KM Yachtbuilders: Custom built aluminium sailing yachts

Visit us at BOOT Dusseldorf

2012-01-10T16:20:00.000+01:00

Just one month to go, and the biggest water sports exhibition in Europe, BOOT Düsseldorf, will be upon us again. This is the only exhibition where K&M is only represented with a stand, and not with a ship. You will find our stand in Superyacht Hall 7a, Stand Number B08. It will be easy to find us, as we will be right beside the access door to Hall 7! Would you like to visit us to discuss your

Program Open Day

2011-03-03T16:23:00.004+01:00

April 16th is the day! Our Open Day! At 10:00 hrs our doors will open, and you are welcome to start with a cup of coffee or tea in our cantina. After that, please feel free to wander around our facilities. Be amazed by the aluminum hull builders work, or have a look in a yacht that is being finished. Outside, at the water front, you can step on board of different yachts that are already delivered

Review Boot Dusseldorf and news Open Day

2011-02-07T15:44:00.000+01:00

Well, it's already been a week since Boot Dusseldorf ended. This year we had a new location in Hall 7a. We where right next to the door to Hall 7, so we saw a lot of people walking by. Luckily for us, a lot of them also stopped to have a look at our stand, the beautiful scale models and large pictures of yachts we have built. We are not in a market with a lot of prospects, but we did have some

Not a first weld but a first pile for K&M Yachtbuilders

2010-12-15T11:43:00.000+01:00

About five times a year a first weld is made in a new aluminium yacht at K&M Yachtbuilders for another happy customer. But last Thursday we were the happy customer. The first pile was driven for our new business premises. It took about an hour and a half to drive 14 piles into the ground at Stienplaat 7 in Makkum, the Netherlands. The conversion, most of which is taking

What would you like to know about K&M Yachtbuilders?

2010-11-23T14:41:00.001+01:00

We started this blog to have more interaction with people who are interested in our yachts and yard. Do you have a question for us? Maybe you are wondering about how a lift keel exactly works, or what's up with all those stories you here about corrosion? Do you have a question about any of our designs or just want to know what we are up to for the next few months? Leave us a message below! Of

What does K&M Yachtbuilders build?

2010-11-23T14:34:00.002+01:00

K&M Yachtbuilders is dedicated to the construction of custom-build sailing yachts. This means that every yacht is build according to the wishes and demands of the owner. Everything is tailor made, and no two yachts are the same! We have built yachts for designers like Gerard Dijkstra, Van de Stadt, Vripack, Hoek, Simonis Voogd, German Frers and more. For us, it doesn't really matter who designs

Who is K&M Yachtbuilders?

2010-11-23T14:20:00.002+01:00

To answer that question we have to go back in time a little bit. About 30 years ago, an aluminium yard started building sailing boats in the small Dutch town of Makkum. In 1997 Eeuwe Kooi started his company Kooi Makkum in the adjacent facility. Together with one employee he did maintenance, storage and repairs on all sorts of yachts. When the aluminium yard had to close due to their financial

K&M Yachtbuilders has her own blog!

2010-11-19T11:27:00.001+01:00

Welcome to our blog! With this blog we will inform you about what we do, the yachts that we build, our company, news and everything else we think might be interesting for you to read. If you have any questions about us, aluminium, sailing or what so ever, please feel free to leave us a message! Greetings from the K&M team