The delivery season has started and this week Hallberg-Rassy delivers twelve new yachts, of which ten are to one repeat customer. It is the fourth time British Kiel Yacht Club (BKYC) renews their fleet to a new Hallberg-Rassy fleet. Ten new Hallberg-Rassy 342’s are delivered in the water, among much ice in the harbour. Now BKYC has taken delivery of totally 44 new Hallberg-Rassys throughout the years.

British Kiel Yacht Club is a private club based in Kiel, Germany. The UK military is chartering the boats for adventurous sailing training. There are normally people from the UK Army sailing the boats, but also from the UK Navy and the UK Air Force or private people with connection to the UK Military. 5 to 7 men and women are onboard each yacht on a trip that usually takes around 5 days, goes to Denmark and covers 150 nautical miles. The yachts are used extensively from early March until the end of November. Each boat is sailed about 7 000 nautical miles per year, which corresponds to roughly seven years of sailing for an ordinary sailor. BKYC has their own yard facilities with professional care and maintenance. A recent report from the RYA Chief Examiner describes the boats as “The best maintained fleet of sea school yachts in the world”.

The BKYC people are very enthusiastic about their new fleet of Hallberg-Rassy 342s. For BKYC it is important to have boats that are built to last and coops with tough conditions. Resale value is also a very important factor, as well as spare parts supply and value for money.