Jongert

The history of the Jongert shipyard begins in 1953, when Jan Jongert Senior founded a small shipyard in Oppedoes, Holland, mainly building small loading cranes and motor boats. Over time, production grew and diversified, with the construction of the first sailing boats. 1968 is very important in the history of Jongert because, thanks to the meeting with Herbert Dahm , founder of Dahm International, the company takes on an international value, with its boats distributed all over the world and the opening of representative offices in Dusseldorf, Monte Carlo and Palma de Mallorca.

The success is immediate but, only in 1975, with the start of the production of the "Traditional Line", whose hulls are made to designs by Willem de Vries and Peter Sijm, does the shipyard begin to sign the boats with its name, simply "Jongert".  The collaboration between Jongert and the designer Willem de Vries was very fruitful and included, among others, also the S/Y St Jean II (1984) and S/Y Sea Shuttle (1983).

These yachts have the typical set-up of motorsailers, characterized by large aft windows, spectacular figureheads entirely inlaid by hand, extremely comfortable interiors and decidedly top-of-the-line fittings, purely artisanal, which soon became a point of reference in the refined world of "semicustom" constructions. Five years later, in 1980, the production of a second range of boats began, called the "Modern Line", with hulls designed by Doug Peterson, Ron Holland and Peter Sijm, "cruiser-racers" such as the famous "Mephisto", launched in 1983, capable of imposing themselves on the most demanding regatta courses. They are slimmer, lighter, technical and, therefore, performing boats but no less elegant for this and capable of guaranteeing very high standards of comfort.  Subsequently, the relationship with Dahm International ceased, and since then the shipyard itself has taken care of the marketing of its boats.

The more recent history of the Dutch builder still sees him riding the wave of success, with the creation of increasingly exclusive and appreciated boats, up until 1999 when the first 40 T, the "Number One", was launched, which with its 40 meters long is the largest Jongert ever built up to then.