New brokerOliver Berking buys Baum & König

Lasse Johannsen

 · 22.03.2011

New broker: Oliver Berking buys Baum & KönigPhoto: N. Krauss
Oliver Berking
After 27 years, Peter König, a specialist in the classic yacht market, has sold his brokerage to the Flensburg shipyard boss
  Oliver BerkingPhoto: N.Krauss Oliver Berking

The move was not easy for him, says Peter König, who will be moving the centre of his life to the Seychelles in style. König was the first German yacht broker with an exclusively classic portfolio.

  Website Baum & KönigPhoto: YACHT Website Baum & König

The company is here to stay. In Oliver Berking from Flensburg, a buyer has been found who has already made a name for himself in the scene through numerous regatta events for metre yachts and the founding of the classic shipyard Robbe & Berking Classics. "I am delighted to have found a successor whose heart beats for timelessly elegant lines and unrivalled craftsmanship in yacht building just as much as mine does," says Peter König.

The aim of the Robbe & Berking Classics yacht shipyard is to preserve and resurrect classic yachts as well as to build new yachts exclusively in wood and with classic lines. Baum & König will continue to guarantee this in the future and offer its customers the most beautiful classics, says Berking.

Lasse Johannsen

Lasse Johannsen

Deputy Editor in Chief YACHT

Born in Kiel, grew up on the water and on board, trained as a sailor in the club and sailing on the North and Baltic Seas. After school, navy and legal training, he worked as a trainee at YACHT from 2007-2009 in the Panorama department, which he now heads. He is also responsible for the special edition of YACHT classic, has published several books with Delius-Klasing and is deputy editor-in-chief of YACHT. Johannsen is an enthusiastic cruising sailor on his own keel and an active supporter of the German classic boat scene.

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