THE DOOMERNIK YACHTS TEAM
JOOP DOOMERNIK
01
IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE YEAR WE FINISHED 2 RESTORATIONS
OF PEDERSEN AND THUESEN DRAGONS.
Both came from the same lake in Essen
The original Abekingen and Rasmussen cabin
Germany and both needed a complete new oak
was saved and carefully restored and combined
keel, some oak floors, new deadwoods, a lot of
with a new teak deck with mahogany trim.
steamed frames and cedrela hull planking.
Then the owner surprised us with the order
The pictures show one of the boats upside
for a complete set of wooden spars and we
down and far from sailing again. Both boats
scratched the back of our heads for a while
were delivered back to two happy owners over
and went to work. John Lammerts van Bueren
the course of the season.
helped us with the most amazing 13 meter
lengths of the finest Sitka Spruce you will
2014 also saw the delivery of BEL 44 to a
ever see. The result is a hollow section with
Dutch owner. This boat came from another
all halliards lead inside and even an inside
yard where her hull had been restored using a
mounted top lock for the mainsail. In the end I
complete epoxy finish.
feel this is basically a new boat.
We came in just after the bare hull was more or
More and more wooden boats find their way to
less finished and continued from there.
the yard again. Restoration is where we started
We installed the below deck layout and then the
almost 25 years ago and we are very happy to
deck beams and plywood deck.
see an increase of wooden boats in the yard.
02
IN SPRING WE DELIVERED A NEW
‘GRAND PRIX ELEGANCE’ TO A REPEAT CUSTOMER.
We changed the name of the new Dragons into Grand Prix
for the vinylesther deck version and Grand Prix Elegance
for the wooden deck version.
We hope this makes it more clear to the marked that these are
both racing boats to start with and even though the ‘Elegance’
has a stylish wooden deck, this does not make her a
cruising boat at all!
03
A second ‘Grand Prix Elegance’ is under construction,
also for a repeat customer, and this boat will be delivered
early 2015. This boat will be delivered without spinnaker
shute. The first time we did this was in 2006 and it has
become the choice of many crews nowadays.
We have decided to come with a choice between two floor
heights in the cockpit. Many crews tell me they consider
the standard Doomernik cockpit floor too low where
others claim they do not want a high floor at all!
This makes it difficult for us to choose which way to go so
we will simply give you the choice.
04
WITH MORE AND MORE BOATS BUILT, RESTORED AND REPAIRED
THE NUMBER OF BOATS PASSING BY INCREASES EVERY YEAR.
It is very encouraging to see that more and more foreign
Dragon sailors with ‘other’ Dragons trust us with the
caretaking their precious boat needs. Since we are in
the centre between racing area’s in the north and south
of Europe it is very convenient to leave your Dragon at
Doomernik Yachts in between races and have her taken
care of at the same time.
At present the yard and storage are filled with more
Dragons than we ever have seen.
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05
AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF REDEVELOPMENT AND
PREPARATIONS WORK HAS STARTED ON THE FIRST
WALLY NANO MARK II.
We spend a lot of time preparing the mould and making
new mould inserts that will bring back the original
detailing of the hull such as a recessed bulwark and a
beautiful cove stripe that were left out in the first boats
built elsewhere. The hull was infused using nothing but
the best available materials on the marked supplied by
Gurrit UK.
The construction is made of carbon/foam sandwich
ensuring a very stiff and ultralight hull and deck.
The standard boat is equipped with electrical propulsion
and a Harken deck layout featuring two electrical winches.
This will make short hand easy sailing very possible.
The first new Wally Nano is expected to be launched
over the course of the coming season.
The first Wally Nano hull has left the mould
06
MANY DRAGON SAILORS TELL US THEY DO NOT SEE MANY
DOOMERNIK DRAGONS IN THE TOP OF THE RESULTS AT VARIOUS RACES.
Price giving in Douarnenez
AFTER SEEING THIS PICTURE I DECIDED TO BUY A PAIR OF HIGH
HEELED SHOES FROM THE SEVENTIES IN CASE I NEED
TO BE AT A PRICE GIVING WITH THESE GUYS AGAIN…
Well, this makes sense… there are not many Doomernik Dragons
out there and with almost the entire fleet consisting of boats
built by our UK colleagues it is more interesting to see what one
Doomernik sailed by a good crew can do.
Or demo Dragon Apollo was tried out by the RUS 76 team at the
coupe the Bretagne in spring and I was lucky to be able to crew for
one day. They finished second overall being the only Doomernik in
the fleet and their first time on a Doomernik Dragon.
07
Team RUS 76 sailing apollo
Willy Packer and team
At the Dutch open championships I crewed on NED 373. She is a
2007 boat with vinylester deck and still going strong.
We finished second overall just after Pieter Heerema and his
dream team and his ‘chip tuned’ Pedersen Dragon from the 50’s.
In Hong Kong Tam Nguyen is going strong in his 2011 ‘Grand
Prix Elegance’. On my request he has send me a list of his
results but it is simply too long to mention here. He basically
wins everything there is to win over there and has done so
since he took delivery of the boat in 2011.
In Australia Willy Packer and his team on AUS 214 ‘Scoundrel’
are winning race after race. Being the only Doomernik Dragon
in the fleet.
08
SO, INTERESTING TIMES ALL TOGETHER AND EVEN
MORE INTERESTING TIMES TO BE EXPECTED IN 2015.
With discussions with customers for new challenging projects
underway that we cannot reveal in this newsletter yet.
You will be able to find out more in due time through our
website and Facebook page and there you can also find regular updates on what is happening in the yard and in the fleets.
We hope you are looking forward to 2015 as much as we do
and that this year will bring you fair winds wherever you go
and remember….
DOOMERNIK YACHTS BV
Schimminck 15 - 1
5301 KR Zaltbommel
The Netherlands
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