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Few builders have the historic pedigree or earned such respect as this legendary builder.

Yacht building has not been saved from the clinical process associated with mass production. it is nice to know that the Hallberg-Rassy yard existed even in the days when boat building still meant wood and individual yachts. No manufacturer could have carried on with traditional ways when the force of economic change took over the marine industry. Halberg-Rassy adapted and continues to adapt, holding on to core values.

Over time, Hallberg-Rassy needed to adapt or die. Better than most they adapted into a specialist builder that still produces beautiful yachts with an emphasis on retention of value. This specialisation inevitably requires a great deal of careful thought relating to market positioning. Halberg-Rassy has achieved a balance between production of beautiful yachts at a reasonable price, while maintaining the need for longevity in selecting materials to be used in costruction.

The company history began with Harry Hallberg back in 1943.

Harry Hallberg, the person is referred today as Hallberg-Rassy Varvs AB, was initially two boatyards.

Harry Hallberg, lived between 1914 and 1997, he started his boatbuilding career as a young boy of just 14 years old. Harry began constructing boats made of wood when he was 29. He opened his boatyard at Kungsviken in 1943 on the island of Orust in Sweden.

In the beginning, he built wooden boats more or less by instinctive feel rather than any hard and fast design. Customisation possibilities were debated with customers and solutions were reached. Yacht blueprints hardly existed at all, as this was a yard based on the passion of yacht building through feel and touch rahter than the technichal way. Foundations of knowledge were learned by hand and not by drawings.

The first yacht to be built in a series was the Folkboat. Harry also had great success with Kungskryssaren (Swedish for the king’s cruiser). This cruiser was not to be confused with the Finnish King’s Cruiser. The Kungskryssaren was constructed in the mid-50’s. King Fisher had nothing to do with Hallberg-Rassy.