these years the list is staggering. I must admit that going through some of the historical statistics I personally get surprised of the…