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OUR ANNIVERSARY YEAR HAS COME TO AN END

2025 marked ten years of VMG Yachtbuilders under this name and this leadership. A year to pause, look back and move forward. We celebrated this milestone in several ways. With our anniversary book, a special

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: DECEMBER

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A YARD THAT FEELS LIKE A GOOD FIT

STAY CONNECTED TO THE WORLD OF PUFFIN YACHTS

SIMMERDREAM: FROM DESIGN TO REALITY

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: NOVEMBER

JEFF: STRUCTURAL WORK UNDERWAY

METSTRADE 2025 HAS STARTED: LET’S MEET IN AMSTERDAM

SPORT FISH SERIES: FIRST ONE DELIVERED, NEXT TWO IN PROGRESS

DEFINING A DECADE: BUBBLES & BOATS

PUFFIN 42: WORK CONTINUES ABOVE AND BELOW DECK

TWO WEEKS TO GO: SEE YOU AT METSTRADE

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: OCTOBER

DEFINING A DECADE: SCHOONER ‘NEORION’

JEFF: WORK IN PROGRESS BELOW AND ABOVE THE WATERLINE

MEET US AT METSTRADE 2025

VACATURE ALERT: VMG ZOEKT SCHEEPSTIMMERLIEDEN (m/v)!

SPORT FISH 48 SERIES: STEADY PROGRESS ACROSS THE FLEET

MEET US AT THE MONACO YACHT SHOW

SIMMERDREAM RELAUNCHED

DEFINING A DECADE: CHASER YACHTS

JEFF: RESTORATION IN PROGRESS

DEFINING A DECADE: ONE OFF SAILING YACHT ‘TAEKE HADEWYCH’

BLOG: THE RIGHT YARD MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

DEFINING A DECADE: SALOON BOAT ‘SALLY’

VACATURE: ASSISTENT PROJECTLEIDER JACHTBOUW

BLOG: BRINGING YOUR BRAND TO LIFE STARTS WITH THE RIGHT BUILD PARTNER

SPORT FISH 48’ FLYBRIDGE: FIRST TRIALS COMPLETED

DEFINING A DECADE: BESTEVAER 50 ‘STORMVOGEL’

DISCOVER THE PUFFIN 42: NOW ON YACHTWORLD

DEFINING A DECADE: PUFFIN 50 ‘SEABEAR’

THE PUFFIN PHILOSOPHY

DEFINING A DECADE: SALOON BOAT ‘PROOST VAN SINT JAN’

SIMMERDREAM: IN THE FINAL STAGE OF HER REFIT

NOW ON YACHTWORLD: THE PUFFIN 58 EXPLORER

DEFINING A DECADE: TRULY CLASSIC 78 ‘BONTEKONING’

THE PUFFIN 50 IS NOW LISTED ON YACHTWORLD

SPORT FISH 50 UPDATE: HULL #1 NEARLY READY FOR LAUNCH

SPORT FISH 50: HULL #4 HAS ARRIVED

DEFINING A DECADE: ROYAL HUISMAN 64 SY ‘YONDER’

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: JUNE

PUFFIN 42 BACK IN THE HALL

JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER YACHT BUILDING

RESTORING “JEFF”: A RARE DUNKIRK LITTLE SHIP

DEFINING A DECADE: MOTOR YACHT ‘IJVER’

BUBBLES & BOATS | PHOTOS ONLINE NOW

BUBBLES & BOATS 2025 – AFTERMOVIE

DEFINING A DECADE: SPARKMAN & STEPHENS 72 ‘BARUNA’

DEFINING A DECADE: ZACA 73 ‘SELENE’

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: MAY ANNIVERSARY EDITION

BUBBLES AND BOATS WEEK HAS STARTED

DEFINING A DECADE: TALL SHIP BECOMES SUPERYACHT

ROYAL HONOR FOR OUR COLLEAGUE JOHAN

scheepstimmerlieden

BUBBLES & BOATS ANNIVERSARY EDITION: NEXT WEEK!

DEFINING A DECADE: PUFFIN 50 ‘JALEO’

SIMMERDREAM TAKES SHAPE

DEFINING A DECADE: ‘SPIRIT OF VENICE’

BUBBLES & BOATS: THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: APRIL

DEFINING A DECADE: GRAND ESTIME 64 ‘MISHA’

PUFFIN 42 ENTERS PAINT SHOP FOR THE FIRST TIME

CELEBRATING A DECADE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP: VMG YACHTBUILDERS TURNS 10

DEFINING A DECADE: SALUT BOATS

SPECIAL GUEST AT VMG: DE VROUWE CHRISTINA

NEW IN-HOUSE SPRAY BOOTHS IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCY

DEFINING A DECADE: PUFFIN 42 ‘PONPON-SEN’

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: MARCH

DEFINING A DECADE: AGILE 42 ‘KARMA’

DEFINING A DECADE: WHITBREAD RACER ‘FLYER’

DEFINING A DECADE: PUFFIN 37 “DE HAAKS”

PUFFIN 58 EXPLORER: THE YACHT THAT TAKES YOU ANYWHERE!

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: FEBRUARY

MY MISHA FOR SALE AT VAN DER VLIET

BROKERAGE | BESTEVAER 50 “STORMVOGEL” – READY FOR NEW HORIZONS

MISHA BACK AT VMG YACHTBUILDERS FOR MAINTENANCE

PUFFIN 42: FROM VISION TO REALITY

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS: BARUNA – STUNNING SEVEN-YEAR RESTORATION

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: JANUARY

NEORION: A REFIT FOR A TRUE CLASSIC

Tulipa

TULIPA: A STATEMENT ON THE WATER

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: DECEMBER

THE TIME HAS COME TO SEND OUR BEST WISHES!

LOOKING BACK AT 2024: A YEAR OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AT VMG YACHTBUILDERS

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: NOVEMBER

VMG YACHTBUILDERS IN CLASSIC BOAT MAGAZINE

SNEAK PEEK AT SIMMERDREAM’S INTERIOR REFIT

AMERICAN SPORTFISH BOATS, CRAFTED WITH DUTCH PRECISION

MEET VMG YACHTBUILDERS AT METS TRADE SHOW 2024

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: OCTOBER

PRICE REDUCTION ON SPIRIT OF VENICE

BARUNA IN ACTION AT IMPERIA

SIMMERDREAM ARRIVES AT VMG FOR INTERIOR REFIT

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: SEPTEMBER

Crafted with Precision. Built with Passion. By our Team.

BUILDING PROCESS OF NEW PUFFIN 42 STARTED

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: AUGUST

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE YARD: JULY

REFIT OF TAEKE HADEWYCH COMPLETE: A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS

Baruna 1938

What Happens at the Yard: June

What happens at the yard: May

Saloon boat Sally from 1910 relaunched after restoration

The Taeke Hadewych Relaunched After Extensive Refit at VMG

Team Yellow Rose Dutch champion at the North Sea Regatta

What happens at the yard: April

VMG Yachtbuilders partner for brand owners

What happens at the yard: March

BARUNA1938

PREFAB INTERIOR PROCESS

SY “Selene” back at VMG

What happens at the yard: February

Project update: saloon boat Sally

Hull of Sport Fish Boat 1 nears completion: an inside look at VMG’s latest project

What happens at the yard: January

LOOKING BACK ON 2023

Baruna sailing

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2023

Interior Taeke Hadewych

Project update Taeke Hadewych at VMG

PROJECT UPDATE MY “Tulipa”

Dutch Saloon boat Sally at VMG

WATCH: Bestevaer 51 “Stormvogel” after refit

NEW PROJECT: SY “Taeke Hadewych”

New project: MY “Tulipa”

Chaser Yacht 500CC

Aftermovie Bubbles & Boats 2023

13 MEI: BUBBLES & BOATS 2023

Setting the mast on Puffin 50 “Seabear”

Project Bestevaer 51 “Stormvogel” returned from paint shop

Project Chaser

New refit project: Puffin 50 “Seabear”

Project saloon boat “Proost van Sint Jan anno 1900” finished:

Inside VMG with Gwen:

Bestevaer 51 ‘Stormvogel’ ready for summer sailing!

Photo’s Bubbles & Boats 2022

Misha te water!

Puffin 50 “De Vrijheid”

IJver 1 back in the water

Inside VMG: Jaap has left the building.

Inside VMG with trainee carpenter Joep

New project: Amsterdam saloon boat

Returning project: Grand Estime 62 ‘Misha’

New Project: Puffin 50 refit

New Project: Bestevaer 51 refit

Project update: Refit of Truly Classic 78 “Bontekoning”

S/Y Zaca 73 ‘ Selene’ launched after refit

Huisman 64 “Yonder”

Project update nr4: Baruna of 1938

Nicholas Heiner ready for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics!

Project update nr3: Baruna of 1938

Project update nr2: Baruna of 1938

BIG NEWS project update nr1: Baruna of 1938

Project Update Zaca 73 Selene, Refit Phase 1

Huisman 64 “Yonder” Checked in at VMG Yachtbuilders

Happy new year from the team of VMG Yachtbuilders!

Project update: Waddenboot “IJver”

Inside VMG: with carpenter and lifeboat captain Johan Greiner

Magazine Jachtbouw Nederland about our project “Waddenboot” ENG

De Waddenboot in Jachtbouw Nederland NL

Project update: Zaca 73

Inside VMG: An interview with Hidde de Bruijn

Watch Now: Yachtlife.one docu about VMG Yachtbuilders.

50m luxury sailing yacht

Wegens snelle groei gezocht: Scheepstimmermannen!

The story behind the “Waddenboot” project.

Uitstel voor Bubbles & Boats vanwege Corona

Project update: 15m “Waddenboot”

VMG viert lustrum tijdens Bubbles & Boats 2020 (Afgelast)

Project update: 15m “Waddenboot”

Puffin 50 movie

VMG met Oceanvolt aanwezig op Boot Dusseldorf

VMG Yachtbuilders viert eerste Lustrum!

SDH turned the hull of our newest project.

Restoration of a rare classic 72ft S&S yacht

Puffin 50 ‘Jaleo’ set sail to the Mediterranean

Bubbles & Boats The Aftermovie

Kielonderhoud

Spirit of Venice

Bubbles & Boats was a blast!

Project update: Spirit Of Venice

Project: Refit Flyer

Team ROST Ker46 part of team U-Dek

Project: VMG One off 41 / Zeeman 41

Update 73ft ‘Spirit Of Venice’

Agile 42

Yacht Magazine

Deckhouse ‘Spirit of Venice’

Paint for the Agile 42

Christening Puffin 37 2.0 ‘De Haaks’

Update ‘Spirit Of Venice’ 73ft Ketch by Olivier van Meer Design.

VMG Yachtbuilders buys ‘Messink’ yard in the town centre of Enkhuizen.

Hull construction ‘Spirit Of Venice’ making progress.

Start bouw romp eerste Puffin 37 (2.0) by VMG Yachtbuilders

Zeeman Jachtbouw gaat verder als VMG Yachtbuilders

Klaar voor het nieuwe vaarseizoen!

DGM 53 op de Hiswa. Alle houtwerk gemaakt door VMG Yachtbuilders.

Film Zeeman ’41

Het nieuwe gebouw is klaar