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Jongert is a shipyard specialized in the building of sailing yachts, located in
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History

The shipyard was established by Jan Jongert, Sr., in Medemblik in 1953 and produced sailing yachts between and in length. Between 1970 and 1994 the yard exported cumulatively in excess of half a billion guilders worth of yachts. Most of the later vessels were designed by
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and built from steel or aluminium. Jongert went bankrupt in 2009, then restarted under the ownership of VEKA. In 2015 the company went bankrupt again. In 2016 the company is active. On January 19, 2017, they announced they found a new investor, following the failed takeover of the yard by Acico. Together with the Vripack design studio they are working on a motor yacht project.


List of yachts built


See also

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Tamer II ''Tamer II'', a custom sailing yacht was built by Jongert in Medemblik, the Netherlands. The ship was delivered in 1986 and last refitted in 2015. Peter Sijm designed the exterior and interior. Naval architect was Doug Peterson. ''Tamer II'' of ...
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List of sailboat designers and manufacturers This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufacturing is done by a number of companies and groups. Notable designers Sailboat designer articles i ...
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List of large sailing yachts This article lists active sailing yachts in excess of in sparred length. This list features vessels with sails which were classed as yachts when they were launched as well as any vessels which were subsequently converted to operate with sails and ...


References


External links


Jongert website
Jongert Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1953 Dutch boat builders Dutch brands Sailing in the Netherlands Economy of North Holland Yacht building companies 1953 establishments in the Netherlands {{manufacturing-company-stub