These days, yachts are usually designed on a computer, but not at the Rosättra shipyard north of Stockholm. There, the designs are still created traditionally using a small model. Only when senior shipyard employee Mats Gustafsson is happy with the moulds does he saw the boat into pieces, remove the frames and enlarge everything in order to build a prototype.
This is then sailed by the shipyard family and further optimised. If everything fits, negative moulds are approved and series production can begin. This is not the quickest way to create a new model, but it is undoubtedly a customised one. No wonder that special ships are created in the process.
We were able to test sail the shipyard's smallest model in its home waters. The detailed test will appear in one of the next issues.
