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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.
15 June 2020
CANOVA FEATURED IN SEAHORSE MAGAZINE
Baltic 142 Canova's groundbreaking systems and cutting-edge technologies such as the largest DSS foil ever built and the ability to cross oceans without resorting to diesel power in any form makes this project one of our most complex builds. Canova was launched in 2019 and...
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4 June 2020
BALTIC 68 CAFÉ RACER – THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
These are the early stages of construction of the new Baltic 68 Café Racer, an eco-friendly, easy to sail yacht for the 21st century with a performance designed to thrill. The video shows our skilled wood workers building the timber hull plug from which a...
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14 May 2020
BALTIC 38 IS A FAVOURITE NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
The 31-year-old Baltic 38DP Favorita has completed an extensive six-month refit at our Bosund facility and has been re-launched to re-join her owner who regards the iconic production yacht as ‘a family member’. Looking as good as new, the Doug Peterson-designed Baltic 38, of which...
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8 May 2020
WELCOME HOME PINK GIN!
Last week, we spotted a handsome silhouette on the horizon outside our dockside facilities in Pietarsaari. The Baltic Family is thrilled to share with you the return of Baltic 175 Pink Gin, the largest carbon fibre sloop in the world, for some scheduled maintenance....
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23 April 2020
A BEAUTIFUL BALTIC IS BORN
The complex task of releasing the advanced composite hull shell of the Baltic 117 Custom from her split mould was completed recently at our Jakobstad facility. The video shows how the two halves of the one-off timber mould are carefully moved aside before the...
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16 April 2020
THE BALTIC LOG SPRING 2020
The latest edition of the Baltic Log, Spring 2020, is here bringing you the latest news from the yard in Finland. One of our key messages is the need for a more sustainable future in yachting and yacht building. Major innovation at Baltic Yachts...
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14 April 2020
POWERING UP THE BALTIC 146 CUSTOM
Follow the construction stages of the Baltic 146 Custom, the third largest yacht, by volume, built by Baltic Yachts. A recent update showed how one of the topsides sections was manoeuvred out of the build facility, removed from its mould and then craned into...
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9 April 2020
STRONGER PRESENCE IN THE US MARKET
Baltic Yachts reinforces its presence in the US market Rodgers Yacht Sales, LLC, based in Mystic, Connecticut, with five satellite offices in the U.S and Canada, will be representing the renowned Baltic Yachts brand in the US market concentrating initially on the semi-custom Baltic...
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2 April 2020
SAILING SUSTAINABLY THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURY
The fundamentals of sailing have been unchanged for thousands of years. The wind is free and sailing is one of the cleanest and most ecologically sound pursuits available to mankind. Thus, sustainability is a concept which we believe can be applied to well-built boats...
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