History

  Siltala Nauticat was a Finnish shipyard founded in the late 1950s by Pentti Siltala in south-western Finland, about 40 km from the city of Turku. The first model produced was the Nauticat 33 designed by the Finnish engineer W. Aarnipalo, with the typical solid Nordic lines and suitable for navigation in the stormy waters of the Baltic, to which the Nauticat 44 and 36 followed. In 1975 it was the turn of the Nauticat 38, the result of international cooperation. The last model produced by the shipyard before closing was the Nauticat 525, launched in 2010.   The shipyard became a world leader in the production of motorsailers and manufactured more than 2500 yachts ranging in size from 33 to 51 feet. The shipyard was renamed Nauticat in 2005, which is the name given to the models produced. These are renowned for their quality of workmanship, technique and seaworthiness. Among the main models we find the Nauticat 32, 33, 331, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 52 and Nauticat 512. In 2018 it closed its doors due to economic problems.