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(29 Jan 2010) Yet again Hallberg-Rassy further improves their lead as dream yacht. At boot Düsseldorf 2010, the world's largest boat show, Europe's largest sailing magazine, Yacht from Germany, presented their market research made among as many as 5 523 readers. For the fourth year in a row it was asked the question "From which shipyard does your peronal dream yacht come from?" and for the 4th year in a row the answer is crystal clear: Hallberg-Rassy. And Hallberg-Rassy's lead to other brands even increased for the 4th time. Four years ago 21.4 % answered Hallberg-Rassy, three years ago 21.5 % answered Hallberg-Rassy, last time 23.6% and in the latest survey, made the fall of 2009, it increased to a massive 26.0 %. This figure is among all sailing yachts on the market. This year a further question was asked, your dream yacht within cruising boats, and the answer is even more striking: increadible 36.1 % answers Hallberg-Rassy! Hallberg-Rassy is the yacht most people dream of. Another interesting fact is that the number of new boat buyers who say they plan to purchase a new Hallberg-Rassy has increased dramaticly the last year, from 7.4 % of all new boat buyers to 12 %. You have always dreamt of a Hallberg-Rassy. You will be Hallberg-Rassy owner in your lifetime. So why hesitate; Make your dream come true now!

(23 January 2010) The Hallberg-Rassy 372 was honoured the European Yacht of the Year award, in the category Luxury Cruiser. This award is elected by journalists of the eleven leading European yachting magazines after a detailed testing programme of all nominated yachts. The winning result for the Hallberg-Rassy 372 was revealed late Saturday evening 23 January 2010 at the Düsseldorf boat show.

Some quotes of what the eleven different magazines wrote:

Yachtrevue, Austria: "Fantastic sailing performance in rough seas; there is no vibration, no bumping, you feel only the powerful surfing through the waves - this is luxury sailing, with good feeling on the helm. She is a bluewater-yacht, but sails nearly as well as a performance cruiser; build quality as expected."

Yacht&Sail, Italy: "Fast and fun while still a real HR, even if a bit more sporty. If luxury is honest, well-made boats with traditional style, Hallberg-Rassy is the queen of it. Good, safe and practical solutions and incredibly good sailing!"

Yachting World, UK:" Pleasurable and easy to sail, this performance-tweaked coastal cruiser still retains that superior level of build and fit out and boasts a well-proportioned interior. Nimble, quick and easy to tack, she provides excellent cockpit comfort for both crew and helm, and is simple for a couple to manage. A quality boat that provides fast yet comfortable push-button sailing."

Swissboat, Switzerland: "The sailing performance of HR 372 is a thrill for a boat from this yard! But always the same is the excellent quality of construction and the exclusive standard in interior design."

Seilas, Norway: "Hallberg-Rassy 372 is a cruiser who matches the performance cruisers
in speed and sailing performance. This has all the Hallberg-Rassy's well known qualities, but in a more modern package. It's seaworthy, fast and comfortable."

Voile Magazine, France: "It sails better than the previous generation, the look is rather classic, so it will still be in the future. You can open the transom to access to the sea. And, most of all, the build quality is very good. This might well be the best you can get in this size, and one that will last for long time."

Yacht, Germany: "Through decades of persistence Hallberg-Rassy has become one of the most valuable and cherished trade marks in international boatbuilding. The Hallberg-Rassy 372 still looks much like her older siblings, but it adds one more thing to the quality, safety and style the yard is famous for: surprising performance. A joy to steer she is the perfect epitome of luxury - over-achieving your expectations. And doing so without making much fuss about it."

Båtnytt, Sweden: "An unusually complete cruiser. An easytravelling, surprisingly fast yacht especially upwind in a breeze and a pleasure to helm with a distinctive light pressure. Innovative decklayout, with all lines under a cover and fed to stoppers in the coaming, to make use of either forward or aft winches possible and provide fun trimming. Inside volume can match low cost boats and is very well used with deep lockers, drawers, and seagoing pantry. Standards in detailing are seamless with beautilful selected Khaya Mahogany, well varnished, perfect fit everywhere and no shortcuts. The atmosphere shows it is possible to marry traditional quality in materials with modern taste for light interiors. Not a low price yacht, but still worth the money. Not least in the long run."

Waterkampioen, the Netherlands: "Hallberg-Rassy has very carefully implemented ‘new' trends - especially in the interior-styling. So the yacht might maybe not look very modern, but for the yard it is. She's the perfect balance between their own tradition, new trends and contemporary sailing abilities: this is a VERY good sailing yacht, which might be able to compete with modern performance cruisers. Of course she's built with the well-known Hallberg-Rassy building quality. A great job by the Swedes."

Marko Knežević, More Ocean

(20 January 2010) Hallberg-Rassy reinforce the activity in the Mediterranean area and establishes a distributor in Croatia. The new distributor is in charge of buyers from Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro. The company name is More Ocean d.o.o. with its office located in Zagreb. The company is headed by Marko and Stevo Knežević. They have a vast experience in yachting and the yachting business.

Contact details:
 
More Ocean d.o.o.
Smićiklasova 19
10 000 Zagreb
 
marko"at"moreocean.hr
Phone +385 1 5509501
Mobile + 385 98 48 38 54

The making of the movie Bröllopsfotografen onboard a Hallberg-Rassy 54

(17 January 2010) Both actors Johannes Brost and Kjell Bergkvist agreed that the most exciting moment of the making of the movie "Bröllopsfotografen" was to sail the Hallberg-Rassy 54. "It was a fantastic experience to sail the enourmos Hallberg-Rassy 54 and feel the exciting power under full sails", says actor Johannes Brost. However, the price level of the boat stated by the actor, is almost the double of the real one. To see a YouTube movie about the making of Bröllopsfotografen, please click the first trailer above.

The author Leon Schulz

(16 January 2010) The Missing Centimetre, written by Hallberg-Rassy 40 sailor Leon Schulz, known from several talks at the Open House weekends, was officially launched at the London Boat Show from 8 - 17 January (Stand N055A). The book is also available for purchase from HR Parts and Accessories. This is the inspiring story of an ordinary family, with ordinary sailing experience and a common dream, who, together, achieve something extraordinary. Written as they sailed with their Hallberg-Rassy, the story is one of transformation, of a family growing together, learning to take big decisions, dangers, challenges and new worlds in their stride. Not only is it the story of their North Atlantic circuit, but it also offers practical advice and tips based on hard-won experience of blue-water family sailing. If you've ever wanted to know how it feels to make the break, set sail for the horizon and keep going, The Missing Centimetre is for you.

(10 January 2010) On 7-8 January 2010 German Segeln magazine tested the Hallberg-Rassy 310, in minus 14 degrees Celsius. Pretty cold. To see a photo gallery, please go here
 

(8 January 2010) The readers of Norwegian Seilas magazine has elected Hallberg-Rassy 372 Luxury Cruiser of the Year 2010. Out of the five nominated yachts, the Hallberg-Rassy 372 got by far the most votes. No less than 61.2 per cent voted for the Hallberg-Rassy 372. The 372 also got Best in Test in Seilas big comparison test of eight 37 foot performance cruisers.

Read more in Norwegian here.

Whether or not the Hallberg-Rassy 372 will win European Yacht of the Year, will be presented on 23 January.
 

John and Amanda Neal

Hallberg-Rassy 46 "Mahina Tiare III"

(5 January 2010) John and Amanda Neal celebrate their 20th season of sail-training voyages aboard Mahina Tiare III, their 1996 Hallberg-Rassy 46. Together they offer sailors the opportunity to master ocean sailing skills by joining them on a two or three week ocean passage. Mahina Tiare has logged and impressive 136,000 miles having recently completing a 50,000 mile, 4.5 year round trip series of passages from New Zealand to Svalbard and back. John and Amanda maintain that their Hallberg-Rassy is the perfect teaching and learning platform and their 2010 sailing itinerary offers a variety of ocean passage expeditions covering the most interesting islands in the South Pacific. Many of their expeditions members, having completed an ocean passage aboard Mahina Tiare III, have gone on to purchase and sail the world aboard their own Hallberg-Rassys. Details on www.mahina.com

Bo Hold, MarineParken Aps

(22 December 2009) MarineParken Yachts ApS i Fredericia, med Bo Hold i spetsen, är ny importör för Hallberg-Rassy i Danmark. Bo har ett långt förflutet inom marinbranschen. Bland annat har Bo Hold och Hallberg-Rassy samarbetat mycket under tiden Bo Hold arbetade för Elvstöm Sails.

MarinParken Yachts är nyinflyttade i lokaler direkt vid motorvägen i Fredericia. Bo Hold säger: ”Marineparken Yachts ApS er stolte over at være udvalgt til at repræsentere Hallberg-Rassy i Danmark, og vi ser frem til at betjene nye såvel som gamle Hallberg-Rassy kunder.”

 Marineparken Yachts ApS

Navervej 6a

7000 Fredericia
direkte ved motorvej E20, afkørsel nr. 59

Telefon +45 2018 4191

bo"at"marineparken.dk

(27 November 2009) In Norwegian Seilas magazine, issue 9 / 2009, a large test of eight well performing 37 ft cruisers is published. The test is a cooperation between Norwegian Seilas, Swedish Båtnytt and German Yacht magazines. The overall winner is the Hallberg-Rassy 372. Participating boats are FinnFlyer 36, Grand Soleil 37, Arcona 370, Salona 37, Linjett 37, Elan 380 and SwedeStar 370. The magazine writes: "The Hallberg-Rassy 372 impressed with her good sailing performance. She performs surprisingly well compared to other boats who call themselves cruiser-racers". All boats in the test got up to ten points per dicipline by each person in the test team, consisting of 11 persons. "The test winner Hallberg-Rassy is the measure for technical installations" said the person in charge for judging the technical installations.  No other boat got so many ten pointers as the 372 for interior, details, brightness, ventilation, choice of materials, galley and sleeping comfort. The Hallberg-Rassy 372 score the highest overall points of all 8 boats in the test.

(17 November 2009) Hallberg-Rassy is mentioned in the award-winning Swedish thriller book "Män som hatar kvinnor" by Stieg Larsson. Hallberg-Rassy is mentioned in connection with that a yacht harbour is visited and a nice boat is seen; a Hallberg-Rassy. The mentioning is on page 277 in the Swedish version of the big pocket version.

This may sound like another expensive product placement but that is not the case. Hallberg-Rassy did not know about this until today. Hallberg-Rassy is simply the first name that comes to your mind when you think about a nice sailing yacht.

This award winning book is also available as a cinema version and both are best sellers. The books only are sold in 3 500 000 copies just in Sweden and 15 000 000 copies world wide. It has won several awards such as Waterstones's Book of the Year Award 2009, Indies Choice Best Author Award Discovery 2009, Galaxy Awards 2009 - Crime thriller of the year and much more. The book is one in a series of three ad the series has been sold to 40 countries.

Magnus Rassy (right) received the Cruisingboat of the Year award by Segeln
Magazine's chief editor, Mr Thorsten Höge

Cruising boat of the Year award winner 2009 - Hallberg-Rassy

(26 October 2009) In connection with the Hamburg Boatshow Sunday evening 25 October, the winner of the 2009 Cruisingboat of the Year award was presented. The winner is Hallberg-Rassy. The award is choosen by the readers of the German Segeln magazine.

(24 October 2009) There will be a Hallberg-Rassy get together in Ellös,Sweden, 18-19 June 2010. All Hallberg-Rassy sailors are welcome to join us. We will both sail together and have a good time ashore. The sailing will be a relaxed event, no time keeping and no result list. All boat participating in the "race" will win some kind of prize. Winning categories may include "The boat with longest way to Ellös" or "Youngest crew member" or similar. The Hallberg-Rassys Regattas may be the only regattas in the world where all boats are winners. We will all meet up on Friday afternoon 18 June. There will be possibilities to tour the yard. We will have a dinner together. The sailing will take place on Saturday 19 June.

The fee for application in this event is only 500 SEK per boat plus 100 SEK per crewmember. That includes the Friday night dinner. For application, please fax +46 304 50 486 or air mail us and give you written OK to charge the amount from your Eurocard, Mastercard or Visa, card number and expiry date. Please state your name, address, email, telephone numbers, what boat type you have and the name of her. For security reasons, we ask you not to email creditcard info.

Göran Petersson, Hallberg-Rassy's chairman of the board

(10 October 2009) Göran Petersson, Hallberg-Rassy's chairman of the board, has been elected into the IOC (International Olympic Committee). The election took place on 9 October in Copenhagen in connection with the IOC meeting there. Göran Petersson will join the IOC in his role as president for the ISAF (International Sailing Association Federation) and will have this role for a period of 8 years. Göran Petersson is president for the ISAF since November 2004 and was re-elected November 2008. He has also been a member of the international jury in all Olympic Games between 1980 and 1996 and was chairman in the international Olympic jury 1992 and 1996.

Göran Petersson said: “Becoming an IOC Member is not only a great honour, it is also a great responsibility and I look forward to serving the world of sport.” Magnus Rassy, Hallberg-Rassy CEO said "It is a great asset to work with a such widely knowledgeable person as Göran Petersson as our chairman of the board"

Göran Petersson has been chairman of the board in Hallberg-Rassy since the mid 1990s. Needless to say, Göran Petersson privately sails a Hallberg-Rassy.

Read more here

(6 October 2009) For the 10th year in a row, Hallberg-Rassy provides free ARC support for Hallberg-Rassy yachts. The support includes key function inspection onboard and helpful advice is given. Our team will be available on Gran Canaria Sunday 15 November until Saturday 21 November 2009.

ARC stands for Atlantic Rally for Cruisers and is sailed from Gran Canaria to St Lucia in the Caribbean. One of the most common boats is Hallberg-Rassy and there are also several Hallberg-Rassys who have won their class or even the ARC overall.

All participating Hallberg-Rassy yachts in the ARC will be contacted by our team David and Rickard but if you would like to get in touch with them please contact david.bourne "at" hallberg-rassy.se .

(2 October 2009) Hallberg-Rassy 62 sailors Arne and Heléne Mårtensson will publish their popular book also in English. The book is about a part of their around the world trip; the voyage to Antarctica, Patagonia and the South Pacific. This interesting book contains many valuable tips for blue water sailors. The English version will be on sale from May 2010. It is published by Norstedts in Sweden. It will be possible to order the book from www.hr-parts.com.

There will also be a second book about the rest of Yaghan's round the world trip. The Swedish version of that is planned to be published May 2011.

 

Miss Switzerland at the helm of the Hallberg-Rassy 310

(27 Sept 2009) Miss Switzerland, Whitney Toyloy, visited the Hallberg-Rassy stand at the Friedrichshafen Boat Show. Pretty Whitney is born 21 July 1990 in Yverdon VD, Switzerland and is 177 cm tall. She studied the new Hallberg-Rassy 310 in detail.
 

 
Aktuella biofilmen Bröllopsfotografen spelades bl a in ombord på en Hallberg-Rassy 54

(18 Sept 2009 - Swedish only) Den 16 oktober 2009 blir det biopremiär för filmen Bröllopsfotografen, där en Hallberg-Rassy 54 medverkar. Regi är av guldbaggebelönade mästaren Ulf Malmros och skådespelare som medverkar är bl a Johannes Brost, Tuva Novotny och Kjell Bergkvist. Hallberg-Rassybåten är även med i trailern nedan. Om filmen har redan sagts att den "med största sannolikhet kommer vara årets bästa svenska film år 2009". Mer info här.

(24 April 2009) Hallberg-Rassy 62 sailors Arne and Heléne Mårtensson will publish a new book about a part of their around the world trip; the voyage to Antarctica, Patagonia and the South Pacific. The book will be on sale from May 2009. It is published by Norstedts in Sweden and at this stage the book will only be published in Swedish. For more info, in Swedish, please go here.

Mr Arne Mårtensson, proud owner of Hallberg-Rassy 62 "Yagan"


Hallberg-Rassy 62 "Yaghan" in Antarctica

(18 April 2009) Mr Arne Mårtensson is now homebound after his voyage around the world. The Grand Final will take place at the Hallberg-Rassy Yard in August, where Mr and Mrs Mårtensson will give a talk about his circumnavigation and where his Hallberg-Rassy 62 “Yaghan” will be open for viewing. 

Mr Mårtensson and his wife Heléne are at this point onboard their “Yaghan” around the world. They cast off from Stockholm on June 1st, 2006, and estimate to arrive back home on July 28th this year. The total sailing distance is 44 000 nautical miles, and they have sailed via the Antarctic, South Pacific , South Africa, South America, Caribbean and then back to Sweden.

 Mr Mårtensson says: “Before we set out on our circumnavigation we sailed 12 000 nautical miles in this boat and were convinced that we couldn’t find a better boat for a circumnavigation with only two people onboard. One of our “test and training” tours went to Iceland in 2003.”

The Hallberg-Rassy 62 “Yaghan” will be on show in the Hallberg-Rassy marina during the Open House Weekend. There will be approximately a hundred new boats from many different boat builders exhibited of which nine are Hallberg-Rassy yachts. Also the yard will be available for viewing.

 Mr and Mrs Mårtensson has many tales to tell from their circumnavigation experiences and lots of beautiful pictures to show. The talk will be held in English so that our international guests will be able to follow. It is a popular tradition at the Hallberg-Rassy yard to arrange a social evening with an interesting talk during the Open House Weekend. Each year the event has been fully booked and there is every reason to believe that Mrs and Mr Mårtensson’s talk will be even more popular. Therefore, talks have already been planned for two occasions: One talk on Saturday evening, August 22nd at 7 pm with supper included, and the other talk on Sunday, August 23rd at 12 o’clock noon, with no food included. For booking instructions, please go here.

(10 April 2009) Traditionally, Hallberg-Rassy's Dutch importer, Nova Yachting, arranges a Hallberg-Rassy Regatta. It will this year take place 13 June 2009. For application or further details, please contact marjon.de.wit(a)nova-yachting.nl

(1 April 2009) Hallberg-Rassy re-introduces the popular HR 29 in an updated version. The updates include extended transom with integrated bathing platform, external modern lead keel and cutter rigging. The boat will showed in public first time at the traditional Open House (Öppet Varv) weekend 21-23 August 2009. The new model name will be Hallberg-Rassy 29 Racing. Orders for this updated model, however, may only be placed on April 1st every year. 

(13 March 2009) In the latest issue of Yachting Monthly, the April issue, on sale now, there is a nine page test report of the all-new Hallberg-Rassy 372. The test was carried out in a cold Sweden on 1 - 3 February 2009, in minus 6 degrees and through the ice. The test team sailed from Ellös to Hunnebostrand and back. Don't miss this detailed and different test report.

(7 March 2009) (Swedish only) Hallberg-Rassy har vunnit fotbolls-VM. Och VM på Orust står för VarvsMästerskap. Fredagen den 6 mars spelades en inomhusturnering där sju västsvenska företag ur varvsnäringen deltog. Segrare blev laget från Hallberg-Rassy! Fler bilder finner Du här.

(24 Feb 2009) The new Hallberg-Rassy 372 has proved very popular and has already been test sailed by eleven different yachting magazines so far this winter. For example Swedish Båtnytt 3/2009 and Segling 2/2009 magazines each have an extensive test report in their latest issues and the forthcoming April issue of Yachting Monthly, on sale 10 March 2009, will also have a detailed test report with many good photos. Further magazines who already tested the boat is Seilas, Yacht, SeglerZeitung, SegelJournal, Palstek, Segeln and FAZ. So don't miss to read your local magazine says about the Hallberg-Rassy 372.

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(19 Jan 2009) (Diese Neuheit auf Deutsch: hier klicken) Once again Hallberg-Rassy further improves their lead as dream yacht. Sunday 18 January at boot Düsseldorf, the world's largest boat show, Europe's largest sailing magazine presented their market research made October-November 2008 among 4110 readers. For the third year in a row it was asked the question "Which boat builder makes the yacht of your dreams?" and for the third year in a row the answer is crystal clear: Hallberg-Rassy. And Hallberg-Rassy's lead to other brands even increased for the third time. Last year 21.5 % answered Hallberg-Rassy, this time it increased to a massive 23.6 % and at the same time number two decreased to 7.0 %. Hallberg-Rassy is the yacht most people dream about. Make your dream come true!

(17 Jan 2009) At the Open House weekend at Hallberg-Rassy 21-23 August 2009, a new layout alternative will be presented. It has both a new galley to port with larger worktop and an additional fridge that is front opening, and also a Supercabin in front of the mast. Most Hallberg-Rassy yachts are sailed by one or two couples. Only occasionally is there a need for a third cabin. With this in mind, Hallberg-Rassy have developed the Supercabin forward of the mast. That means the yacht has two high priority double cabins and one more two-berth cabin in the front for occasional use. Apart from the comfortable aft cabin there is now also a very generous cabin in front of the mast with a double berth and lots of elbow space. The V-cabin in front is still there and the actual berths are not smaller than they normally are but the hanging locker and the floor area of the V-cabin has been reduced in favour for the super cabin forward of the mast. To see the  layout alternative, please go here.

(5 Jan 2009) (German only) Eine Hallberg-Rassy 37 nimmt teil in dem deutschen Spielfilm "Bella Block" im ZDF Samstag, 17. Januar und Montag, 19. Januar 2009, jeweils 20:15. Die Hallberg-Rassy 37 wurde in mehreren Szenen in diesem Krimi gezeigt. Weitere Infos finden Sie hier.

(17 Dec 2008) Hallberg-Rassy has received prize for Largest OEM from Gori Propeller. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. In other words, Hallberg-Rassy is the boatyard in the world who sells most Gori propellers. Gori offers the unique and patented three bladed propeller with overdrive. The overdrive lowers the RPM at same boat speed, lowers the noise and extends the cruising range with as much as up to 30 % compared to other three bladed folding propellers. 

(15 Dec 2008) Three new marina houses are just finished. Two of these houses will be for storing yacht owner's personal belongings during the boat construction time. One is an office for the harbour master.

(3 Dec 2008) A new varnishing machine is installed at Hallberg-Rassy. The new machine is the first step in updating our varnishing machines to the latest standard. This first new machine is more efficient and is for use on flat surfaces.

(21 Nov 2008) The Hallberg-Rassy 62 “Between the Sheets“ won both the performance division (!) and was first yacht over the line in the Caribbean 1500, and the overall winner is the Hallberg-Rassy 49 “Elusion”. This makes Hallberg-Rassy triple winner!

The Caribbean 1500 starts in Hampton, VA, USA and the finish is in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean. It usually takes 6-10 days to finish.

Congratulations to the overall winner Kirt Schuldt and his crew on the Hallberg-Rassy 49 “Elusion” and to the line honours and racing division winners Tom and Diane Might in the Hallberg-Rassy 62 "Between the Sheets"!

For complete result list, click here

Photo gallery from the event

More info on caribbean1500.com

(14 Nov 2008) Hallberg-Rassy's head office now has a new Volkswagen Caddy Maxi servicecar. The car has an interior for tools and a nice big picture of a Hallberg-Rassy yacht each on the left and right side of the car.

(10 Nov 2008) A Hallberg-Rassy 62 is featured in the new James Bond movie "Quantum Of Solace". At a scene in Haiti the Hallberg-Rassy 62 is very well visible and even the Hallberg-Rassy 62 logo is zoomed in. This sounds like an expensive product placement, but it is just a coincidence that this yacht was here at that particular time. It’s good to have 8 700 Hallberg-Rassy yachts well distributed all over the globe!
For more info on the new film, please visit www.007.com

(29 Sept 2008) Hallberg-Rassy has today, all according to plan, opened their new head offices, located partly over the water and partly over the shoreline, just at the Hallberg-Rassy marina. This new building gives more room to allow more space to enhance our varnishing department where the old head office was located. To see photos of the building please go here.

(3 Sept 2008) More than 50 Hallberg-Rassy sailors had met in Hankø, Norway on August 30^th, 2008. 21 Hallberg-Rassy yachts in the range 26 to 62 feet took part. The event was arranged by Hallberg-Rassy’s Norwegian representative, Ole-Petter Pollen from Pollen Maritime in co-operation with the Norwegian Hallberg-Rassy Club.

The spirits ran high, and on Saturday a regatta was held and everybody won. No time-keeping was used nor was there any handicap system. Prize categories were rather unconventional, like the prize to “Best boat with dog on board” - truth is there was only one boat with a dog onboard taking part. So each boat won in some category or other.

To see a photo gallery, please go here.

(30 Aug 2008) August 26 - 29 2008 a large test of nine yachts around 34 ft was made as a joint venture between the magazines Seilas from Norway, Båtnytt from Sweden and Yacht from Germany. It was no surprise that the Hallberg-Rassy 342 scored high when it came to comfort and build quality, but the journalists were surprised by the excellent sailing performance of the Hallberg-Rassy 342. There were nine journalists, nine boats and nine comparison sails. That meant that there were different helmsmen each time, but still it was very evident that the Hallberg-Rassy 342 performed better than the Dufour 34, the Hanse 350, the Beneteau Oceanis 34, the Delphia 33, the Sunbeam 34, the Najad 355 and the Bavaria 34. The HR 342 was only bet on sailing performance by the racing oriented X-34. Wind condition varied between 2 and 20 knots of wind. To read what the Norwegian Seilas magazine writes in their pre-view, please go here.

(21 Aug 2008) What a great day! Already from the first moment it was clear: the new Hallberg-Rassy 372 sails like a dream! She is quick, easy to steer and she is great fun to sail, always under control. She exceeds all high expectations. She has wonderful sweet lines, even more beautiful in reality than on the synthetic images. This is another milestone in Hallberg-Rassy's history.

Mani Frers at Hallberg-Rassy 372 hull No 1

(19 Aug 2008) The first Hallberg-Rassy 372 in production has been inspected by Mani Frers and he is impressed by what he saw.

Hallberg-Rassy 62 No 21 "Fair Lady" from Oslo

(10 July 2008) At the traditional Open House Weekend 22-24 August 2008 it will this time be showed no less than three Hallberg-Rassy 62's. One completed, Hull No 21, in the water, as well as hull numbers 22 and 23 in the workshop. All in all 48 Hallberg-Rassys, including the all-new Hallberg-Rassy 372, will be showed under construction, and eight Hallberg-Rassys between 31 and 62 ft in the water, as well as 108 other boats from other manufacturers from nine countries, and 90 relevant yacht equipment companies ashore.

25 000 visitors are expected. So don't miss the popular Hallberg-Rassy Open House Weekend 22-24 August 2008, the most important yachting days of the year.

The HR 43 Ulla won the German Hallberg-Rassy Regatta 2008

The winner of the German Hallberg-Rassy Regatta  2008 is the Hallberg-Rassy 43 "Ulla". To see a photo gallery, please go here

Johannes Brost (i vit jacka) spelade in biofilm på en Hallberg-Rassy 54

Söndagen den 15 juni 2008 spelades en scen in till nya biofilmen ”Brölloppsfotografen” med Johannes Brost på en Hallberg-Rassy 54.

Utgångspunkten var Mollösund och man seglade en dag ut på havet i Hallberg-Rassy 54:an.

Mr Stefan Nikolov                            Mr Anton Tchavdarov

Finninvest Ltd. in Burgas, Bulgaria, has been appointed Hallberg-Rassy dealer for Bulgaria. Finninvest is headed by Mr Stefan Nikolov and the sales of Hallberg-Rassy yachts is handled by him and Mr Anton Tchavdarov. Both are enthusiastic Hallberg-Rassy sailors. Their brand new Hallberg-Rassy 37 is sailed on the Black Sea and has recently been exhibited on a boat show in Bulgaria.

A Hallberg-Rassy 54 is covergirl on the June issue of Sail magazine from the USA.

We now introduce a new standard work top material in the HR 31 Mk II - HR 48 in stead of the current white formica. The name is PlexiCor, which is a composite stone material. The material we have been using and still use in the HR 54 and 62 is very similar and looks and feels the same, although the colour and grain is different on the HR 31 Mk II -HR 48.

The American Hallberg-Rassy 43 "Smidge" won both her class and overall in a regatta in the Bahamas.

The regatta is the 28th Annual George Town Cruising Regatta in Georgetown, Exumas, The Bahamas and consists of over a week of many activities in this adult summer camp type community. Activities include volleyball, sand sculpture competition, beach golf, bridge tournaments, talent shows, etc. Two events are sailboat racing - one around Stocking Island and one in Elizabeth Harbour. The HR 43 "Smidge" entered both races and ended up winning her class and overall in both races. Smidge also won overall monohull for the regatta. Congratulations to a good result!

Hallberg-Rassy introduces the electric furling ensign. It is the flag staff that has been motorized, controlled from the cockpit for ease of handling. "That fits perfectly into our push-button concept for handling big yachts with minimum crew" says Magnus Rassy. This new option is available for all new Hallberg-Rassy models from 31 - 62 ft. Orders, however, may only be placed on April 1st every year.

Once again Europe's largest sailing magazine, Yacht from Germany, made a large research among 3 902 out of its 180 000 readers. A lot of questions were asked and one of them was: "Which boat builder makes the yacht of your dreams?" The answer was very clear: No other make even comes close to Hallberg-Rassy. And, furthermore, Hallberg-Rassy actually increased its leading position from last year. Hallberg-Rassy is the yacht most people dream about.

Hallberg-Rassy prepares for the future and invests not only in a new head office but also in a new lamination workshop at its plant at Hallberg-Rassy Marinplast in Kungshamn, Sweden. When the older workshops were built, the largest yacht they had to accommodate was a thirty-five footer. The new workshop will totally be 35 x 30 m and that means it will have space for the simultaneous building of two large yachts, which corresponds a lot better with both the current and the future product mix. The new workshop already takes shape and is scheduled be ready for business in August 2008. To see photos of the construction please go here.

Hallberg-Rassy has invested in a further CNC controlled machine, primarily for use in woodwork. Unlike the two already existing three-axes machines, the new one is a five-axis model which enables us to work more efficiently with fewer changes and adjustment to the tools used. The new machine is also able to mill three-dimensional items such as shower basins and hardtop roofs, which is not possible with the three axis machine.

Bfa life rafts are subject to a safety recall - please see manufacturers web site for details, please go here

In the September issue of Sail magazine from the USA, the Hallberg-Rassy 54 is listed among the Best Boats 2008. To vote for your favourite, please go here

Mr Tom Dieck, Editor in chief for the German boating catalogue “Bootsmarkt“ says the following regarding the Hallberg-Rassy 342: