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CLASSIC BOAT AUGUST 2016 105

CRAFTSMANSHIP

Main picture: to the left is Siesta, Anker’s last 12-M design, but never built

until now. She has since been launched and was in our recent CB Awards.

Next to her in the foreground is the 1939-built Abeking & Rasmussen 12-M

Sphinx, the initial project that paved the way for the genesis of the boatyard.

The boat hanging from the ceiling is a 15 Square Metre yacht saved from the

chainsaw in Sweden. She is the longest one ever built and named Ramona.

The yard is keen to find a customer who would like the yacht re-built.

The Boatbuilder: Paul Opel dressed

for a mess, because he is ready to

scrape down the antifouling on the

12-M yacht Thea.

The Apprentice: Björn Höfer is one of

the apprentices at the yard, and a

keen sailor.

The Joiner: Roland Korth has been

with the yard since it began eight

years ago, and is in charge of

interiors, cabinet making and

surface coatings.